Source: Quillette
by David Cohen
“In the department of non-news, the recent revelation that Bruce Springsteen has moved from E Street to Easy Street and joined the billionaire ranks of Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Paul McCartney deserves a tick. Yes, the working-class hero from New Jersey may now have the disposable cash to buy a highway fit for broken heroes, but his reviews have long been worth a billion bucks as well. This year marks the anniversary of the first and most influential of those notices. It’s the one that would ‘refocus and alter the course of my life,’ as Springsteen later remarked. It also, at least for a short period, refocused and altered the art of rock criticism.” (09/12/24)
https://quillette.com/2024/09/12/born-to-boss-bruce-springsteen-rock-criticism/