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watch out plan b magazine - beth ditto is NME cool

anyone notice NME has activated an Interactive Web strategy on
http://www.nme.com/news

- comments on News items [registered users only]
- suggest third party RSS Feeds [all of them so far are from other big media outlets]
- an interactive web form to contact the NME

"What do you think of the beta version of the changes to NME.COM news? - click to have your say"

looks like web2.0 hype and blogs have influenced this strategy

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

do Plan B do a Cool List?

― 2 american 4 u (blueski), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

DiS unleash the NME Cool list:

http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1328024

1 Beth Ditto (The Gossip)
2 Faris Rotter (The Horrors)
3 Lily Allen
4 Jarvis Cocker
5 Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
6 Kieren Webster (The View)
7 Kate Jackson (The Long Blondes)
8 Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
9 Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
10 Lovefoxxx (CSS)
11 Paul Simonon (The Good, The Bad & The Queen)
12 Liam Gallagher (Oasis)
13 Jamie Reynolds (Klaxons)
14 The House Of Lords (The Young Knives)
15 Tahita Bulmer (New Young Pony Club)
16 Cee-Lo (Gnarls Barkley)
17 Ryan Ross (Panic! At The Disco)
18 Carl Barat (Dirty Pretty Things)
19 Jack White (The White Stripes/The Raconteurs)
20 Jamie Frost (The Automatic)
21 Serge Pizzorno (Kasabian)
22 Eugene Hutz (Gogol Bordello)
23 Albert Hammond Jr (The Strokes)
24 Meg White (The White Stripes)
25 Jay-Z
26 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
27 Matt Bellamy (Muse)
28 Pete Doherty (Babyshambles)
29 Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
30 Statik
31 Richard Hawley
32 Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
33 Vincent Vincent (Vincent Vincent & The Villains)
34 Lupe Fiasco
35 Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip)
36 Mike Patton
37 Jamie Williams (Tilly & The Wall)
38 Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream)
39 Mike Skinner (The Streets)
40 Ali Love
41 Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio)
42 Mince (The Fratellis)
43 Devendra Banhart
44 Sam Duckworth (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly)
45 Victoria Bergman (Ex-The Concretes)
46 Jackie McKeown (1990s)
47 George Barnett (These New Puritans)
48 Cat Power
49 Thorunn Antonia (Fields)
50 Amy Winehouse

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

do Plan B do a Cool List?

Cool: Not paying your writers
Uncool: Paying your writers

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

Kieren Webster (The View)

Would you know this non entity if he was on the front cover of "the fly"?

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

who? George Barnett (These New Puritans)

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

31 Richard Hawley

y'see the trick is to NOT be cool...

― 2 american 4 u (blueski), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

50 Amy Winehouse

Do these people not have televisions or something?

― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

Beth Ditto: Am I cool, kids?
DJ Martian: (dismissive) No.
Beth Ditto: Good. I'm glad. And that's what makes me cool, not caring, right?
DJ Martian: (dismissive) No.

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

Martian, "let go".

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

Is Beth Ditto considered particularly uncool? Why?

― brr (fandango), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

i think she's pretty cool by most people's standards.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6172794.stm

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:14 (nineteen years ago)

That new Jarvis record is terrible.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

He's nicking my songs. Again.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:27 (nineteen years ago)

Funny how the BBC site mentions how Beth Ditto is the coolest rock star then shows a picture of Lily Allen instead.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

NME editor Conor McNicholas said: "This year's Cool List is a testament to the raft of hugely talented women who have taken hold of the music scene in 2006."
"From Beth to Lily to Karen, they've brought new energy to a scene dominated by men.

"They're also living proof that you can still rock a crowd when you're wearing stilettos."

― 2 american 4 u (blueski), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

perhaps on December 1st we can have a list thread of women who wear stilettos while 'rocking a crowd' on stage.

