Welcome back to Pretzel Logic!
After a lengthy hiatus, this humble little blog is returning for its third incarnation. Things are going to be a bit different this time, however. Albums reviews and music news, which until now have been my blog-bread-and-butter, are being put on the shelf. Instead, I’m going to use this blog as a workspace for whatever weird music-related writing projects I feel like undertaking. Essays, lists and random musings are going to the name of the game.
My first project, The New Classics, should take up most of the summer and possible spill over into the fall. Using the incomparable resources over at acclaimedmusic.com, I’ll be counting down the 50 most acclaimed albums of the 2000s. Each post will cover one of these albums and feature original writing about the album’s creation and place within the modern canon of great music. The goal of this project is to assess how the history of the past ten years of music is being written and to take a guess at how the music of the 2000s will be seen in the future.
Once I’ve covered these top 50, I’ll offer up an alternative list of 50 albums, based on my own personal tastes, showcasing albums I feel deserve more attention than they’ve been given. As always, comments from friends and passing Internet readers are welcomed.
So, check back here tomorrow, when my first New Classics post will be up! It should be a fun summer!
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