http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png http://idolator.com/tag/oy http://idolator.com/tag/oy Ryan Adams is turned into an "emo rocker." Note to the gossipmongerers over there: Having a blog does not make a musician "emo," even if said blog has ridiculous tendencies. It just greases the wheels for the inevitable book deal a little better than your average lyric sheet. [Page Six]

]]> http://idolator.com/398800/things-that-happen-when-page-six-writes-about-music http://idolator.com/398800/things-that-happen-when-page-six-writes-about-music Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EDT Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=398800&view=rss&microfeed=true Presenting two CNN anchors who, in the sliver of time that they're allotted to discuss one of the day's biggest soft-news stories, find themselves musing over the true meanings of an official statement from Maxim that they haven't seen. And said statement is regarding a review they haven't read. And it covers a band they're completely unfamiliar with (although they do know that Kurt Cobain isn't the Black Crowes' lead singer)! Who said that there were no good examples of journalism out there in the world? [HT: Gawker]

]]> http://idolator.com/361588/cnn-reclassifies-black-crowes-as-grunge-remains-blissfully-ignorant-of-the-concept-of-irony http://idolator.com/361588/cnn-reclassifies-black-crowes-as-grunge-remains-blissfully-ignorant-of-the-concept-of-irony Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:20:18 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=361588&view=rss&microfeed=true