WE'VE. ALL. DONE. IT.



"(...) Reviews are supposed to be part of a dialogue, even if the 'facilitator' isn’t part of the ongoing discussion. I’ve never written a review that I didn’t wish I could write again a month, or six, or twelve further on. I’ve even asked editors to allow me to 'revisit' books or discs I felt had received short or misleading shrift. Some think its quaint or something out of a Pol Pot self-criticism session. Most just point sadly to the pile of new stuff waiting to go out. So, onward, with teeth gritted against undue certainty.

With Against Interpretation always on my reference shelf in front of me, I vow every time I write a review header to concentrate on the thing itself, what it is in itself, how it makes me feel in a non-incidental way (...) and don’t, don’t, don’t treat a record like a lock that needs picking. And just about every time, the resolution doesn’t survive the first paragraph. Sorry, but we’ve all done it." Brian Morton

(obrigado ao Rui Tentúgal que me fez chegar o texto)

(2007)