247: Critiquing The Critics II - This Time It's Personal with Bill Wyman

In which the worlds of three returning guests collide to discuss 1) is there (or should there be) a common starting point for all critiques of art and 2) the world of rock criticism generally - what's the purpose and where does it go wrong?  Dr. Allison Bumsted is a popular music scholar, specializing in teen magazines (Teen Set in particular) and has written extensively on rock criticism on the 60s and 70s. She appeared on SATB here and here.    Kyle Driscoll is a writer for Medium.com and this article is where the conversation began:  https://medium.com/@kpdriscoll33/the-art-of-quantifying-art-663729c02c89    He was on SATB here.  Bill Wyman has been writing and reviewing art and music for 30 years for outlets ranging from the Chicago Reader to NPR, EW, WSJ and currently with New York and Vulture.com His ranking of The Beatles list can be found here.  His SATB appearances include this and this.  Check out the Beatles Song Sorter here.