Atrios observes that it is a somewhat harsh commentary, on someone who forgoes the usual NYC career path to become a rock star, to suggest that they've committed professional suicide:
I don't claim to know just how well a band like Titus Andronicus does financially, but even this old man knows of them and, well, oh jeebus just fuck you New York Times for being stupid and focusing too much on attention on the plight of the not quite rich enough.I remember that when I graduated with a degree in engineering, everyone was being told that the smart career move was into accountancy. Five or six years later the dot-com boom was starting, and an engineering degree and some programing experience was in rather higher demand.
While it might be somewhat hard for a NYT reporter to admit it. An English major graduating before the fiscal crisis could probably expect a career as a rock musician to offer better job security than one in magazine or newspaper publishing.
Best career advice I ever got was this:
