I don't think that's the issue.
I think the issue is that, back in the birth of rock criticism and for a while after, rock critics were very sensitive to the idea that they were reviewing inferior, disposable garbage.
They became super protective of the idea that rock was worthwhile on it's own and any attempt to…

How is Bat Out of Hell a cult album?
It was a multi-platinum smash with hits that have endured until today.

Oh, it's a strategic partnership focused on brand extension.
Well, that doesn't sound at all like a sellout.
No
Wait.

"A host who muses on self-mutilation in a brusque Teutonic inflection just won’t find the same level of enthusiasm among public television viewers "
I can't be the only one whose life will now never be complete until Werner Herzog overdubs a few episodes of Bob Ross, can I?

Smacks of effort.

Nobody named Tucker has ever not been an asshole.
Also, Chad.
But especially Tucker.

He put that bluntly!
He doesn't care whose toes he steps on!

Or you could just dismiss it as the awful crap it is and move on.

You could absolutely pay me to drink this obviously awful crap. You'd just have to pay me a lot.
And I mean A LOT

I've decided to spend the time some people want me to spend hating Lena Dunham on drinking.
Well, in deference to what's left of my liver, half of the time.
The other half I'll just be drinking because I want to.

"It feels like his Kavalier and Clay", if Kavalier and Clay sucked and it's author was insufferable.

Next thing you know, you're betting on chance and then you're back with the animals.

Wow. That's commitment to a joke.

I'd go down that hole, but I'm too… important.

New Teenage Fanclub!
I will purchase and listen to that recorded music product!
Will it be as good as Songs From Northern Britain?
Possibly!

Shit.
Now Chris Brown has me rooting for the LAPD. I didn't think that could happen, but here we are.

Deny this, if you can!
(spoiler: you can't)
https://www.youtube.com/wat…

The boy just gifted me a cassette of Moving Pictures, that he found who knows where.
My car is old enough to have a cassette player and I am old enough to feel totally comfortable driving it while blasting Rush.

Completely on board!

I'm just looking for one Divine Hammer!