Sinister Ball

“Take these as part-time feelings, and they might actually make you a healthier person, in touch with your own bullshit and able to laugh it away. Take them as full-time feelings? I’m not one to be giving life advice, but still: there’s some chance you’ll wind up a mess.”

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Another humane, insightful column from Nitsuh Abebe about the ways we use pop to communicate. He is one of those rare critics who can make calmness and fairness exciting — I can’t recall him ever once taking a cheap shot or dismissing something out of hand.

Pitchfork: Why We Fight #3