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‘New Yorker’ Critic Seeks Blogger Cred, Has Pussy Galore

We’re as always glad to see highfalutin writers embracing the blog polloi — especially New Yorker classical-music critic Alex Ross, whose thoughtful blog has always been a winning accompaniment to his pieces in the magazine. One does start to wonder, though, if even such august figures can start to take the bloggy stereotypes a bit too seriously:

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One presumes he was wearing pajamas when he wrote this.

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‘New Yorker’ Critic Seeks Blogger Cred, Has Pussy Galore