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February 20th, 2006

A few years ago, Vanity Fair ran a great series of articles called “The Rock Snob’s Dictionary” that were eventually expanded into a book entitled, of all things, The Rock Snob’s Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge. The authors David Camp and Steven Daly have also started a webpage called Snobsite, where, along with plugs for their book, they have a nice section devoted to the nitpicks and suggestions for future entries sent in by readers. In a curious footnote, Daly was a founding member of the early 1980s Scottish band Orange Juice, whose music is undergoing something of a Rock Snob-driven reappraisal and revival. So, not only is Daly a Rock Snob, he’s a person of interest to other Rock Snobs. Oh, and David Camp just released The Film Snob’s Dictionary, with the able assistance of Lawrence Levi.-MJS

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