(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test - Idolator Comments

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Rufus On Fire - David — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:57:57 EDT

@kipdutine: As a relatively recent NYU graduate (2004, English major, journalism minor, most of my friends were in the journalism program), and also a former high school English teacher, I'd like to say: 1)even the "good" 20-year-old writers can be pretty crappy, 2)this piece sounds like people I dealt with in my journo classes, and 3)I think it's an alter ego because it's just a little too over the top. Would a real intern publicly blast her previous employer, even if it was a bad experience, and risk f---ing up a budding career?

Also, checking the NYU Facebook, and... there is no Lindsay Anne Arnold or Lindsay Arnold.

Rufus On Fire - David

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Mordy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:22:38 EDT

My name = Awesome career ahead of me in the music industry?

Score.

Mordy

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JasonBob7 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:37:37 EDT

Enough with all this pissing and moaning. "Waaah! I wish Idolator would quit this unfunny crap and get back to REAL music writing!" C'mon, kids. If you've read this blog for more than a week, you should be familiar with the hatred Idolator has for the Village Voice. On a slow Friday morning, a nice Voice-bashing helps kill the time (at least until R. Kelly releases another mock-worthy song).

p.s. - pregnant bassists are way hot.

JasonBob7

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

janine — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:39:11 EDT

@KingHater: ...because simply registering your unhappiness multiple times yesterday and moving on would only make you the PrinceHater.

janine

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Julio Allison — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:23:38 EDT

...and Idolator jumps the shark.

Julio Allison

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

joesMama — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:14:44 EDT

the highlight of my day while i was at VV was envisioning what burrito i'd get from the st. marks Chipotle for lunch, and then describing it in great detail to my friends over AIM.

joesMama

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

VanillaXtraDry — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:36:13 EDT

speaking of not being able to follow stories...it's 8:32am and i'm reading idolator to wake myself up before i drag my body into work. unfortunately, this post just put me back to sleep.

VanillaXtraDry

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Niles — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:18:23 EDT

@riverrun: This may just be the new gold standard for inside jokes.

Ben Westhoff is writing for the Village Voice? Really? They let that braindead voice out of its midwestern prison cell? I think he might've gotten kicked out of my college paper. Old boy Ben wrote some sorry excuses for humor and proceeded to get caught.... oh we, won't even go there.

Seriously, if you had told me five years ago that Ben Westhoff would be contributing to the Village Voice, my brain would've melted. I guess this is one of those 'Macbeth won't be killed by man of woman born' type of statements.

Niles

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Cloaca — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:39:11 EDT

Judging by the venom here I'm guessing the entire Voice music staff has signed on to comment?

Cloaca

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

The Mozfather — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:00:11 EDT

This entry had so many inside jokes it was pretty much Vietnamese for me. Do I get cut as a commenter for not working at the Village Voice?

The Mozfather

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

beta.rogan — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:45:47 EDT

@Big Money, No Whammies:

Baltimore.

beta.rogan

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

NedRaggett — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:01:10 EDT

This really has been a joy.

NedRaggett

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Matos W.K. — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:55:10 EDT

Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!
Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!

Matos W.K.

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Mike Barthel — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:54:55 EDT

If only you guys did commenter executions, huh?

Mike Barthel

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

statolith — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:53:10 EDT

Music critics always seem to have made-up sounding names. Like Grayson Currin or Alexander Lloyd Lindhardt or Michaelangelo Matos or Sam Ubl

No way a know-nothing who hates music sections rattles off these names off the top of her purported head as an aside.

statolith

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Brian Raftery — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:47:25 EDT

So did anything happen on the site while I was away?

Brian Raftery

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

MTS — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:37:46 EDT

Mr. Harvell, this was a masterpiece. I salute you!

MTS

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Hallux Valgus — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:37:00 EDT

@beta.rogan: you're from Sheep Shit, Indiana too?!? Awesome! Did you go to Jefferson High or Central?

Hallux Valgus

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Julio Allison — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:09:44 EDT

Okay, I'm throwing in my chips and voting that this was all just a shockingly inept stab at humor, inspired by an actually-funny regular feature over on Gawker called "The Underminer" (I think that's what it's called, anyway.)

