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I'll be more interested when the "alleged" quota goes down, it reads more like popbitch atm to me.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm interested enough as it is.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:03 (eighteen years ago) link

http://junta.toson.net/lmao.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:03 (eighteen years ago) link

http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/f/faint/blank-wave-arcade.shtml

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Why would anyone get in much trouble over a fluffy lifestyle piece like this? (honest question - I'm no journalist)

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Google one Jayson Blair.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Damn I have seen too many times on ILM people raining voodoo curses on Nick Sylvester's* career around here to not have some pre-evidence sympathy for yet another slander. Also not implying anyone posting this is doing this... just noting.

*Yeah, I hate his music writing style, when he turns it on full-pitchforkian-tilt (just not my taste I guess), but other that that no ill will to him personally.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link

since nick posts here, why don't you people relax

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link

What a high-stakes story, too.

xpost

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link

someone could get sued for this if it's wrong surely?

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link

i like how he does the riff raff blog, especially the interviews. which are made up as well, right?

― rizzx (Rizz), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:10 (eighteen years ago) link

yes

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:10 (eighteen years ago) link

no, believe me, the music world is actually that ridiculous

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Well, I'm sure there are repercussions regardless of the context, but it's not like he's covering Iraq or whatever.

x-post to Ned

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:11 (eighteen years ago) link

this thread will not be pleasant.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:17 (eighteen years ago) link

i hope nick doesn't mind my doing this.

here's the story:

http://search.villagevoice.com/search?q=cache:pERKO8MDWugJ:www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0609,sylvester,72342,15.html+PUA&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&client=village_voice&site=VillageVoice&oe=UTF-8&proxystylesheet=village_voice

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:17 (eighteen years ago) link

this thread really needs to go, actually.

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link

why?

we're debating an issue. Which is what message boards are for surely?

free speech and all.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link

It's not like this thread is even malicious.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link

this thread will not be pleasant.

-- M@tt He1geson

OTM.

And even if it is made up, it's hardly inconceivable, it would barely matter if it was frankly. I'd expect as much (or certainly massive scoops of IRL exaggeration) from this kind of feature!

― worst iPod case scenario (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:23 (eighteen years ago) link

debating an issue? does anyone here know ANY FACTS besides what gawker has to say? no!

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:23 (eighteen years ago) link

you don't think this thread is gonna turn malicious?

there's already gonna be enough on the internet that we don't need his colleagues/peers/whatever turning ILM into a fucking knitting circle about it.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost: the cover story was taken off the site, for one.

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link

If dude needs anything right now, it's probably to be left alone.

Whatever you think of his writing (or alleged ethics), he's still a part of our little online community, and I think we should give him a little respect.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link

lmao @ worst writer ever

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link

debating an issue? does anyone here know ANY FACTS besides what gawker has to say? no!

-- cutty (holle...), March 1st, 2006.

It's still an issue though.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link

why couldnt he just make up a story about hilarious black coke dealers like usual

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link

lol @ dead ppl

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link

debating an issue? does anyone here know ANY FACTS besides what gawker has to say? no!
-- cutty (holle...), March 1st, 2006.
It's still an issue though.

-- Hairy Asshurt (lindseyloha...)

haha "debating an issue" is the new "gossiping about total speculation"

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link

So if Kanye West posted here we couldn't call his ass out over somethign stupid he did?

bullshit.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link

TS: snakes vs. spiders

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link

fainted?

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link

lol nick sylvester in a bucket hat lmao

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link

DO YOU THINK YOULL BE FIRED FROM THE VOICE FOR MAKING UP A STORY?

...

YEAH MAKING UP A STORY IS PROBABLY NOT COOL WITH THEM

...

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost, Hairy, point being that we don't know what happened, really.

― mike powell (mike powell), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link

wait...kanye doesn't post here?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link

We don't know what happened. But there's this article to talk about. I thought it was intriguing, possibily slanderous, and worth talking about as this is a site full of journalists.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link

ILM IS INTERESTED IN DEFENDING YOU

YES

IS THAT BECAUSE YOURE A SMARMY RACIST?

.....

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:31 (eighteen years ago) link

if this doesn't blow over tomorrow it'll be back on ILM in a second, if anywhere. I'm with jess on this, this thread (but not the thread to potentially come) basically isn't going to do any good at all. Deletion might be a bit much unless it gets really sour, but it is basically useless for any purposes after the first post until Gawker graciously updates with any of those fact things.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:32 (eighteen years ago) link

who wants to bet the comma abuser is nick sylvester?

― naturemorte, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link

I think far too many threads have been deleted recently.

It's like reading through the eyes of some overzealous mod.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link

alternately

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link

who wants to bet the comma abuser is nick sylvester?

nope.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link

i readily admit to schnadenfreude at this

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link

So if Kanye West posted here we couldn't call his ass out over somethign stupid he did?

Despite the tunnel vision of the blogosphere, I wouldn't exactly call Nick Sylvester a public figure.

