Village Voice's F2K

the...what?

The layout, I'm guessing.

Or the zinging?

I did lol at "Maura leaving Idolator < My Humps" even though this still sucks

the layout has barely changed in the history of the site, though

Yeah, you're right. I have no idea then.

gossip

Eh, I just figure they're going to do something cheesy and hacky, that's the way all of these sites seem to be going.

yeah, it's probably best to preemptively accuse them of going in a direction they haven't made a single step towards, just to be safe

Better safe than sleazy.

did we kill idolator?

http://idolator.com/5290702/lady-gaga-fans-air-their-grievances

I don't think my guess was all that wrong. "Frown-y face", jesus christ.

Although if "Robbie" turns out to be Robbie Neville fallen down on hard times, c'est la vie.

Even though I like Lady Gaga, it's weird to see a Gaga-related post on Idolator w/o Maura slagging her off in some not-so-subtle way. This Robbie clown is just all business, the facts are the facts.

But yeah, frown-y face. ugh.

I'm wondering, based on this blog post, if this person actually understands what "curiosity killed the cat" actually means...?

I think curiosity is too big a word for him.

i can really only assume that maura quit for a better opportunity elsewhere, b/c i cannot imagine how that could be seen as a good new direction from any angle

Idolator commenter brasstax OTM: "Robbie, you do realize you’re going to be terribly tortured and ridiculed from now until the point many of us just get bored coming back here, right?"

RIP Idolator

"At any rate, they say curiosity killed the cat. Or, in this case, the cat-suited pop star."

RIP F2K?

If you are a Lady GaGa fan who sat around yesterday waiting for her “Bad Romance” video to make its way online, then you’re a Lady GaGa fan who ended their day with sad frown-y face.

:(

guys, I think Robbie is just Whiney fucking with us. the site will probably disappear into oblivion tomorrow.

I am sad that I am never going to see the "You, Me and Dupri" picture again.

brasstax = me.

You, Me and Dupri pic RIP

Johnny Fever aka brasstax OTM

http://i35.tinypic.com/b5fn2f.jpg

Haha I haven't been very in the loop w/ Idolator since they lost the budget for my column but I was at least hoping that someone who was already part of the fold was taking over and didn't want to rush to judgement but...yeah, that's not terribly encouraging

NEVER FORGET xp

really, I have far less beef with "frown-y face" (which is at least an attempt at personality) than I am at an apparent fundamental misunderstanding of one of the most-quoted proverbs in the English language

I remember the NME writing something about Robbie Williams where they rhymed Robbie with blowjobbie.

wait what is going on?

Also lol @ my username apparently being invalid for about a week now...? My nerd rage must go unsatisfied!

Make a up a new username and unleash hell.

f2k is still happening, right?

Someone should ask Whiney. It's probably not going to happen on Idolator, at least.

Or if it does, it will be something like "OMG wtf you guys, that Radiohead song gave me a frown-y face".

:-(

haha too bad we banned the guy who might be able to clear things up right now!

whiney wants to know if he can come back now

Whiney, just give us the lowdown on Friday; you'll be unbanned then.

Oh, it just continues to be bad...

surprised a top ten debut after your last album wasn't even released counts as a trouncing but hey frown-y face

The sales figures quoted there are absolutely riveting.

I mean, I can't tell you how fascinated I am by whether a record label is "pushing" someone or not.

But how many more posts with poorly-used common expressions and comments tossed out w/o context from fan boards will we have to suffer through before then? Love the "no accounting for taste" calls of apocalypse for a Top Ten debut from someone whose last album wasn't even released!

Er, expost

Er, xpost.

Can we talk about how these post titles just aren't up to par? That was one of my favorite things about Brian/Maura Idolator... they were always either funny, or eye-rollingly bad. Now they're just titles. Nothing to see here. Go on to the business of reading the article, please. Thank you.

"Jojo to Sudanese Government: Leave (Get Out)"