Village Voice's F2K

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)"

the pressing question there is "why is the Sudanese gov't in Jojo's house"

"Man Decapitated in Strip Club"

"Super Caley Trounce Celtic"

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

i was always sadly proud of that one.

though i feel like if any headline sums up my tenure at idolator, it's still:

"Yes, It’s Come To This: A Video Of Miley Cyrus Drinking Ketchup"

Okay, so apparently Robbie is this guy: http://chartrigger.blogspot.com/

Yes, I may as well just go ahead and remove Idolator from my bookmarks right now.

god...

it's like they really wanted to take out any bit of a critical voice that the site had left

a quick look suggests he likes snow patrol and calvin harris. rip idolator. ;_;

apparently according to whom?

why would anyone give that guy an actual writing/editorial role? I DON'T GET IT

it's like they really wanted to take out any bit of a critical voice that the site had left

but w/o a critical voice it's just, like, a bad news aggregator. i don't get why this is desirable from any standpoint.

Calvin Harris??!?!?!?!? O_o

The Daily Swarm identified him as that guy. They may be wrong, but based on what's been posted on Idolator today, it fits.

neither do i lex

while this obv sucks on multiple levels, i must admit I find the idea of a blog whose ideal reader wishes Perez Hilton ONLY talked music kind of fascinating.

It really doesn't take much to be considered a "noted blogger" these days does it? I mean, ffs, the guy just relates chart rundowns and press releases.

not to be contrarian because this is totally depressing, but at least they got someone interested in popular music instead of just going indie and becoming Stereogum 2 right away

it's like they're aiming for...a kind of US digital spy? yeesh.

Yeah, but what's the point in reading Idolator now when Popjustice exists to cover the same material in a much better fashion?

maybe but i think the likelihood of this dude coming to appreciate good indie is less likely than an indie stan coming to appreciate good pop. *maybe*

i don't know how that pertains to what i said

lol I accidentally clicked on the Idolator link on The Daily Swarm because I thought it was a blog tag and LOLOLOLOLOLOL at the Britney "piece"

so is this guy just going to be publishing whiney & maura's f2k blurbs or...

Yeah, but what's the point in reading Idolator now when Popjustice exists to cover the same material in a much better fashion?

idolator's remit was always much wider than popjustice's - it was about popular music (not nec pop music) with a side order of maura's own taste. it worked really well. can't imagine popjustice ever acknowledging eg hip-hop.

It doesn't really matter, the Idolator commenters are going to destroy this guy anyway.

not to be contrarian because this is totally depressing, but at least they got someone interested in popular music instead of just going indie and becoming Stereogum 2 right away

― some dude, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:07 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

doesnt the same company own both stereogum and idolator?

Yes.

yeah that was why i said that

oh well no need to get snippy

i don't know how this all "works" behind the "scenes"

sorry i just thought that was implied (xpost)

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/idolators-new-editor-illiterate/

Seriously, whoever wrote this is awesome. Love the picture too.

ftr the Britney blurb was written by "Becky"

Well done, Becky! You can write press releases!

the "indie stan" post didn't make sense to me in the context of the conversation, though (xpost)

Becky Luc@$? xp

nevermind

dogtits

i have to say i kind of like how both this thread and the idolator comments today are just kind of liveblogging the collective discontent about all this and slowly intensifying

"Becky Lucas": C or D?

She would be a perfect writing companion for Robbie.

so have they replaced everyone over there or what

I love Maura. I'm sad she's gone. But I feel like the Idolator brand has been betrayed by bringing in these hack writers with no discernible personality or voice to essentially report chart figures and regurgitate press releases (and badly, at that).

There are countless writers out there who, as lex stated, who can write about popular music without focusing solely on "pop music." Robbie and Becky aren't those people.

maybe it's that thing where buzznet are phasing out something they can't afford to run by making it as shit as possible so no one misses it when it eventually does go