Something's Missing

Maybe I'm wrong, but this looks like it's supposed to be a review of Chris Cornell and Timbaland's little promo performance the other night up in my neighborhood.

But a funny thing happened when the writer of the piece went on and on about what the audience was expecting, and what Cornell thinks of the cultural zeitgeist of this decade. There's nothing about the actual performance except to say that it was acoustic, intimate, and "crowd-rousing." Nothing. Did the songs work better stripped of Timbaland's production? We have no way of knowing. Did Cornell offer up anything other than songs from the new record? No idea.

I have no problem with addressing the deep and profound shit that contextualizes a performance, but for fuck's sake, shouldn't you at least say something about the performance itself? Has Chicagoist devolved into post-modern bullshit, or is it just that anyone over there who could write has already moved to Time Out Chicago?

The only logical counterargument is that this was not meant to be a music review at all, but it looks a lot like it's supposed to be a music review, so I'm having a tough time reconciling that option in my head.