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Criticism—which I define as the attempt to intellectually convey your emotional response to a work of art, via context, insights, and the evidence to back those insights up—always has been distinctly different from and vastly superior to mere opinion.The latter never is lacking: You know

From Liberace to Steve Jobs, everybody gets a biopic. 

How Instagram-ing every detail of your life keeps you from actually living it. 

Under-21 bands like The Orwells and Twin Peaks are on the fast track to fame; but will restricted access to certain alcohol-fueled venues stand in their way? 

When curious citizen Patrick Gallagher found himself wondering about the best double bills ever hosted on our local concert stages, like many a stumped Chicagoan before him, he turned to us. And we then turned to you all, as well as rock critic and Sound Opinions host Jim DeRogatis. 

Shout Out Out Out Out and a songwriting session with Spoon, Superchunk and The dB's provide an antidote to an over-emphasis on branding at the conference.