Is SPIN really circling the drain?

that's a pretty tortured zing there xpost

― that one guy (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:34 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

doesn't love laboured wordplay, apparently

<3

i used to live down the block from this place. them not buying 2nd tier hip hop explains a few of my bounced checks circa 2009

think 'obscure punk comps' means like sampler CDs from Asian Man or that kind of third tier dealie

okay finally looked at the pic and STING is killing me

no wai, ebullition & sound pollution xp

oh shit asian man record, that's a cold shot

really loved the loud issue, but this latest one is a terrible bore. we've got a painfully out of touch article on bath salts (featuring a journo who walks into a smoke shop to buy cigarettes), a vague piece on waaves & best coast (featuring a masturbatory allotment for each of them to posture their california loves), a page after page spanning article on how prominent bands like to chill on tour ... i'm an admitted bore myself, i admit, being such a whiney bitch. but this one is just so disposable i really, really hope the next issue redeems what excitement/anticipation the initial 2 issues since the reboot have invigorated in me.

masturbatory allotment? I thought they closed that place down!

we've got a painfully out of touch article on bath salts

well hey i learned something from it

I enjoyed it myself and didn't find it terribly out of touch; of anything it seemed timely and apt

it's pretty hilarious to be all indie rocker firsties about bath salts -- spin doesn't understand, maaan, they're just covering it because it's blowing up right now but where were they a year ago?

at least it's not about the relationship between HIV and AIDS

(featuring a journo who walks into a smoke shop to buy cigarettes)

s0 lame

at least it's not about the relationship between HIV and AIDS

― Mordy, Thursday, July 19, 2012 9:05 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

that is still the weirdest thing ever done by a mainstream publication

but yeah i don't even really know what "bath salts" are so maybe i should read it. i understand today's active teens are really into it.

they call the dope man "Mr. Bubble" and everybody's getting sudsy on the flippy flop

I guess I know it's some gross drug

god knowing how horrible ppl are it's probably made out of used rubbers and car batteries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh_nZiuFC4o
looks like a lot of fun

Jesus

it's basically venom

http://forums.ffshrine.org/images/smilies/5400sib.gif

Um...

damn

buzzmedia

Responding to questions about the future of SPIN's print side, BuzzMedia CEO Tyler Goldman released a statement saying "We believe there is a unique role for print and see it as another outlet for people to access content about their passion topics... In the longer term, we're still defining how print fits in from a platform perspective."
Read more at http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/layoffs-at-spin-magazine-1007691352.story#c8yBcDXdLlWLG9uv.99

"We believe there is a unique role for print..."

http://www.kazak.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/birdcage01.jpg

Responding to questions about the future of SPIN's print side, BuzzMedia CEO Tyler Goldman released a statement saying "We believe there is a unique role for print and see it as another outlet for people to access content about their passion topics... In the longer term, we're still defining how print fits in from a platform perspective."

Why are people named Tyler always such assholes?

what about our tyler

he blogs benevolently

I resent the direction this thread's taking

tyler perry's aight

what about our tyler

I forgot! I guess I was thinking of the Tylers I know irl.

:'(

BuzzMedia CEO Tyler Goldman
then again, i have to agree that the title + name does in fact = asshole

^ doomandgloom CEO tylerw

I'm so sorry! xp

Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not like tylerw

definitely what i was dreading hearing since the buzzmedia announcement, having seen somewhat from the inside how quickly they fucked up idolator :(

buzzfeed are the punks that fucked up idolator?

buzzfeed sounds like your older brothers late 90s local alt rock band

They played a game of buzzfizz and lost

buzzfeed =/= buzzmedia, and buzzmedia are definitely the punks that fucked up idolator

i used to scoff at buzzfeed but man has that site turned out to be bizarrely relevant and useful this election year

Buzzfeed is the worst ("Top 26 pictures of dogs that look like their owners!!") and apparently Buzzmedia is too

buzzfeed =/= buzzmedia

oic

I'm not familiar w Idolatoe; what happened exactly?

They took a blog that had good writers and an editorial voice and replaced them with some interns who would just regurgitate press releases.

man I'm at an airport in Florida and I just saw an issue of Spin on the newsstand and it's easily the smartest-looking mag in the store. if it's gonna go down it's a shame, aesthetically the recent changes were a blow in favor of good stuff in the world

man I'm at an airport in Florida

say what

quick flydown, got in yesterday on my way back home today