<![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum? - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum? - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:20:50 EST Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:20:50 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c867482 you forget that stereogum is not edited merely by scott these days and in an effort to keep up with the ever-demanding publicity and readership quality can slip. we all have to be careful when one decides to place one's self in the public eye, one can never predict what one's popularity will be. unlike some lesser blogs, i don't think stereogum started out trying to be anything but a place to write about what scott wanted to write about and it's just gotten far bigger than he probably ever imagined.

i mean give me a break here, folks. the shift in quality is a testament to the stress level that scott is probably under. i wish he and amrit the best as they try to find their way through the quagmire.

loudersoft

]]> 33:229736:c867482 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:20:50 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c867113 vote with your feet.

or fingers or whatever.

there's 12 million other music sites, i'm sure Scott Stereogum won't mind, he's possibly too busy having coke blown up his ass by strippers right now, enjoying the high life while you all sit there hitting refresh, hoping something good will appear.

get over it, go read something else.

BlimpyMcFlah

]]> 33:229736:c867113 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:14:50 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c866907 Wow, I thought it was just me, but apparently everyone is bummed by how far the 'gum has slipped. It's a shame.

tankboy

]]> 33:229736:c866907 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:16:44 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c866855 I've always had reservations about the Gawker Octopus, but Idolator has proved its muckraking cred. Just because it was said at a Denton site doesn't mean it ain't so.

Emerson Dameron

]]> 33:229736:c866855 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:03:04 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c865546 hmm, i stopped reading regularly somewhere early/mid-last year and just picked up again recently. drove me mad when they added jed and amrit, and now... yeah, everyone else has already said it - it was better when it was just scott. i'm all for the kish kash he probably made with the pilot deal, but not when it turns your product into shit.

also, some denton blogs do say who posted what - one reason i love consumerist (though you can usually tell by the writing who said what).

any such name

]]> 33:229736:c865546 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:49:23 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c862090 I think it jumped the, uh, blog when the t-shirt sales started. It was okay for a little while after that, but then. Towards the end of '06 was when I first started to see it. Too many fucking articles about nonsense, too few about music. It was cute when Scott would post about Britney Spears once a week, it's just pathetic when Norah Jones gets a watercooler. Really now.

GilloD

]]> 33:229736:c862090 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:21:18 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c862065 Aw, Idolators, you beat me to it. I was just pondering a post like this earlier today, as I questioned the new "theme graphics."

Remember when Stereogum was just on Livejournal? WE DO. Yes, we realize this makes us totes lame, but whatevs. And we second you call -- come back, Scott. We knew you when, and yeah -- we thought you were funny and sweet. Stereogum's bland as well...old chewing gum now.

the rich girls are weeping

]]> 33:229736:c862065 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:13:16 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861914 "You make this comment on a Denton site?"

Well, Denton blogs have been anonymous Royal We from the get-go. Stereogum wasn't.

soundbitesnyc

]]> 33:229736:c861914 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:30:45 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861748 stereogum was better when it wasn't just another blog.

The Lord God

]]> 33:229736:c861748 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:43:05 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861724 I'm not saying They (whoever wrote this post) are right or wrong. I've noticed the change at Stereogum too. I don't like the little category icons they've been using--it's cheap branding.

My point is that Idolator seems an odd venue for us all to discuss another site's loss of credibility or selling out, for that matter. There's always been "boneheaded chatter" at Stereogum. If Idolator wants to criticize the writing in the Norah Jones post, do that, but considering it part of a trend? The criticism over the "Apple shilling" is weak evidence. The Shins are news, as is any new iPod/iPhone hardware.

This post just feels like yet another attempt to create controversy where there is little, which I'm only contributing to. I know this site's writers are just looking to get paid, too. There you got two clicks from me in your change jar. All in a day's work.

Donnie DiMauro

]]> 33:229736:c861724 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:37:22 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861626 so wait, people think stereogum was better when it was going crazy over people/bands like laura viers and what made milwaukee famous? come on! now they have those great new graphics and catchy section titles!!

The Lord God

]]> 33:229736:c861626 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:16:09 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861339 Even a vegan knows baloney when they see it, dude.

Nicolars

]]> 33:229736:c861339 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:25:44 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861285 "The tipping point for me was when they stopped attributing posts to individual people."

You make this comment on a Denton site?

And this whole post about Stereogum losing its edge is like Entertainment Tonight criticizing an actor for taking a mainstream role. Through the looking glass.

Donnie DiMauro

]]> 33:229736:c861285 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:17:14 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861250 I'm sorry to say it, but I agree. It's a bad sign when your readers trash all the posts by the new contributors, and the solution to the problem is just to make all the posts anonymous. Scott's voice and take on things, which was what got me reading Stereogum in the first place, is nowhere to be found.

Audif Jackson Winters III

]]> 33:229736:c861250 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:11:35 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861178 That's because they're machine-generated now, donchaknow?

brasstax

]]> 33:229736:c861178 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:00:26 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861138 The tipping point for me was when they stopped attributing posts to individual people.

soundbitesnyc

]]> 33:229736:c861138 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:55:31 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c861099 I still read it, or at least catch the headlines. I'd rather not think about how many times my reaction runs, "Stereogum is, in a lot of ways, the new Pitchfork."

sparkletone

]]> 33:229736:c861099 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:51:08 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c860921 Oh, and Scott commented on that Norah Jones post. So he's still around. Somewhere.

The Mozfather

]]> 33:229736:c860921 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:21:37 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c860893 It really started hitting the skids when they expanded the posting to include jed and amrit. What endeared that website to it's readers was the personality of it, not the constant updating or scope of coverage. I think they're trying to do too much and are creatively over-extended. It's almost unreadable these days.

kiteless

]]> 33:229736:c860893 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:17:58 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c860883 I heartily miss the old days. Scott's snippiness was so much better than the paint-by-numbers lameosity of the current writers.

The Mozfather

]]> 33:229736:c860883 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:16:38 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c860773 And what is up with those stupid-ass lists? Top 5 reasons to like Phil Collins? A Yo MTV Crap column about videos they stopped playing nearly 25 years ago? 20 Worst Rhyme Crimes In Pop Music? When did Stereogum become a poor man's Blender?

GeddyLee

]]> 33:229736:c860773 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:02:26 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c860734 It's the biggest blog WTF of 2006/07.

brasstax

]]> 33:229736:c860734 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:58:24 EST <![CDATA[A Music-Blog Identity Crisis: Who Sucked The Fun Out Of Stereogum?]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/stereogum/a-music+blog-identity-crisis-who-sucked-the-fun-out-of-stereogum-229736.php#c860689 I still read it everyday but damn! Has it fallen off or what?!

musicquizking

]]> 33:229736:c860689 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:52:09 EST