That, and my penis refuses to believe this woman actually exists.

Julio Allison

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

beta.rogan — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:04:14 EDT

@RepentTokyo:

HAHAHAHA. FoR rEaLz Yall...

On a side note, I'm insulted that she brings up my hometown so many times.

beta.rogan

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

tunamelt — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:03:15 EDT

@Jupiter8: The thing that always infuriates me are people who go to Yale and say, "Oh, I go to school in New Haven." All smug.

Like I'm supposed to know/care that's where Yale is.

I saw Lavendar Diamond open for the Decemberists at the Wiltern. They are almost as terrible as this post and only slightly less cliched.

tunamelt

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

kipdutine — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:54:32 EDT

Does NYU's Communications Department recruit directly from Baltimore high schools with remedial language arts programs for underachieving teens? Or does it offer a journalism degree with a focus in limp irony?

kipdutine

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Bob Loblaw — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:52:31 EDT

@gregcoff: This Harvell character has shown himself to be quite the trickster today, but still I doubt it's a joke. Seems more like a unintentional tribute to Lesley Arfin.

Bob Loblaw

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Chris Molanphy — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:39:10 EDT

@nerdlinger: No, Lindsay! Don't listen to them! We want you back! Love it...

And hey, Idolators, bring in Libby Gelman-Waxner for a guest column while you're at it!

Chris Molanphy

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

gregcoff — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:35:28 EDT

@Bob Loblaw: Okay, so then the post ISN'T a joke? I'm honestly not trying to be snarktastic. I just feel like it could really be a joke.

gregcoff

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

parrotrunner — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:30:53 EDT

I met Lindsay Anne once at a party. She seems okay. Hot in a Dominique Leone kind of way.

parrotrunner

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Bob Loblaw — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:25:05 EDT

Comment Auto-Translator: But why didn't you ask MEEEEE to write about the Voice? I piss insight! Are you not familiar with my hilarious work on the little-known, yet seminal mp3 blog "Ponies [heart] Pointillism?"

Bob Loblaw

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

nerdlinger — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:18:41 EDT

My favorite line from the piece:

"Can I go now?"

Yes, please. And never come back.

nerdlinger

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

gregcoff — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:16:53 EDT

@KingHater: Yeah, I mean, it reads like someone writing a parody of a particularly annoying person they have an English class with. Maybe funny to the thirteen people in the class. Sort of opaque to everyone else.

Or it's NOT a joke. Which would be confusing.

gregcoff

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

parrotrunner — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:13:49 EDT

Jokes can be unfunny. Dane Cook, for example.

parrotrunner

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Julio Allison — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:10:50 EDT

..."that were"...

Julio Allison

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Julio Allison — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:09:57 EDT

But jokes are supposed to be funny. Or at least be some reasonable facsimile of what we know as humor. I've had route canals the were less irritating.

Julio Allison

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Jupiter8 — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:09:11 EDT

@katesilver:
Amen, sister.

I'm from Colorado and I never understood the obsession people out East have with what school they went to. From what I've observed, going to NYU film school provides about as much practical experience as going on every movie-themed ride at Universal Studios would...

Jupiter8

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

gregcoff — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:09:10 EDT

What should we be googling, Dick Malone?

gregcoff

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Mike Barthel — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:01:38 EDT

Oh you Google-averse commenters, you.

Mike Barthel

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

semtex23 — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:58:38 EDT

"I like jam bands"

That's a tipoff that this is a joke, right?

semtex23

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theminx — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:52:28 EDT

@Halfwit:

I know! mea freakin' culpa LOL

Must be all the spam, my eye registered the L as an I I think.

Sigh. Now back to your regularly scheduled snarkery.

theminx

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dewey — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:50:28 EDT

let me clarify a few things.

1. i have never met lindsay, let alone groped her under the auspices of believing her to be pregnant. i did have lunch with "aunt gina" once, i think. i didn't grope her either.

2. though a giant, tom breihan is far from gentle. you'll be hearing from him. he doesn't loom much these days, preferring instead to terrorize the office with his "party like a rock star" ringtone.

