The All-New STYLUS.

Fuck man. We're over, bar the screaming.

lol "cock friend"

I feel simultaneously like we failed pathetically and also suceeded magnificently. Does that make sense? Happysad. But mainly sad. Pretty fucking gutted, actually.

A phoenix shall rise...?

So are all the best writers off to Pitchfork?

From the article in the New York Observer:

Scott Plagenhoef, who was a top editor writer at Stylus before becoming the managing editor of Pitchfork, said the site would be dearly missed. . . .

Mr. Plagenhoef said he has been talking to Mr. Burns about Stylus writers who might now find a home at Pitchfork. "We've consulted with Todd and talked about certain writers who are a good fit, and we're in the process of possibly bringing on board a few people," he said.

So, to answer your question: probably.

Well, for one Pitchfork pays, and secondly, there are a LOT of great writers on the staff, past or present, no real bests, which is what I really liked about Stylus.(I mean, obvi, there were bad writers too, but I thought the general quality was unusually high).

And jaymc, if you are who I think you are, I thought your writing on the site was consistent and engaging, and I was kinda bummed we didn't get to meet in Chicago this past summer. Maybe next time.

Also, I thought Anthony's writing for the site was really, really great. He was one of the first writers I REALLY liked before I came to Stylus, and I haven't really been hearing his name mentioned. So, props Anthony.

Thanks, Tal. My memory is kinda fuzzy -- were you in Chicago when Alfred was around?

I shared a woozy cab ride with Tal. We discussed -- what, exactly?

My impending mid-twenties crisis and crippling self-esteem. This time around we'll discuss Tusk in something other than late-night drunken rambling.

Let me be clear: I hope I made things worse.

Ah. I'm guessing you showed up after I left to catch Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

(Who were kind of disappointing, but I probably would've passed out if I'd had another drink.)

The other Styluser you met, jaymc, was Gaerig.

Yes, I know.

You know you did Al.

Does this mean the ones Pitchfork don't scavenge will turn to blogging? Can we be spared this?

A lot of us write for other publications already.

I'm pretty sure that other people have outlets besides Stylus that they can fall back on, and plenty of the writers are talented enough to jump on elsewhere.

for example?

be good to hear where they'll pop up so appreciators can follow...

If anyone is interested, you can find my works in The R0ck, R0ck Bridge H1gh School's award-winning newspaper.

What publications are all the Stylus contributors going to be writing for now?

Oh, there's this one place.

A lot of us write for other publications already.

Alfred, Nick: Aside from your respective blogs, where else does your writing appear?

(I know Ned is at AMG and his blog)

Dammit, the singles jukebox used to be the first thing I read in the mornings. Will be missed :(

I loved this interview with Yamantanka Eye.

THIS SUCKS.

Daniel, email me and we'll talk.

Also, whatever you do, Nick Southall please keep writing. Your shit is half the reason Stylus is/was great.

RIP

Yeah, <3 Nick.

Give us more love, people. We deserve it. LOL @ our haikus.

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/the-final-ever-stylus-annual-haiku-marathon.htm

Maybe I deserved to be included in that "favorite teenpop poster" poll after all, since my final piece for Stylus (on the Jukebox) is about Lindsay Lohan.

These final features are just making me miss Stylus more. :(

But they are great.

I have no idea where I'll write about music next, but I do know no matter what I do I'll never have an opportunity as good as Stylus was. This is a widely-shared sentiment among Stylus staff, but there was/is simply nowhere else that gives you the freedom to write that Stylus did, and I probably would have been content writing there forever. I guess four years will have to be enough. Todd Burns is a hell of a guy, and honestly as much as I, too, had the "why not just hand off EiC to someone else?" reaction too for a second, I can't imagine the site without him.

And Alfred's right, we hated our readers commenters. Ha ha.

It's actually kind of bizarre to find out that so many people liked us, but better late than never.

this is why comments boxes on sites like that can be do misleading. there were pieces on stylus i thought of commenting on, and occasionally i did, but too many of the other commenters were complete dicks, so i couldn't be bothered, and i imagine others felt the same way (and I mean, they weren't even dicks in an entertaining way--there was just a lot of childish nonsense, from what i recall).

"can be so misleading," I mean.

I never commented because I figured guys like Morbius and Naive Teen Idol needed no encouragement.

I don't know if I phrased that exactly right.

Well, I'll be: Ian's posting on ILM. Hi!

If Miller turns up Ladbrokes owe me £10k.

Daniel, email me and we'll talk.

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn

Email sent. Thanks.

I chatted with Derek last night. Told him about this thread. Don't think he'll be swinging by to check in.

The provinces aren't shedding many tears:
http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/465777.html

Presumably Stylus failed as a website by not making "Obligatory Breakdown Song" album of the year

Presumably Stylus failed as a website by not making "Obligatory Breakdown Song" album of the year

-- Dom Passantino, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:42 AM

This is probably true.

woah, I totally forgot about Swyggart's UK Top 40 column back in the day. totally deserves a shoutout.

As someone who is in no way associated with Stylus, or the film section thereof, I would like to add that Stylus also had an excellent film section.

-From someone who is definitely not a film writer on Stylus.

Ahem.

Patrick, there's been some talk about the Top 10 Films of the Millennium here.