A Book About Music Fan: Time-Life Music Label:

At its core, this series was about two things. The first is making a distinction between "great" music and "important" music. Critics often make the mistake of conflating the former with the latter. But while "great" music is impossible to define on a mass scale because it's obviously rooted in subjective judgment, I think "important" music can be measured objectively. I made the (mildly controversial) assertion that Nirvana will always be more important than Pixies, Killing Joke, and all t...