How much worse can that new music blog Idolator get?

[Full Disclosure 2: Back in May, when I found out Alex Balk (ex-TMFTML, now co-editing Gawker) was working on this new GM music blog, I asked him (don’t know him, but we’ve e-mailed, before) to toss my name into the hat. Nothing came of it. Even if my name was passed along, I’m sure something – my inability to post more than twice/week, my insufferable chunks of prose, my stubborn gag reflex – removed it from eligibility.]

lame

it's pretty vapid, in that patented Gawker Media confectionary sort of way. which means it could be a pretty great distraction once the writers find their groove.

also, is that associate editor Maura of ILB?

also lol at don weiner dissing a blog by quoting another blog

glad the intentional irony wasn't lost on ya (and as for the angry loner bit, well, I wish I were...)

care to enlighten us as to why this new music blog is so deserving of our wrath? Or does coming up with a reason take away from the fun of piling on?

lifeless writing, no clear voice, no gossip, embarassing amount of Gawker Media linkage, late to the party with nothing to show for it, a zillion posts in just a few days worth of existence, weak layout, etc. There is no compelling reason to read this blog.

I'm sure Maura's a nice person. I like Raftery's work in GQ or Esquire or wherever it was where I used to see his byline. But this blog, which took years to hatch, isn't any good.

I must disagree.

and also you have spent a lot of energy and time on something that is not compelling enough to read

um, isn't this gawkerempire SOP - i mean the anonymous cheapshots, maybe not the angry loner part.

i think idolator may grow into something worth the occasional browse, but the music biz does not seem nearly as well suited to the gossip/snark/rumor methods of gawker/defamer/wonkette (of course there's lots in the music world worthy of this, but not in the dozens-of-daily-items ratio that feeds the other sites)

good luck anyway

new times? yes.

- people assessing the worthiness of a blog within days of its launch. clearly the phrase "sit back and watch what happens" no longer applies to... fuck, anything

- the insane rants of bloggers who are salty because someone else got the job they applied for. of course, you have to wonder with such pissypants knee jerk reactions, would these douchehammers have been any good at the job?

anyway, im gonna go back to my corne and continue to cheer maura on. GO MAURA!

[hstencil mindmeld]

darkwave or fartwave

New Wave or Ew Wave

haha

new romantic or too pedantic

acid rock or flaccid cock

late 16th century baroque or blate sickenin sedentary & broke

post-punk or roach dung

minimal techno or reaching for pepto

late 70s freak folk revival or shit

custos or crusty toes

http://idolator.com/5462971/photos-before-she-loved-controversial-music-videos-erykah-badu-loved-hats#discus_thread

hahahaha

Surely we can count the days now, right?

pop or poop

Ricky Martin recently came out of the closet on his website. Should he have been more open about his sexuality earlier in his career?

* Pop: No. Everyone is entitled to handle their own sexuality their own way. Ricky didn't owe anyone any more details than he chose to share when he was on top of the charts.

* Poop: Yes. Ricky could've taken a stand and provided more leadership for gay fans when he was a bigger star, but he obviously was more concerned with his career.

smh360d

lmfao

great job, BUZZMEDIA

wait the poop or pop thing is real?

hahaha, oh M@tt I envy you

M@tt: http://idolator.com, go to the bottom of the right-hand column

lol i didn't realize Buzznet changed its name to something equally lame last year

well i'll be...

Just noticed they got an Alison Goldfrapp interview. It would've probably been a lot better conducted by Maura, but that's beside the point. In the glory days, it would've had about 200 comments. Now it has FOUR.

In the end what happened to the 'Worst songs' feature?

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/11/f2kindex.php

Yeahy! Was wondering whatever happened to that feature. Damn, those look truly awful. Thanks!

How much worse can that new music blog [Hype Machine|Gorilla vs Bear|Popmatters|etc] get?

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/fastest-growing-digital-entertainment-publisher,1322876.shtml
http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/06/update-story-behind-buzzmedia-the-music-blogs.html

BuzzMedia has added today 6 major music blogs. PureVolume, PopMatters, Gorilla vs. Bear, The Hype Machine, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL join Stereogum, Buzznet, Idolator and Absolute Punk in the web entertainment publisher's music portfolio.

each blog has structured its own unique deal with Buzz and most are centered around advertising. While Buzz does own and control most of its original properties, the new "additions" leave most of the bloggers independent. A spokesperson for BuzzMedia described the new relationships with HypeM, RCRDLBL and Pop Matters as "partnerships" and claimed that "all sites will retain their own editorial control."

For most of the blogs, "partnership" appears to mean selling and delivering adds. But for the Gorilla vs. Bear blog, The Buzz relationship goes farther. "We generally don't get into details of how deals are structured," said the Buzz spokesperson, "but Gorilla vs. Bear is an acquisition in the form of an investment with right to buy the remainder".

there should be a 'via Carles' in there too

secretly hoping that Buzznet buys more shitty indie rock blogs and slowly ruins them like they did Idolator

"in the web entertainment publisher's music portfolio."

GOTTA CATCH EM ALL!!!

yeah i mean...i'd be pretty bitter if they've actually learned their lesson from the Idolator fiasco in time to preserve the magic of Gorilla Vs. Bear and help them thrive

no idea how much Concrete Loop or Absolute Punk are 'worth' per se but i'm betting they knew what they were doing with their sites as is and probably didn't need to enter into such a risky partnership

Absolute Punk has been owned by Buzznet for years now

oh duh misread the thing

i hope for their next act, idolator breaks the wrinklepaws scenestars payola scandal

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit)

why did i reread this thread? now i need a xanax

anyway hi guys, how's life

hey maura.

I miss o.g. Idolator so much.

You got that right.

yeah, it was beautiful at times. it simultaneously made and ruined my life. i am still talking about it in therapy! that's something!

Don't sweat it, maura! This regard affirmed my faith in both evolution and entropy!

i love you ilx. even you, crankypants don weiner.