Is SPIN really circling the drain?

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i wish everything on the internet looked like ilx tbh

liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

instead of overloaded cluttered pages full of crap that feel like you're barely in control of your own internet experience

liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

^^^ t-bomb

cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 13:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

he is right you know

(Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

just fire the web designers and get some bloggers to do it for free. this IS 2012 after all.

scott seward, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

i actually know two amazing web designers by the way. one of whom is an ilxor if spin needs some help. cuz that site has always been a nightmare.

scott seward, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

ha ca you imagine if whiney had the spin site redesigned to look like ilx

some dude, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

its right up there with movie company websites (almost always horrible and straight out of 1992) and big label music company websites (ditto). media people strangely have a hard time with the whole website thing. which is kinda ironic, dontcha think?

scott seward, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 14:54 (1 year ago) Permalink


This Waka cover gets lots of attention sitting on my desk.

Bulge Pimp (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

is WAKA the one after the Sleigh Bells? I need to pick that up.

cinco de extra mayo (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

your desk is hella clean

(Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 15:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah, I keep it fresh.

Bulge Pimp (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 15:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

i HAVE been reading Spin lately. just so you know.

scott seward, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 15:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

Old Spin! What a fantastic magazine it was.

Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 15:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

picturing people in business casual walking by spottie's desk, looking down and screaming "GROVE STREEEEEEEEEET" or "WAKA! FLOCKA! WAKA! FLOCKA!"

some dude, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol. All I've gotten so far is a couple "cool, who is that" comments.

Bulge Pimp (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

i wish everything on the internet looked like ilx tbh

― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:24 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

instead of overloaded cluttered pages full of crap that feel like you're barely in control of your own internet experience

― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:25 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i would fight and die for this

Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

OTM

EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

isn't that what like instapaper and a million other apps do basically?

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

do go on...?

Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

ha ca you imagine if whiney had the spin site redesigned to look like ilx

― some dude, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:52 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

do it

lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

jon lewis: http://getpocket.com/

(Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

works for your computer too. you just need to find single page sites for long form.

(Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol Spottie I have those Run DMC figures on my desk at home

Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

it's tricky to rock a desk iirc

some dude, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

Readability is an app that strips extraneous shit from web pages.

grandavis, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

I like using the Reader button in the Safari app for this purpose.

Moodles, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol Spottie I have those Run DMC figures on my desk at home

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 4:57 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fist bump.

Bulge Pimp (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

I am still waiting for my issue in the mail :-( shouldn't it be here by now if it's already on newsstands?

a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

might want to revisit the calendar poster...

scott seward, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

hey whiney i've been listening to stuff off the spin best albums of 2012 so far thing, some good tunes maaan

wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 June 2012 20:28 (11 months ago) Permalink

tried reading that & just got caught on a loop of action bronson -> addison groove -> action bronson -> addison groove

carly rae (flopson), Monday, 18 June 2012 20:35 (11 months ago) Permalink

that was a damn fine list, i thought. would've liked to see just a little more mea culpa from whiney on twitter for doing a "so far" thing, though. dude gave a LOT of people/places shit for that last year.

alpine static, Monday, 18 June 2012 21:21 (11 months ago) Permalink

being whiney means never having to say you're sorry

a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:22 (11 months ago) Permalink

when whiney does the exact same thing he criticized others for its totally different remember! And will prove it with a month long poll.

it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:26 (11 months ago) Permalink

well w/e it hipped me to some new music

wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:27 (11 months ago) Permalink

he must be held accountable!
but srsly, i am having a weird desire to subscribe to spin. last ish i got was in 1996! should i do this!?

tylerw, Monday, 18 June 2012 21:31 (11 months ago) Permalink

dude go for it, subway ain't free

wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:33 (11 months ago) Permalink

i don't care how whiney gets to work

tylerw, Monday, 18 June 2012 21:40 (11 months ago) Permalink

no, don't get me wrong, like i said i dug the list. and it led me to some stuff, too. and it's not like i'm staying up nights angry because whiney didn't beg forgiveness.

i just think slagging everyone else left and right essentially for tacking "...so far" onto their lists and then 12 months later doing the xact same thing (w/ the ellipsis, even!) without poking some significant fun at yourself is not a great look. but whatever. the rules are different for different folks, i get that.

alpine static, Monday, 18 June 2012 21:41 (11 months ago) Permalink

i totally just subscribed to spin! do not disappoint me, magazine!

tylerw, Monday, 18 June 2012 21:52 (11 months ago) Permalink

waiting to have time to sit down with the last three issues, queue up a playlist and really dig in.
this will happen.

Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:15 (11 months ago) Permalink

also attention whiney: i know you pooh poohed guided by voices at that CBGB show but cloud nothings are also playing if that's your thing.
no idea why it would be, but they're both on that playlist so

Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:17 (11 months ago) Permalink

Siinai are Finland's greatest krautrock band

Haven't actually heard Siinai, but that's some bold talk Whiney.

Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:17 (11 months ago) Permalink

They're pretty damn good!

Ned Raggett, Monday, 18 June 2012 23:26 (11 months ago) Permalink

Apparently so!

Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:28 (11 months ago) Permalink

damn whiney you couldnt sneak a single good weirdo record on that list but you had room for cloud nothings???

Lamp, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:06 (11 months ago) Permalink

damn lamp you dont like a band called 'cloud nothings'???

some dude, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:08 (11 months ago) Permalink


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