Ben Watson & Critical Fixations

Problem with Watson is simply that Zappa is...well...utter shite. So every argument he builts becomes suspect.

To be honest though, he doesn't cite Frank's work in every review. But he loves derek Bailey. Most live reviews of Derek's shows are written by him.

Good ol' ben is the Wire mag's Steven Wells (he of the NME). Another hack who gets the readers pissed off whenever he writes anything.

By the way- has anybody seen this web interview that Ben did talking about Zappa- search it in the web. Thing is , he hates all of us. he thinks we are a bunch of 'avant-yuppies'. He even looks a bit like Wells.

And to answer your questions: sometimes, yes and yes.

(I know BenW and have no intention of getting into an argt abt him rather than an argt WITH him, if you see what I mean...)

From that interview it just struck me how he seems to think that some of us listen to this stuff as a lifestyle choice and not because we love the music so much that we want more from it. Have you read it?

And hate is a strong word- perharps hostile. But I read the thing a while back so I might be wrong about it all.