Idolator

With complex theories endlessly bandied about and "vinyl is back!" prayers going unanswered everywhere, leave it to Chuck Klosterman to drop a common-sense take on the decline of the music industry. It's not about poor product, or poor corporate structuring. People just don't want to spend money on stuff they can get for free. "Because four-minute digital-song files are relatively small (and thus easily compressed), ripping tracks for free became the easiest way to eliminate an extraneous cost. It wasn't political or countercultural, and it had almost nothing to do with music itself. It was fiscally practical. It was the first, best solution." More »

Occasionally, we get a little bored and start picking up men's fashion magazines for the award-winning journalism and free cologne samples. While learning that we can drink red wine with fish now (GQ), that Sienna Miller has complex emotions (Esquire) or that getting a divorce is the hot new trend (Details), we discovered that each magazine contained a music section. This would be generally regarded as a good thing, but since these magazines have a target audience that tends to buy whatever they're told, perhaps someone needs to review these publications' reviews. As a public service to the reader, we leaf through the current issues of the big three American men's fashion mags to determine which one provides the least-awful musical advice. More »