3. speaking of people who aren't gentle, christopher r. weingarten is gonna be super pissed about this sheep/green day thing.

4. the art dept. insists that the ass is real.

please stop hurting my feelings.

yours,

rob harvilla

dewey

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RepentTokyo — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:50:27 EDT

did you guys have to insert all the capital letters and punctuation?

RepentTokyo

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

blackmailismylife — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:47:22 EDT

the jane dark ref makes this even more inside baseball.

blackmailismylife

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

WhitRD — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:42:39 EDT

Idolator -- why would you have someone review the music section of a magazine who doesn't even seem to know anything about music, good or bad?! I'm all for differing opinions, but daaay-um.

@katesilver: I agree. Wholeheartedly.

WhitRD

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Halfwit — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:41:23 EDT

@theminx: Sigh...

Smbl = 4 consonants
aU = 2 vowels

Halfwit

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

gregcoff — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:40:56 EDT

Honestly, I don't know if this post is a joke or not. Is there something I'm missing?

For reals, someone tell me. I don't know. Really.

gregcoff

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

unperson — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:40:35 EDT

I am not angry. I do like Michael McDonald's work with Steely Dan, though. And metal.

>>I can't tell if this is Jess trying out a 'Jane Dark'-style alter ego or what.

I vote yes.

unperson

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theminx — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:39:08 EDT

For the mathematically challenged, "Sam Ubl" has just as many vowels as consonants. Or, for the linguistically challenged, it's Y, not U, that is sometimes considered a vowel.

And that's the point where I officially could no longer be arsed to read this post.

theminx

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Halfwit — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:33:14 EDT

@KingHater: Seriously. Wow... just.... wow.

Also:
"I like jam bands"

Tapping out...

Halfwit

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

katesilver — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:29:18 EDT

If this is what an NYU education affords, I'm glad I went to a midwestern state school.

katesilver

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Al Shipley — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:26:09 EDT

I can't tell if this is Jess trying out a 'Jane Dark'-style alter ego or what. "I have about just as much of a problem with drummers as I do with rock critics so I can only imagine what this guy is like" made me laugh, though.

Al Shipley

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

parrotrunner — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:25:37 EDT

"How dare she sully our unusual, awkward names!"

parrotrunner

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

janine — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:23:46 EDT

Ha ha ha. That was awesome. I'm surprised that LAA wanted to avoid the music section; music nerds' humor is so apparent in the comments section.

janine

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

KurticusMaximus — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:20:25 EDT

Wow. I tried to read this whole thing, but I couldn't make it.

The whole breathless-oh-look-at-my-cute-anecdotes-and-wanton-
use-of-conversational-slang thing gets a bit hard to follow after a paragraph or two. Also, go easy on the similies next time.

KurticusMaximus

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MonsieurCS — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:19:13 EDT

what a terrible piece

Once I got to the part about Parts and Labor sounding like a sheep taking a shit on a green day record i'd had enough of her pointless meanderings and terrible opinions.

Stick to real commentary idolator

MonsieurCS

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parrotrunner — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:16:20 EDT

Nice to see one of these posts from someone who doesn't mind having their name attached.

parrotrunner

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blackmailismylife — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:15:51 EDT

Edgy?

[I do think it's awesome that she fully disclosed never, ever wanting to work on the music section.]

blackmailismylife

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Julio Allison — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:10:06 EDT

The girl that wrote that interminable piece of shit just officially became the absolute last person on the planet I would ever want to have dinner with.

Does its posting officially qualify this as a slow day in the music world?

Julio Allison

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

gregcoff — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:04:00 EDT

Come on Idolator. What's the deal with this. And is this Gina Arnold we're talking about?

gregcoff

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Jupiter8 — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:03:07 EDT

I haven't picked up this rag in a while. Are they running the escort service ads on the cover now?

Jupiter8

(Not) Rock-Critically Correct: "Village Voice" Flunks The Intern's Test

Julio Allison — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:48:03 EDT

Yeah, yeah, words, whatever -- IS THAT ASS REAL?

Julio Allison