should put the next chapter behind a paywall and make people PROVE they think this is epic
― da croupier, Monday, 20 July 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
behind the wall
the garbage of paris
― j., Monday, 20 July 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
and HOW did I escape their clutches and live to list my favorite albums - or rather, jane's - on a blog? Hear the remainder of the tale on my bandcamp.
― da croupier, Monday, 20 July 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
i thought that jane dark stuff was so funny way back when.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 July 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
GWB has told us that we need to shop for America
Man I forgot all about this, what a load of horsecrap.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:07 (eight years ago) link
The first thing president does is make sure the people at the very top are reassured we are spending money like/cos its our civic duty.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link
He really doesn't like Charles Aaron.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid),
he doesn't like anyone. Per Gessle maybe.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:38 (eight years ago) link
for someone who didn't like charles aaron he sure didn't mind biting his style at the time
― balls, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:39 (eight years ago) link
I'm not really buying tweets 171-174 where he says he's being punished to the tune of 16k for a tossed off line in a Coup review.
― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:54 (eight years ago) link
That's not the end. Here's the whole thing:
https://twitter.com/bookofriot Haven't talked to him in a while but congenial etc also a really good poet
― dow, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link
I'm saying I'm not really buying the narrative that SPIN pursued the $16k out of some sense of malice for what he said in that review, as opposed to like, the many other reasons a company might pursue money from someone
― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, somebody else might (may) tell it quite differently, and even in his version, looks like everything turned out okay (oops spoiler).
― dow, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 20:49 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/1000timesyes/status/623123039950098432― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, July 20, 2015 11:14 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, July 20, 2015 11:14 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
loooool
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 00:36 (eight years ago) link
I have not thought abt that song in like 15 yrs
Thank you for giving the hearty lol I thought that tweet deserved. I got one RT total on that!
― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
what can i say, i love aaron carter
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 01:42 (eight years ago) link
dude, you totally were watching that on the Bad at Rap thread weren't u
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 04:08 (eight years ago) link
Of course!
― lil dork (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 04:21 (eight years ago) link
<3
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 04:44 (eight years ago) link
whiney that was a good tweet
― balls, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 05:51 (eight years ago) link
it's all iconclastic poet michael robbins' fault!
https://twitter.com/alienvsrobbins/status/622570735211520000
― scott seward, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:42 (eight years ago) link
what isn't
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
This guy sounds like an unbelievable tool.
nabisco mr snrub OTM
― got the club going UP on a tuesday (m coleman), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
it's all iconclastic poet michael robbins' fault!https://twitter.com/alienvsrobbins/status/622570735211520000― scott seward, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:42 AM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkwhat isn't― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:56 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― scott seward, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:42 AM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:56 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― maura, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
I stay with a friend in Stuyvesant Town, 20th & First in Manhattan. It's near the best bagel shop in the world, now closed
truth bomb.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
Don't look for it etc etc
― Credit: howtokeepapositiveattitudedotcom (stevie), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
it's all iconclastic poet michael robbins' fault!https://twitter.com/alienvsrobbins/status/622570735211520000― scott seward, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:42 AM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tbh this framing story is my favorite part
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
spin has hired good people lately but the periodic (general music media) bloodletting of laying people off then immediately hiring other people is still vampiric and awful
http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7486920/spinmedia-sale-layoffs-spin-report
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 27 August 2016 05:09 (seven years ago) link
Also from billboard.com, via Brad Shoup's twitter bitlink: SpinMedia sells several sites to Hive(?), hangs onto Go Fug Yourself etc.: http://ht.ly/Yx1A304swa3
― dow, Thursday, 22 September 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
from what I understand SPIN will no longer publish reviews. I haven't approached the new editor to confirm.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 September 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
i'm filing one today
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
welcome back!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 September 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
same
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Thursday, 22 September 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
well, that's reassuring
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 September 2016 21:27 (seven years ago) link
Meanwhile... http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/business/media/rolling-stone-brings-in-a-singapore-based-investor.html
“We really were looking for a strategic partner,” Mr. Wenner’s son Gus, who is currently the head of digital for Wenner Media, said in an interview. “This was kind of as strategic as I could possibly find because we have a shared vision and they’re going to be extraordinarily additive as we continue to evolve and transform our business.”
He added: “This is purely a move and a partnership that is aimed at setting ourselves up with a plan and a strategy to be successful.”
― Frozen CD, Monday, 26 September 2016 00:52 (seven years ago) link
extraordinarily additive
― tongue and cheek (stevie), Monday, 26 September 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
http://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-reporter-acquires-spin-vibe-and-stereogum/
― the klosterman weekend (s.clover), Thursday, 22 December 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
lmao oh my god how many times has this thing changed hands in the past 5 years? like 8?
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 22 December 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
imo billboard's editorial direction has declined in quality drastically since janice min started heading both it and thr. i barely read it anymore. last time i checked there were still a small handful of quality pieces and analyses, but they were far outweighed by the volume of clickbait aimed for maximum social media shares thru twitter stans and such. also the airheaded video '''content''' -- much of which gives the mag's pop charts superficial horse-race coverage like they're a sports game -- has been a disaster.
looking forward to a similar decline for spin and stereogum!
― dyl, Thursday, 22 December 2016 22:18 (seven years ago) link
tbh i've never really been able to decide if popstan/sportsfan mirroring is like the stealth truth bomb of our time or just if it's just so tediously obvious to everyone it's not worth mentioning
― r|t|c, Thursday, 22 December 2016 22:36 (seven years ago) link
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8491158/spin-matt-medved-editor-in-chief
― Frozen CD, Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
so apparently no one at spin works there anymore and upon the news I just realized I never emailed someone back in my attempt to resolve back invoices (which to be clear is largely my fault and I hate and am ashamed of it). but the new managing editor/apparently the only employee now? has no contact info anywhere and standard email format is bouncing. does anyone know who I need to talk to?
(also just to be clear this is not me attempting to pitch, I am just trying to be paid for past work, I’m really sorry if that’s still scabbing)
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 21:04 (four years ago) link
I don't think anyone would consider trying to collect backpay scabbing fwiw sorry I don't know who to contact atm.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
Sincerely hope you get your money. A magazine I worked for in 1988/89 went bankrupt, just after Christmas but before I'd cashed my most recent paycheque. (ATMs were around, but I wasn't using them yet, so I usually took a couple of extra days to get to the bank.) Pleaded with the publisher via a long-distance call to Quebec--it was something like $700 or $800 for two weeks, money I definitely needed--never got a cent of it; learned very quickly where employees are in the bankruptcy line.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 21:37 (four years ago) link
🚨Some personal news 🚨Today is my first day as managing editor at SPIN. Stoked to get started with this legendary publication and yes, I'm taking freelance pitches— Daniel Kohn (@danielkohn) February 4, 2020
Says he wants pitches, offers no way to contact him.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
katherine, you should hit me up privately, i can try and help you out
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:28 (four years ago) link
(not thru my ilx email)
to clarify for anyone who is wondering: roughly half of spin's remaining staff (like 4 of 8 people) were laid off in september, including myself. the parent owner sold spin to a PE firm a month or so ago (at the same time stereogum bought itself out) and as part of that deal, the remaining staff was told they would not be offered full time employment at the new company. spin was officially transferred between companies this week which is why daniel kohn popped up as the "managing editor of spin" today.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:33 (four years ago) link
my understanding is that the PE firm has no intention to staff spin back up in any real way and will mostly be relying on freelancers
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link
Man
― Ainsley James Gryffyd Lowbeer Holdsworth (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link