Crawdaddy!

May 30, 2007 2:07 PM

Crawdaddy, one of the first rock criticism magazines, has made a comeback online, including some selected articles by the magazine's founder, Paul Williams. The SF Weekly has mixed feelings about the magazine's return. (via largehearted boy)
posted by sleepy pete (7 comments total)

To be pedantic, it is: Crawdaddy!
posted by docgonzo at 3:09 PM on May 30, 2007

Oh darn, before I clicked the "Paul Williams" link, I was hoping it would be this Paul Williams. Good post, though, thanks!
posted by amyms at 3:17 PM on May 30, 2007

Shit, you're right, I forgot the "!".
posted by sleepy pete at 3:18 PM on May 30, 2007

No worries -- I'm glad to see it as I'm the type of fogey likely to listen to the type of music the mag writes about.
posted by docgonzo at 4:31 PM on May 30, 2007

I think it was "the first", not just "one of the first" magazines with rock criticism. Before Crawdaddy!, nobody thought of rock as anything worthy of criticism. After Crawdaddy!, rock criticism was an industry.
posted by beagle at 6:15 PM on May 30, 2007

Oh yeah. It was the first. I'll never forget the rush I got, reading my first, crudely copied, typewritten issue of Crawdaddy. You could feel a new era being born in your head. You cannot respect Crawdaddy enough for this. Rolling Stone and Robert Christgau drove "rock criticism" into the ground, but in those heady young days -- wow.
posted by Faze at 6:21 PM on May 30, 2007

Rolling Stone and Robert Christgau drove "rock criticism" into the ground,

This needs to be repeated.

Or, you know, tatoo'd on your chest.
posted by docgonzo at 8:24 PM on May 30, 2007