One of the better editions I've read in this series. The first few essays - particularly the piece on Lil Wayne's effect on New Orleans schoolchildren - are completely brilliant. Four Carrie Brownstein blog posts is probably a bit much (and I'm saying this as a S-K/MM/TA superfan), but I suppose that's Greil Marcus for you. ( )

Reviewed by Mr. Overeem (Language Arts)
The tenth volume of this essential anthology series is one of the best. Editor Greil Marcus sequences pieces on M.I.A., Jay Reatard, Britney Spears, Geechie Wiley, jazz writer Phil Shaap, Mexican emo fans, and others in such a way that what you're thinking about at the end of one essay is the thread the next writer picks up. The previous nine volumes are available in the LARC (I think--MOST of them are, at least). ( )