Hickey, well done.
I must say that as I was reading Hickey, I found myself enjoying the “Air Guitar” chapter very much as soon as I started it. The thing that got me right into it was how Hickey is willing to give himself shit right off the bat. “Colleagues of min e will tell you that people despise critics because they fear our power. But I know better. People despise critics because people despise weakness, and criticism is the weakest thing you can so with writing.” (163) I find Hickey’s tongue in cheek writing to be very refreshing to the typical art theory authors. His insight is brought to the page very well. I just realized that I’m critiquing a piece of writing that is challenging criticism. Damn. Also, I can’t get enough of that “the everyday things can be amazing” stuff he goes on about. Thinking of the Ramones while listening to a jackhammer slap the pavement. Hickey, well done.
-Ian Harrison
