Mr. Christgau programmed the evening’s music, in part because no one wanted to be exposed to his withering judgments. Photo“In a way it’s too late, if those two can’t be here,” Mr. Tomasky said. “Pete’s next column told readers to send yams to Friedman — ‘He’ll know what to do with them,’” Mr. Friedman said. As editor, Mr. Friedman read the column and approved it for publication — such argument was the spirit of the Voice, he said. “I actually got a nice-looking yam, which I kept on my desk,” Mr. Friedman said.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2017 20:03 UTC