Part I : Let's talk about love: a journey to the end of taste was originally published by Continuum, 2007 Canadiana
Contents:
Part one: Let's talk about love: a journey to the end of taste / Carl Wilson Let's talk about hate Let's talk about pop (and its critics) Let's talk in French Let's talk about world conquest Let's talk about schmaltz Let's sing really loud Let's talk about taste Let's talk about who's got bad taste Let's talk with some fans Let's do a punk version of "My heart will go on" (or, let's talk about our feelings) Let's talk about let's talk about love Let's talk about love Part two: Essays: What we talk about when we talk about love. Introduction / Carl Wilson The artists we deserve / Nick Hornby With the lights on, it's less useless / Krist Novoselic If the girls were all transported / Ann Powers The easiest thing to forget / Mary Gaitskill Compared to what? / Jason King Let's talk about Diana Ross / Daphne A. Brooks Deep in the game / Drew Daniel Children of the corn / Sukhdev Sandhu Acting in and out of context / James Franco Too much sociology / Marco Roth and the editors of n+1 Giving up on giving up on good taste / Jonathan Sterne When I come home / Owen Pallett Playlist: let's listen to love / Sheila Heti Part three: Afterword. Let's talk later / Carl Wilson