Seven Links To Read (12/30/22)
NFT Tax Lost Harvesting, George Carlin, Living Colour and More
Some link-blogging for the last Friday of the year. Enjoy!
Certain types of humor can be timeless and Carlin, despite having died in 2008, gets recirculated for his incisiveness. Itzkoff looks at why both side of the political spectrum have embraced (some might say co-opted) the comedian’s takes.
That Carlin’s work endures long after him is not only a testament to his talents; it’s a sign that his frustrations, which he expressed humorously but felt authentically, still resonate with audiences, and that the injustices he identified in American society persist to this day.
2. Vivid by Living Colour (Pitchfork) — Stuart Berman
Thirty four years since its release, the lapsed time provides a perspective on Living Colour’s debut album that wasn’t available to critics in the moment. And it has aged well.
It’s [“Cult of Personality”] one of rock’s greatest Side 1/Track 1 opening salvos. But given that rock radio was still pumping out pop-metal trifles like Winger’s “Seventeen” and Poison’s “Nothing But a Good Time” in 1988, it’s easy to understand why Vivid’s mainstream incursion moved…
