Dear Rick Rubin: Did You Not Get the Memo?

I was going to do a post on the Rick Rubin article that appeared in the New York Times this past Sunday, but plenty of others have beaten me to the punch. Plus, surely you know how I feel about the industry by now.

Suffice to say that the words coming out of Rubin's mouth are right on the money, but the very act of taking a job at Columbia makes me wonder how much he believes himself, or else how misguided he is in what he thinks he can accomplish. I think Columbia is looking for a figurehead, not someone who can implement anything. Sad to say but, like that IBM commercial I've been seeing lately, I think Rubin is merely "ideating."

So here are some other places to look for reactions: Lefsetz goes on a rant. GloNo hails Rubin's new gig as a good thing. The folks at ILM weigh in. And over at woxy, too (including me, posting as Joseph Scott).

[Edit: Forgot to mention Maureen Maura Johnston's take at Idolator, which is nicely written. I'm glad to see Idolator employing bloggers that can take an intelligent pass at their subject, rather than sticking 100% to the snarky tone of the Gawker et al. family.]

Comments

[maura]

Hey, thanks for the compliment! (It's Maura, though :) )

[pgwp]

d'oh! Fixed it. Sorry about that.