DavidWatts commented on What Is This "Indie" We Speak Of?, at 4:14 PM on Jul 2 Just as a coda to my little thing, I was not defending this particular guy and his bevy of corporate sponsorships. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on What Is This "Indie" We Speak Of?, at 3:06 PM on Jul 2 @ADismalScience: Hey, I think you're missing your drum circle. Seriously, for people to make the music they want to make and not also have to work at Burger King, they need to somehow make money off of it. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on CSS Are Apparently Tired Of Being Any Fun To Listen To, at 10:57 AM on Jul 2 I think what happened is that CSS wasn't very good to begin with. more »

DavidWatts commented on Anniversaries, at 10:54 AM on Jul 2 You tell me who says you can't post Home Movies clips all day so that I can find them and hurt them. Happy anniversary! more »

DavidWatts commented on Shakira And Live Nation May Enter A Hair-Raising Partnership Very Soon, at 2:30 PM on Jul 1 I'm sorry, no one is as amused by this line as me? "As one source put it: "Shakira's numbers outside the US are crazy stupid [meaning great]." Was Ray from Achewood their source? more »

DavidWatts commented on Ten Artists Who Should Be Very Glad They're Not Axl Rose, at 11:43 AM on Jul 1 My favorite thing about this post was being reminded of BS 2000. more »

DavidWatts commented on How To Write A Press Release That Doesn't Suck, at 7:52 PM on Jun 30 Allow me to summarize journalist complaints about PR: "Do everything I want and nothing I don't want, the first time, or I will 'blacklist' you, an unbelievably petty and time-consuming thing. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on One Post Wonders: Blogs That Died at Birth, at 12:38 PM on Jun 29 the absolute best is fuckyou.blogspot.com . more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on Is Conde Nast Trying To Buy Rolling Stone?, at 11:23 AM on Jun 27 Well, the first thing Graydon says is "no," which I would say counts as a denial. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on Emily Gould's Highly-Guarded Book Proposal, at 2:30 PM on Jun 26 @Julio Allison: yes, the guy who doesn't agree with everyone else all the time. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on Emily Gould's Highly-Guarded Book Proposal, at 12:08 PM on Jun 26 you guys, for real, with the reflexive hatred. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on "Spin" Turns The Rock-Star Notion On Its Ear, at 11:05 AM on Jun 26 @jetblackturd: To pick up on that Morrissey thing, I would say that where an individual's, ahem, needle points on the Swaggering Big Dick Scale has fairly little to do with how popular or talented a band is. more »

DavidWatts commented on Meet the Man Who Started the War in Iraq, at 2:04 PM on Jun 22 @oneninesevenfour: @MrInBetween: According to most things I've read, this guy, much like Achmed Chalabi, was a well-known crank around the world, with basically no one, anywhere, believing a thing he said. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on Girl Talk: The Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers Of The Modern Age?, at 4:23 PM on Jun 19 I've been listening to this on and off all day, and was all ready to post a "what are you talking about? more »

DavidWatts commented on The Love Guru Is Going to Be the Worst Movie of the Summer, at 2:14 PM on Jun 19 I have a theory that Austin Powers ruined Mike Myers forever. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on Wired Ran Rehashed Article In Its Inaugural Issue, at 1:40 PM on Jun 19 @restoration_rake: Yeah, the invocation of hackers, the early 90s, and journalistic malfeasance made me think of Glass right away. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on How Donald Trump Deals With Unflattering Gossip, at 5:05 PM on Jun 18 @dado: Yeah Neel "unearthed" this when Chaunce sent it to him in a vengeful rage, I'm sure. more » [gawker]

DavidWatts commented on I Boldly Predict This Isn't As Good As "British Steel", at 10:25 AM on Jun 18 "portentous kerfuffle"? more »