<![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly" - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly" - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Tue, 06 May 2008 16:47:36 EDT Tue, 06 May 2008 16:47:36 EDT http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5554524 One cranky Brit writer at one struggling alt-weekly does not represent Philadelphia. The bigger problem I have with this (not the post itself, hi old roomie) but NYC people sniffing down their noses at Philly at every opportunity when they came from even shittier places than here.

Sara Sherr

]]> 33:387138:c5554524 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:47:36 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5543113 @the earl grey

Yes.

Mcguilloteen

]]> 33:387138:c5543113 Tue, 06 May 2008 10:36:46 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5539243 is that s wells from nme 90s???

the earl grey

]]> 33:387138:c5539243 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:25:23 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5537062 Rapped in the style of the man who put the "ill" in "Philly," Schoolly D:

<< I jizz on the page
Don't give a fuck
And if you don't like my writing
It's your hard luck
My name's Steven Wells
And I'm running amuck
I'll tell you where to go
And what to suck >>

Seriously, never heard of the guy, but why'd he move to Philly? Our superior national health scheme?








Luke N Atmaguchi

]]> 33:387138:c5537062 Mon, 05 May 2008 21:19:05 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5534519 @chattycathy7575: Didn't Everett True perfect the mad, ranting, gonzo Brit rock crit in America shtick at the Stranger in Seattle like a decade ago? That's the problem with Philly... all their shit seems secondhand...

Clevertrousers

]]> 33:387138:c5534519 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:22:37 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5528683 And rock critics give academics grief for incoherency! Jesus H. Christ, WHAT THE SHIT is going on in this article? You know, if alt-weeklies (esp. in Philadelphia) want to save themselves from Printocalypse, they could start by publishing things that make the paper worth picking up -- and neither term can be used to describe Wells' piece.

I guess this means I can keep using PW to pack up my belongings.

MTS

]]> 33:387138:c5528683 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:48:34 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5528272 "angry lesbain punks"

Is that anything like angry lesbian punks who emulate Cobain, perhaps?

MTS

]]> 33:387138:c5528272 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:36:27 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5527917 Oh man... I hate Wells but his "observations" are one of the reasons I still pick up the PW. Ridiculous. Also, his "wacky Brit" persona seems to be more central to his music writing than any actual talent for writing.

chattycathy7575

]]> 33:387138:c5527917 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:24:35 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5526913 I was hoping this would be a posting about Biohazard. Aah well.

owenmeany

]]> 33:387138:c5526913 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:53:33 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5526525 I'm also sick of mediocre fan jism. Only the top-shelf fan jism for me from now on.

Chris N.

]]> 33:387138:c5526525 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:40:51 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5525525 @brandonsoderberg: That, and their city smells like cat pee.

GhostOfDuane

]]> 33:387138:c5525525 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:06:10 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5525409 Fuck yes! Philadelphia Weekly saved me from so many boring library hours in high school. It's good to see the ridic hasn't been bled out of the thing.

Felonious Monk

]]> 33:387138:c5525409 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:01:32 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5525334 Also: calling Einstuerzende Neubauten "Einstin Nuebarten" = POSEUR. He should've had the name tattooed on his nippular region by now.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:387138:c5525334 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:58:12 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5525118 @RaptorAvatar: Double negative. I'm not very good either, apparently...

RaptorAvatar

]]> 33:387138:c5525118 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:51:17 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5525086 The notable thing that he's missing is that none of the writers now are not very good period. What was the last truly vivid piece of language you saw in a pitchfork review? What was the last mp3 blog that wasn't just rewriting the band's press release? I mean, I definiteley like piss and blood, but I feel like things are much more fundamentally brain dead right now than anything else.

RaptorAvatar

]]> 33:387138:c5525086 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:50:11 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5525075 See, the thing about Philadelphia is more people in the city than any other I've been to still haven't figured out that "anarchy" is stupid and yearn for an era of punk they were too young to do anything more than read about.

brandonsoderberg

]]> 33:387138:c5525075 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:49:49 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5525019 Oh, Swells. Such a charmingly archaic man. I bet the dry-cleaning bills for his doublets and jerkins must get real expensive.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:387138:c5525019 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:47:42 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5524889 Stay classy, Steven.

Honestly... I know that the four color work was probably cost-prohibitive, but every week I shake my head that this guy is in the paper while Hoagie Dip is online only.

Halfwit

]]> 33:387138:c5524889 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:42:17 EDT <![CDATA[Pissing, Shitting, And Cumming With The "Philadelphia Weekly"]]> http://idolator.com/387138/pissing-shitting-and-cumming-with-the-philadelphia-weekly#c5524806 I too long for the days when viciously assaulting music writers was acceptable. Consider yourself safe for now, Steven Wells...

This guy might be missing some screws (and probably his septum and large swaths of his cerebral cortex), but isn't he missing the very obvious point that his beloved punk is no less dull and homogeneous than the indie world, except of course it is dull at a much higher volume and with considerably less pedal steel guitar.

GhostOfDuane

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