― 2 american 4 u (blueski), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:35 (nineteen years ago)

Man, Connor Mack just can't wait to follow his predecessor into the world of cheap wank rags, huh?

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:37 (nineteen years ago)

Cool: Not paying your writers
Uncool: Paying your writers

plan b have begun paying contributors, dom.

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

Does Word Magazine really only get 7,000 readers an issue more than you these days? And will there be a merger if you close the gap further?

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

me? do you mean loose lips?

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

if word is selling only 7000 more than loose lips, i would be flabbergasted.

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:50 (nineteen years ago)

Bono & Green Day - in 2006 who cares

Judging from 2004 album sales by both bands: Quite a lot of people.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

compiling Cool Lists = NOT COOL

― braveclub (braveclub), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

ILM COOL LIST 2006

1. Black people

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:52 (nineteen years ago)

2. Whichever commissioning editor you'd slagged off merely two weeks ago who's now offering you work on DUBSTEP~!

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

in 2006 who cares

Judging from 2004 album sales

PRECISELY

― 2 american 4 u (blueski), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

Green Day + US < Westlife, remember?

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

U2 lol freudian

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

actually cool people on that list:

1 Beth Ditto (The Gossip)
5 Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
10 Lovefoxxx (CSS)
16 Cee-Lo (Gnarls Barkley)
25 Jay-Z
34 Lupe Fiasco
48 Cat Power
50 Amy Winehouse

actual coolest person to have existed this year: ellen allien

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:56 (nineteen years ago)

Well, just because it's the oughties doesn't mean that nobody cares about bands that were around in the 90s or earlier. Lots of people do indeed care more about those than about new and "hip" acts.

Unlike whatever NME "next big thing" darlings they may put on their next cover, U2 and Green Day have already proved lasting appeal. But I guess some people are against the idea of something having lasting appeal at all (Does this mean that members of different generations may like the same music??? Oh God forbid! Don't ever let that disaster happen!!!!!)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:57 (nineteen years ago)

what's cool about this woman?

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

Geir Explains It All

― 2 american 4 u (blueski), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

Lex, if you think Lupe Fiasco's cool, you'd probably pop a cork at some of the hep cats in attendance at your local cosplay convention.

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:00 (nineteen years ago)

Karen O tries too hard, she's like a pantomime rock star.

― braveclub (braveclub), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:00 (nineteen years ago)

fucking karen o. lame.

i would be shocked and stunned if word only sold 7,000 more than plan b.

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:00 (nineteen years ago)

i don't pay attention to what karen o is like on stage or in interviews or in person, but i love her voice on the yeah yeah yeahs album. that's cool enough for me!

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

also, i don't much like rock stars, so it stands to reason that i'd like a pantomime version of one.

lupe fiasco is CUTE.

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:03 (nineteen years ago)

Deciding how cool someone is based entirely on their music:

Seven letters:

-o-k-sm

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

also, i don't much like rock stars, so it stands to reason that i'd like a pantomime version of one.

pete doherty!

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

Dorkasm?

New word!

― braveclub (braveclub), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

cockism

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

The bi-monthly magazine Plan B, edited by esteemed Melody Maker journalist Everett True, still does not have office space, but through eight issues since June 2004 it has comfortably reached the impressive circulation of 25,000.

Word Magazine

This summary report refers to the period 01-Jan-2006 to 30-Jun-2006.
This report was approved by the ABC on 17-Aug-2006.

Heading Detail
Publisher Name: Development Hell LTD
Magazine Classification: Music:Other
ABC Primary Figure: 35,142

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

'esteemed'

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

deciding on how good someone's music is depending upon how cool they are, on the other hand...

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

if that's true, then good on 'em. (xxpost)

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

Is Loose Lips Sinks Ships ever going to have a new issue out?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

If U2 and Green Day were so hot they wouldn't have to record Skids covers to get a hit!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha just noticed

"My Chemical Brothers"

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

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