{"product_id":"rock-critic-law-101-unbreakable-rules-for-writing-badly-about-music-9780062656506","title":"Rock Critic Law: 101 Unbreakable Rules for Writing Badly about Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Azerrad\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dey Street Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dey Street Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Form - Parodies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWRITING ABOUT MUSIC IS HARD--AND THIS BOOK PROVES IT 101 TIMES OVER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's happened to all of us who read about rock music: you come across a piece about a hot music scene and the writer thinks they're being clever by exclaiming, \"There must be something in the water!\" Or maybe a couple of musicians have started a new project that's \"risen from the ashes\" of their previous band. There's a \u003cem\u003emillion\u003c\/em\u003e of those dumb things that rock critics say. Well, OK, maybe just a hundred and one. And they're all duly immortalized in legendary rock journalist Michael Azerrad's \u003cem\u003eRock Critic Law: 101 Unbreakable Rules for Writing Badly About Music.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFed up, in a bemused sort of way, with all these well-worn tropes of the trade, Azerrad began tweeting them with the hashtag #RockCriticLaw, and the author's righteous tirade struck a chord with both readers and writers of rock criticism, who greeted each new dispatch with gales of derisive laughter or self-flagellating mea culpas. Written as a set of inviolable rules to be followed only by the very worst writers, \u003cem\u003eRock Critic Law\u003c\/em\u003e is a wickedly droll exposé of the hackneyed metaphors, knee-jerk clichés and lazy thinking that have long dogged music journalism. In \u003cem\u003eRock Critic Law\u003c\/em\u003e, Azerrad has collected the worst offenders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerciless, snarky, and loving underneath it all, \u003cem\u003eRock Critic Law \u003c\/em\u003eis redeemed by artwork from OG-Seattle-scenester-turned-renowned-illustrator Edwin Fotheringham. The rock \u0026amp; roll love child of \u003cem\u003eElements of Style\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRock Critic Law\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique appreciation of music writing from one of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45355860230295,"sku":"9780062656506","price":1110.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780062656506.webp?v=1767671251","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rock-critic-law-101-unbreakable-rules-for-writing-badly-about-music-9780062656506","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}