Village Voice's F2K

i really want these people to stand up and explain themselves!

Yeah, I think I would loathe these people a little bit less if they had at least explained a little bit about themselves and where there were coming from. But to just start posting these inane blurbs about Gaga and Rihanna is like a drunk crashing a child's birthday party and then barfing on the cake.

~precisely~

http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/08/z_page-15-VESAk-Personality.jpg

a drunk crashing a child's birthday party and then barfing on the cake

Simile of the year!

ftr this shit is EXACTLY what I am talking about whenever I go on a "modern music writing is a gigantic bag of shit that never actually talks about the music" tear; I'm not looking for analysis of chord progressions as much as I'm asking for the writer to tell me about, oh I don't know, what instruments were used and what they sound like, and whether those sounds go together or not

This is the second time I've glanced at my wall calendar to make sure it is indeed the 10th of November and not the 1st of April.

Oh hey, an explanation.

walkietalkies on Twitter: "I like going to the @idolator site because I can read the comments alongside the articles that they're slamming. #backlash"

^^

"He sounds -- well -- he sounds like a guy I would flirt with at a bar," she giggles.
"He sounds -- well -- he sounds like a guy I would flirt with at a bar," she giggles.
"He sounds -- well -- he sounds like a guy I would flirt with at a bar," she giggles.
"He sounds -- well -- he sounds like a guy I would flirt with at a bar," she giggles.
"He sounds -- well -- he sounds like a guy I would flirt with at a bar," she giggles.
"He sounds -- well -- he sounds like a guy I would flirt with at a bar," she giggles.
"He sounds -- well -- he sounds like a guy I would flirt with at a bar," she giggles.

hahahahahahaha YESSSSSSS

That post is genius, I was kidding earlier. My actual favorite line is "If there's one thing that PR workers love about the pop culture industry, it's process and integrity."

http://mackro.blogspot.com/2009/11/idolator-moves-forward-with-xml-driven.html

Is this article satire or what?

yes

no no, that's exactly what they did

Nu-Idolator is so bad that we must all ask ourselves that question.

it was effectively couched in technobabble that i don't understand to the point where i thought it might be real

by NunyaB at 3:48 pm

This has to be some kind of super-next-level performance art, and “Becky” and “Robbie” are secretly Maura and the triumphantly returned Jess, right?

RIGHT?

…Oh God.

BREAKING NEWS FROM RICK SANCHEZ ON THE TWITTER:

let me say again, i look at writing like fine wines, i'm fascinated w how they are grown. that's all. im serious.

^^ CNN anchor, folks. Possible new hire for Idolator. Just throwing that out there, Buzznet. Don't leave money on the table.

brb, gonna grow some wines

i don't blame you, man. too cold out here in Boston or I'd be doing the same.

lol I am also in Boston, cold is merely a state of mind

(besides, if ppl can grow wine in MN, they can grow it anywhere)

http://twitter.com/#search?q=idolator

Just for easy reference.

http://idolator.com/5291742/adam-lambert-allison-iraheta-and-kris-allen-just-might-rock-your-town

The dreaded "c" word is apparently comporomise.

hahahahahaha

The dreaded "c" word is apparently comporomise.

Any word over three characters is probably dreaded by these two jokers.

ok this has disturbed me a bit, a few entries ago from robbie's other awful blog:

The first time I ever climbed down the dark stairwell to the underground (literally!) club was in December 1994—nearly 15 years ago—when I was home on Christmas Break during my first year away at university.

REEEE-WIND. first year of university. nearly 15 years ago. THIS MAN IS IN HIS THIRTIES

http://www.impawards.com/tv/posters/arrested_development.jpg

O_O @ lex

someone who is that old & does not have any critical distance is sufficiently creepy

o_O

i for one welcome our new SEO-optimized overlords

and by "not having any critical distance" i mean "writes like a 15-year-old"

music bloggers in churning out useless shit shocker

music bloggers in churning out useless shit shocker

15-year-olds across the country are offended by that comparison, J

That is even more appalling. I could see some lowly young buzznet intern who didn't know any better because all they'd been trained to do is give blowjobs, but a GROWN MAN writing like this? For shame.

we're all just spoiled because ILM always has been and still is populated by some of the best music critics working today. outside of our citadel, the situation is dire!

http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/c/castle_attack-76629-1.jpeg

lol kiss ass

^ game looks awesome btw

fuck it: Robbie is better than any of the fools posting here, but don't tell anyone outside of this thread I said so.

maybe rock criticism is dead now, dead via the boiling oil of the internet

Via Twitter:

katesilver

"Livebloggin': 'Kris Allen' " is a thing of beauty. I removed the bookmark but I can't look away. "Robbie" was the drummer for Gay Dad.

so much morbid can't-look-away offended fascination right now.

ok, so, going by the blog roll on "chart rigger", there seems to be...a whole community of bloggers that this robbie is part of? so i guess there's a ready-made audience for...whatever this is? this disturbs me. there are people out there who think there's a point to his inane witterings?

and a great deal of curiosity too, i want to know how it's possible that he's thrived doing what he does!

i can't remember the last time so many current idolator posts garnered SO many posts. which says...something.

people be rubberneckin.

So wait, you're NOT going to explain this?: THIS MAN IS IN HIS THIRTIES

lol @ this interview - http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/11/maura_johnston.php

H: In short, as we say in this business, "sad frown-y face."

yeah, totally.

i can't bring myself to pile on. i'm just hoping maura has something lined up.