Plus, I think having a scarlet letter on his resume would be "call[ing] his ass out" enough. Let the guy be.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Who is getting satisfaction here Eppy?

xpost

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link

xposts - yeah I don't think this should be deleted either as is, but I still think it's a little but a placeholder until the "facts" arrive.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link

even tho hes boring i wouldnt wish the same on breihan

― ,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Why the need for deletion? Surely ILM mods such as Nick's PFM co-writer Jess, and Village Voice co-scribe Sterling, will want the thread to stay up for when we can all watch Sylvester's triumphant vindication from these cruel and vicious and boundless rumours, surely?

Also: lol2005.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:37 (eighteen years ago) link

this backlash is fucking nuts!!! we cant talk shit about nick sylvester making dumb shit up?? 'call it hyper-game'

― ,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:38 (eighteen years ago) link

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why did you bold those things

2nd par: because I have little to no idea what instant associations he expects anyone to make with them, but he obviously expects ppl to

1st par: what makes the 43rd different from other ones?

― the hat's filthy lesson (sic), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:20 (eleven years ago) link

i get why 43rd is kinda provoctive

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link

but i know nothing about bikes

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link

i guess i didn't get the 43rd bday thing either since i thought if you've had that many birthdays 1) you don't care as much 2) hopefully it's more likely you can afford to buy a new bike?

― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link

i enjoyed the article btw because i like his writing but i can see the ways it's also annoying

― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link

"what's the identifying mark?"

haha thank you for remembering my bike, seeing the tweet, backtracking your steps, and finally tracking it down but I'm going to need a little more from you, because, you know.

― sanskrit, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link

oh c'mon it's good that he was thorough after he was finally close enough to get a really good look

― some dude, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 10:17 (eleven years ago) link

i love jody but btdt
http://www.whatever-whenever.net/blog/2010/08/justice-in-brooklyn/

― maura, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link

He is my least favorite Jody Rosen.

― I found him in a Bon Ton ad (Nicole), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link

i like the part where he sees the bike is parked outside a social services building and gives a kind of knowing sigh as if to say "times are tough pal, but not on my watch."

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:33 (eleven years ago) link

quite honestly, all I can think of is a 43-year-old man riding around on a bike that looks like this:

http://2009.feltracing.com/09/images/catalog/xl/8984.png

all of the conservative style neurons in my brain are overloading

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link

When I saw the picture on Slate, I thought the lettering on the body read THIEF.

― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link

i don't think he realizes how bad riding the pt cruiser of bikes actually is

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link

it looks like a tricycle

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link

for babies

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link

quite honestly, all I can think of is a 43-year-old man riding around on a bike that looks like this:

how ageist!

i'm 44 and i ride a bike that looks like this. if you have a problem with that, it's yr problem!

http://bikereviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/electra-super-deluxe-3i-2010-city-bike.jpg

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link

I guess you didn't make it to the all of the conservative style neurons in my brain are overloading part of that post?

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link

(also, your bike is distinctive-looking without being painfully fugly)

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2669805-md.jpg

― buzza, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link

i did read that part of yr post. i'm just trying to settle into grumpy middle aged man who doesn't give a damn mode but not fully convincing myself.

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link

Isn't Rosen riding that bike because he frequently writes about early 20th century music and this bike fits that old-school ethic

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link

I hope not

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link

that is a terrible reason to ride an ugly bike IMO

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link

cheesy retro is his thang

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link

is there another thread about this? i think the article deserves more discussion. i don't know what type of discussion, but just... more.

― s.clover, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link

how much more discussion does it need?

― scott seward, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link

"first world tragedies"

― omar little, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link

/!\ BREAKING: Unlocked bike stolen from city street in NYC /!\

― queequeg (peter grasswich), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link

http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/make_1175.jpg?w=500&h=548

― am0n, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link

"PT Cruiser" and "West Coast Customs" describing the same thing is some pretty heavy metaphor-mixing

― mh, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Ladri3.jpg

― s.clover, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link

fuck bikes

― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link

fuck bikes were great when they opened for blues control

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY2Gk0WuEB4

― am0n, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link

fuck bikes

― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol. what will u hate next

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.emo-corner.com/forums/uploads_gallery/gallery/album_14152/gallery_145323_14152_57262.jpg

― omar little, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link

RIP the old ilx FAQ that said "the jody rosen that posts on ilx is not the jody rosen that writes for rolling stone"

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link

two years pass...

Wait so we have him to thank for Shamir?

― jaymc, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:20 (nine years ago) link

he certainly has put his name on the Northtown wikipedia page a bunch of times, hasn't he?

― een, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:33 (nine years ago) link

Heh.

― jaymc, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:34 (nine years ago) link

the inexorable end game: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hiring-a-music-writer-who-wants-to-work-for-you

― iggwilv azaelea (sanskrit), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 01:08 (nine years ago) link

two years pass...

Anyway

http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/why-is-los-angeles-a-great-place-to-make-pop-music.html

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link

Does the endless positivity start to feel fake after a while? Sure. Did I spend my first week here co-writing a terrible song titled “Bone to Bone”? Of course I did.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link

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