Who else to review Chinese Democracy, but Chuck Klosterman. Not sure how I missed this in November, but here it is and it's excellent. Makes me want to listen to the album.

Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It's more like reviewing a unicorn. Should I primarily be blown away that it exists at all? Am I supposed to compare it to conventional horses? To a rhinoceros? Does its pre-existing mythology impact its actual value, or must it be examined inside a cultural vacuum, as if this creature is no more (or less) special than the remainder of the animal kingdom?

Esquire seems to be cycling through a bottomless pit of "What I've Learned" features. Despite that they seem to be written to be SEO linkbait, I like short articles with small paraghraphs. I liked this one with Chuck Klosterman.

An excerpt from Chuck Klosterman's new book, Downtown Owl - the excerpt is sports related because, well, it is on ESPN.