Seconding this. What a weird, unnecessary thing to put in the newsletter. It feels very catty, which is not how I’d have ever described this team. Be better than this, Blank Check.
It's always very interesting to me when investigative reporting—which goes beyond simply making phone calls and doing archive research, and has been done by so many others than just myself—gets labeled as "insanity" and when it is accepted as what it is: reporting. It's also interesting to me how a majority of critics overlooked an anecdote that takes up roughly two pages of material and how some have chosen to fixate on it to the dismissal of the rest of the work.
If the point is to say I'm obsessed with May beyond any reasonable level that any journalist is obsessed with their subject, it's not really sticking. I wasn't there because I didn't want to go. I've gone to enough May events for a lifetime, and I've had my fill. It's really as simple as that. It's no longer my job to attend any event possible in hopes of gathering material. There is no more reporting to do. The book is done. It's out there. I'm over it.
It's disappointing to see this comment in the newsletter, since I have no beef with Blank Check and assumed the same, and don't quite understand the need to stir up a dialogue that occurred four years ago. I've moved on. I wish others could, too.
> Did you know that Wheatus lead singer Brendan B. Brown first adopted the “Girl Voice” he uses at the end of “Teenage Dirtbag” to ward off high school bullies?
Chris Hardwick (whatever) came up with the best name for that whiny, high-pitched vocal style popular back then: "tattle rock."
Think Lit, Blink-182 (when Mark DeLonge sang), Sum 41, etc.
Btw, lest anyone scoff at "alternative" band the Goo Goo Dolls, they did start as an indie band in Buffalo and put out multiple albums to no notice or sales before hitting it big.
"Name" and "Iris" were played to death, but "Naked" (from the "Name" era) remains a great song. Dizzy Up the Girl, their big record, is a proper great album not made anymore: solid tracks, not just filler, between the (multiple) radio hits.
They didn't get their due as an excellent power-pop band with a real mastery of hooks. I think that's due to (1) "the Goo Goo Dolls" and (2) their lead singer, Johnny Rzeznik, was too pretty for guys to get on board.
Damn divas what a weird stray at a talented journalist who had a point about yall four fuckin years ago.........
Seconding this. What a weird, unnecessary thing to put in the newsletter. It feels very catty, which is not how I’d have ever described this team. Be better than this, Blank Check.
Hey don't say misogynist shit to strangers on the internet.
It's always very interesting to me when investigative reporting—which goes beyond simply making phone calls and doing archive research, and has been done by so many others than just myself—gets labeled as "insanity" and when it is accepted as what it is: reporting. It's also interesting to me how a majority of critics overlooked an anecdote that takes up roughly two pages of material and how some have chosen to fixate on it to the dismissal of the rest of the work.
If the point is to say I'm obsessed with May beyond any reasonable level that any journalist is obsessed with their subject, it's not really sticking. I wasn't there because I didn't want to go. I've gone to enough May events for a lifetime, and I've had my fill. It's really as simple as that. It's no longer my job to attend any event possible in hopes of gathering material. There is no more reporting to do. The book is done. It's out there. I'm over it.
It's disappointing to see this comment in the newsletter, since I have no beef with Blank Check and assumed the same, and don't quite understand the need to stir up a dialogue that occurred four years ago. I've moved on. I wish others could, too.
“But if my brother comes--because I don’t drive on freeways” - Delightful sideways insight into the writing of Clueless
> Did you know that Wheatus lead singer Brendan B. Brown first adopted the “Girl Voice” he uses at the end of “Teenage Dirtbag” to ward off high school bullies?
Chris Hardwick (whatever) came up with the best name for that whiny, high-pitched vocal style popular back then: "tattle rock."
Think Lit, Blink-182 (when Mark DeLonge sang), Sum 41, etc.
Btw, lest anyone scoff at "alternative" band the Goo Goo Dolls, they did start as an indie band in Buffalo and put out multiple albums to no notice or sales before hitting it big.
"Name" and "Iris" were played to death, but "Naked" (from the "Name" era) remains a great song. Dizzy Up the Girl, their big record, is a proper great album not made anymore: solid tracks, not just filler, between the (multiple) radio hits.
They didn't get their due as an excellent power-pop band with a real mastery of hooks. I think that's due to (1) "the Goo Goo Dolls" and (2) their lead singer, Johnny Rzeznik, was too pretty for guys to get on board.
WHAT IS TOBEY INTO THIS WEEK? David’s crisp pronunciation of “Wheatus”
Is the Wits End show filmed? That sounds like a show I would absolutely watch every week.