Idolator

So, just who are the jackasses running this thing? For months, Gawker Media O.G. Lockhart Steele trolled through New York's dingiest clubs and concert halls, hoping to find the rock n' roll animals wild enough to become the frontman (and/or frontwoman) for the company's new music blog. He needed people who stayed up late for every show, kicked it with drugged-out stars, and generally dedicated their lives to runnin' with the devil.

And after all that, he wound up hiring two people who sit at home all day and write Fergie jokes.

Brian Raftery (Editor) was most recently a freelance magazine writer, while Maura Johnston (Associate Editor) just left a cushy gig at MLB.com. They're both around 30—which in blog years, puts them somewhere between Charlie Watts and Screamin' Jay Hawkins—and because they've been around the block, they have a few conflicts of interest to disclose. So let's say this once, and get it over with: Even though we've written for (or been associated with) Entertainment Weekly, Spin, Ms., Blender, GQ, Esquire, eMusic, and The Village Voice, that doesn't mean we're above needling them when it's warranted. It also doesn't mean that were above needling ourselves, so if you're digging around for some skeletons in our music-writing closests, allow us to point you in the right direction.

UPDATE: Amid yesterday's hoopla, we forget to mention that at least one of us tried for, and obviously didn't get, this job. Even with that omission, we'll still think our full-disclosure efforts are worthy of three stars.

UPDATE: We're gonna now add Wired to the list.