<![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:16:41 EST Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:16:41 EST http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3893536 @revmatty: The Manics never had a shot because they are a terrible melodramatic ball of putridity that only the British seem to be able to stomach.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:348421:c3893536 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:16:41 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3887092 Anono-Critic < Gerard

worldsfair

]]> 33:348421:c3887092 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:27:59 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3880733 as an actual UKian i would like to point out that i am in every way sated regarding doherty anecdotes, as are huge swathes of the country... Only Sun sub-editors and a handful of teary ex-libertines fans give a toss any more...

and you husker du guys, get a room!

CarsmileSteve

]]> 33:348421:c3880733 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:48:23 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3878502 my original phrasing was about how they signed with a major in 84, but it got cut down

dippinkind

]]> 33:348421:c3878502 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:17:49 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3878028 i do believe we will be seeing a large feature on Mr Kravitz in Maxim as well. Aren't all you boys excited to read about one of the men who's been balls deep in super model!!??

Despite all the silliness that's correct in YC's entry, I still enjoy Spin and will take it over Blender or Rolling Stone any day.

VanillaXtraDry

]]> 33:348421:c3878028 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:35:06 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3877758 I see your dickishness and raise it: Tim was actually '85. But anyway, none of this was supposed to be the point: The question that he was asked and his response pertained to copious shit he had to answer to from the peanut gallery. But what would any of us know of that?

skandell

]]> 33:348421:c3877758 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:13:03 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3877335 Tim was released in 1985. But I guess Sire sent you the press release in '84.

Liberace

]]> 33:348421:c3877335 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:37:58 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3874887 oh, also (not to continue being a dick... well, actually, yeah, i guess to do that) the replacements went major in '84, two years before husker du

dippinkind

]]> 33:348421:c3874887 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:49:28 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3874074 welcome, and tell michelle egiziano that scooter says "hi!"

dippinkind

]]> 33:348421:c3874074 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:57:17 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3873799 I can't even believe I'm opening myself up to this, but yes, the question as it appeared in print, was totally, royally botched. The original phrasing was about how Husker Du were the first indie band of that era to make that jump and how they were roasted for it, and it got cut down, badly, to resemble not only nothing of the sort, but plain ol' misinformation. That got past a lot of folks here, but ultimately, that's on me, and it's not a little embarrassing that the phrasing reads the way it does. Then again, what's a mea culpa from someone who doesn't know anything about music?

Anyway, thanks for the kind words, People Who Don't Use Their Real Names. See you next month!

skandell

]]> 33:348421:c3873799 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:42:33 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3872212 The Manics never had a shot stateside as Sony has never made any real effort to promote them here. Their albums often are released in the U.S. as much as a year after they come out everywhere else, so fans can either pay $30 for an import or wait an extra 9-12 months to get it.

I would argue that the Clash were more than moderately popular over here, though.

revmatty

]]> 33:348421:c3872212 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:29:16 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3872161 no,i'm art buchwald.

dippinkind

]]> 33:348421:c3872161 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:26:49 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3871895 @dippinkind: Are you Chuck Klosterman BTW?

Cheap Shot

]]> 33:348421:c3871895 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:17:38 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3871843 @dippinkind: exactly. Happy Thursday!

Cheap Shot

]]> 33:348421:c3871843 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:15:58 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3871506 @Cheap Shot: via increased self-righteousness and decreased other marketable skills then?

dippinkind

]]> 33:348421:c3871506 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:04:38 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3871103 @dippinkind: The same way you could be a music critic.

Cheap Shot

]]> 33:348421:c3871103 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:52:49 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3871092 "Thus some substantial horse-trading between Spin and Virgin Records might have taken place"

Duh! you mean like Blender does? music magazines are music label ads silly.

Cheap Shot

]]> 33:348421:c3871092 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:52:18 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3871014 i know this is addressed above but i still can't help howling: The Dictators were on Epic and the Ramones were on Sire. For starters. How does one get to be a deputy editor at Spin without knowing anything about music, anywaY?

dippinkind

]]> 33:348421:c3871014 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:49:51 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3870953 aside from the phrasing of the questions anonodude already mentions, the Mould Q&A is actually very good

Michaelangelo Matos

]]> 33:348421:c3870953 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:47:37 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3870806 Was this magazine even made by people who graduated high school? The Husker Du article sounds like one of the most inept things I've heard of this month.

SuperUnison

]]> 33:348421:c3870806 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:43:21 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3870259 Margot & The Nuclear So and So's: shitty name, but a pretty decent band.

SomeSound-MostlyFury

]]> 33:348421:c3870259 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:27:02 EST <![CDATA["Spin" Casts A Glance Across The Pond]]> http://idolator.com/348421/spin-casts-a-glance-across-the-pond#c3869980 "Balls deep in a supermodel" is all I want to say now.

Dead Air ummm Dead Air

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