in which i chastize the editors of SPIN magazine
addenda: fuck you, SPIN. i see that the ever so awful fall out boy will be on your next cover. have you lost your once good taste? have you no sense of history? have you, perhaps, alzheimers?
allow me to recap for you some of the (mediocre) artists who have graced your cover within the last six months: fall out boy, my chemical romance, tv on the radio, the killers, panic! at the disco, and gnarls barkley. let me break this down for you, as i'm sure it might be a bit complex for the 14-year old who appears to be making most of your major editorial decisions these days.
gnarls barkley is awesome. i have no beef with this issue, especially as it had a couple of other cool pieces in it (particularly the one on robert pollard, late of gbv fame).
tv on the radio. i am not necessarily a fan of said band, however i admire the size of your balls to name them band of the year and put them on your cover - something that, to the best of my knowledge, no american music magazine (major or otherwise) has done yet.
now as for the other four: panic! at the disco is basically about as awful as they come. but you probably sold a lot of copies of that issue to a lof of 14-year olds, so i can sort of understand that crap i guess. regarding the fall out boy, the killers and my checmical romance, um...THEY'VE ALL BEEN ON THE COVER IN THE LAST YEAR!
now look, i'm sure you see some of the world's more respected publications and you get jealous. time, newsweek, the economist, the new yorker, the atlantic monthly, the new york times, etc...their covers are often vastly similar from week to week. but there's (sadly) only one president. and even though he sucks, he's the only one there is, so they have to put him on the cover a lot. same is not true with rock bands. there are many of them, and some of them are even qutie fucking awesome (see previous blog entries for some examples). you should be ashamed of yourself not only for putting such shitty bands on the cover, but for doing so repeatedly in the span of 12-18 months and thus towing the clear channel party line, catering to 14-year old boys and ignoring your better judgement.
also, um, please let me know when its time to renew. i hate it when i miss an issue.
allow me to recap for you some of the (mediocre) artists who have graced your cover within the last six months: fall out boy, my chemical romance, tv on the radio, the killers, panic! at the disco, and gnarls barkley. let me break this down for you, as i'm sure it might be a bit complex for the 14-year old who appears to be making most of your major editorial decisions these days.
gnarls barkley is awesome. i have no beef with this issue, especially as it had a couple of other cool pieces in it (particularly the one on robert pollard, late of gbv fame).
tv on the radio. i am not necessarily a fan of said band, however i admire the size of your balls to name them band of the year and put them on your cover - something that, to the best of my knowledge, no american music magazine (major or otherwise) has done yet.
now as for the other four: panic! at the disco is basically about as awful as they come. but you probably sold a lot of copies of that issue to a lof of 14-year olds, so i can sort of understand that crap i guess. regarding the fall out boy, the killers and my checmical romance, um...THEY'VE ALL BEEN ON THE COVER IN THE LAST YEAR!
now look, i'm sure you see some of the world's more respected publications and you get jealous. time, newsweek, the economist, the new yorker, the atlantic monthly, the new york times, etc...their covers are often vastly similar from week to week. but there's (sadly) only one president. and even though he sucks, he's the only one there is, so they have to put him on the cover a lot. same is not true with rock bands. there are many of them, and some of them are even qutie fucking awesome (see previous blog entries for some examples). you should be ashamed of yourself not only for putting such shitty bands on the cover, but for doing so repeatedly in the span of 12-18 months and thus towing the clear channel party line, catering to 14-year old boys and ignoring your better judgement.
also, um, please let me know when its time to renew. i hate it when i miss an issue.