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"Rolling Stone" Finally Embraces Rush

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Rolling Stone: More »

awwwk-ward

Is Conde Nast Looking To Enter The Music-Magazine Business?

Watch as Charlie Rose casually drops Vanity Fair bigwig Graydon Carter and Rolling Stone honcho Jann Wenner, "What's this story that, uh... Conde Nast wants to buy Rolling Stone?" into a conversation about Hunter S. Thompson. If only Carter had been drinking from his complimentary glass of water at that moment—we would have seen the greatest spit-take ever. Instead, we just see him looking really surprised and angry, and mentally taking Rose off any reservation lists at the Waverly Inn. I suspect that this 30-second clip cut by Gawker (and noticed by Folio) will quickly become the Zapruder film of media machinations on this slow Friday, so, y'know, have at it. (And send any tips to the the normal address, of course.) [Folio via Gawker]

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"Spin" Turns The Rock-Star Notion On Its Ear

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Spin: More »

project x

Project X Plays with Some Of "Our Favorite Things"

As part of Idolator's continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. In this installment, he talks about the way experimental-music quarterly Signal To Noise broke free from the typical listicle template: More »

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"Vibe" Gets Usher To Open Up About His Personal Life (But Not His Album)

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Vibe: More »

everybody's a winner

"Mojo" Takes The Idea Of Everyone Being A Winner Very Seriously

The UK magazine Mojo loves to look back as it looks forward, so it's probably no surprise that its Mojo Honours, the reader-generated awards given out last night, were led by Duffy's "Mercy," a cauldron of throwbacks that flounced away with the evening's Song Of The Year Award. In addition to a few cursory nods in the direction of new-ish music (Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! won Best Album, while Led Zeppelin got the Best Live Act nod for its one show earlier this year), a bunch of seemingly interchangeable laurels went to Mojo staples. More »

Is Rolling Stone preparing on launching a "Perez Hilton-esque" music blog—with "look at me and all the famous people I drink with" correspondent Austin Scaggs as figurehead, and six unpaid interns who will reportedly "have to work 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday" doing the actual legwork—within the next month or so? And what on earth might "Perez Hilton-esque" mean in the context of RS, anyway? Will Scaggs be photographed on red carpets wearing shower caps and ill-fitting hoodies? Is minimal competence at MS Paint required of the interns? The mind reels. [Gawker]

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"Mojo" And Its Neverending Supply Of Rock-Nerd Porn

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Mojo: More »

corporate t-shirts still suck

Totally Irrelevant Magazines: The T-Shirt Edition

If you're an aging baby boomer who enjoys clothing that you think might give you some cultural credibility, Macy's and Rolling Stone are teaming up to bring the conspicuous back into conspicuous consumption. More »

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"Blender" Plays A Game Of Peek-A-Boo

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Blender: More »

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"Rolling Stone" Picks Up Its Well-Worn Six-String

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Rolling Stone: More »

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"Rolling Stone" Flies With The Eagles

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Rolling Stone: More »

180s

"Rolling Stone" Tries To Wash That "Hills" Cover From Its Offended Readers' Memories

Anyone with a working knowledge of The Hills and Don Henley & Co. can feel free to draw parallels between each of the individual cover subjects of Rolling Stone's last two issues; me, I'm just going to wonder what demographic Jann Wenner et al are going to pander to next time out. Maybe this guy? More »

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"Vibe" Gives You A Sweet, Sweet Fantasy Of Access

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Vibe: More »

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"Blender" And Tila Tequila Do Shots Together

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Blender: More »

why, joe levy, why?

Guys Want Her, Girls Want Her, Blender Has Her, Can Keep Her


the race to the bottom continues

"Vibe" Now Taking Editorial Cues From Your Least Favorite Women's Magazines

Hey, look, it's a press release from Vibe: "International superstar Mariah Carey will grace the cover of VIBE Magazine's June 2008 issue, which hits newsstands on Tuesday, May 6th. The sultry songstress heats up the pages of the magazine's summer issue as she models some of the season's hottest swimwear revealing her recent weight loss." Gosh, I hope there are diet tips in there too! (And that they go beyond "Get someone well-versed in Photoshop to prep your cover shot!") More »

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"NME" Finds A Familiar Future

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many
of those magazines, as well as a few others
! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of the British indie bible NME: More »