Not having read the comments nor done more than skimmed the article, I have a serious problem with a national magazine paying a writer to talk about how awesome his girlfriend's band is.
I didn't create the troll. I didn't date the troll. In fact I hate the troll. I helped deflate the troll-- All done.
Willow ,'Potential'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Nov 11, 2010 3:58:03 pm PST #3748 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
smonster - Nov 11, 2010 4:19:08 pm PST #3749 of 6436
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Fiancée.
Amy - Nov 11, 2010 4:25:59 pm PST #3750 of 6436
Because books.
I saw a wedding picture of them in Twitter somewhere. She was in bridal gear, but also made up as a statue, and they were on courthouse-like steps, with what looked like an officiant.
Still, I don't know if that means they're actually married yet or were just doing a cool photo.
Jon B. - Nov 11, 2010 5:33:19 pm PST #3751 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
She was in bridal gear, but also made up as a statue
Well before Dresden Dolls, she used to do the living statue thing in Harvard Square.
They're not married yet.
DavidS - Nov 11, 2010 6:32:41 pm PST #3752 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a serious problem with a national magazine paying a writer to talk about how awesome his girlfriend's band is.
Gee, I wish I still cared about journalistic standards in the music press. But that's a bit quixotic for me at this stage. I mean, there's barely any professional music press which isn't primarily cocksuckery. You have to go to the enthusiastic amateurs to get opinions and critique which are UnSpun.
Fuck, even Rolling Stone in its heydey killed innumerable bad reviews because Jan Wenner wouldn't have it.
Spidra Webster - Nov 11, 2010 6:47:26 pm PST #3753 of 6436
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I have a serious problem with a national magazine paying a writer to talk about how awesome his girlfriend's band is.
Enh. When I read the article I figured it was published because (a) Gaiman writes pretty and (b) it's an insider/outsider look at the Dresden Dolls. I didn't take it as a review of the show or the band. (And I say this as someone who has only read *some* of Gaiman's work and has only a glancing familiarity with Palmer as a solo artist and next-to-no familiarity with the Dresden Dolls).
Trudy Booth - Nov 11, 2010 7:29:53 pm PST #3754 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
As long as there's full disclosure MSNBC shouldn't spank him too hard.
Hayden - Nov 12, 2010 11:15:33 am PST #3755 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It's not a matter of journalistic ethics, which mean very little to nothing in rock writing. It's that the very concept is boring. Is Gaiman going to apply anything approaching a critical eye to his fiance's band? The answer utterly fails to surprise me. This is the sort of thing that should appear on his personal blog, not in national media.
Amy - Nov 12, 2010 11:19:37 am PST #3756 of 6436
Because books.
Opinion pieces and personal essays appear in national media all the time. He's not pretending to write this with an unbiased eye -- it's a personal piece from the get-go.
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2010 12:29:55 pm PST #3757 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Eleven Best Second Albums of All Time
Some good choices:
8. My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
6. Reckoning - R.E.M.
5. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
3. Led Zeppelin II
Also, I think I've heard of this one:
1. Nevermind - Nirvana