Let's talk about love: why other people have such bad taste

Part one: Let's talk about love: a journey to the end of taste / Carl Wilson

Let's talk about hate

Let's talk about pop (and its critics)

Let's talk in French

Let's talk about world conquest

Let's talk about schmaltz

Let's sing really loud

Let's talk about taste

Let's talk about who's got bad taste

Let's talk with some fans

Let's do a punk version of "My heart will go on" (or, let's talk about our feelings)

Let's talk about let's talk about love

Let's talk about love

Part two: Essays: What we talk about when we talk about love. Introduction / Carl Wilson

The artists we deserve / Nick Hornby

With the lights on, it's less useless / Krist Novoselic

If the girls were all transported / Ann Powers

The easiest thing to forget / Mary Gaitskill

Compared to what? / Jason King

Let's talk about Diana Ross / Daphne A. Brooks

Deep in the game / Drew Daniel

Children of the corn / Sukhdev Sandhu

Acting in and out of context / James Franco

Too much sociology / Marco Roth and the editors of n+1

Giving up on giving up on good taste / Jonathan Sterne

When I come home / Owen Pallett

Playlist: let's listen to love / Sheila Heti

Part three: Afterword. Let's talk later / Carl Wilson.