Rolling Stone Revolutionizes the Magazine Industry!!! ...and Then They Woke Up...

Rolling Stone Revolutionizes the Magazine Industry!!! ...and Then They Woke Up...


From the "We Think We're Trendsetters" department:
Rollong Stone Magazine has announced that their 12/11/03 issue will contain a 9-song CD sampler... umm... wow...

You can read the full article here.

This is probably the best part of the article:
"Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann Wenner said the deal 'comes at a time when the record business could use some excitement, some innovation, some added value.'"

Innovation??? Give me a fucking break... Magazines like the College Music Journal (CMJ) have been putting out CD samplers for years - and they're, like, 20-song samplers, at that... and they don't put crap on their CD's like RS undoubtedly will - like P.Weasel, Britney Aguilera, Missy "I'm a Full-on Felony" Elliot, John Go Awayer, and drivel for the masses like that... and it's goobers like RS readers that are responsible for the downward trend in CD sales in the first place... What, with their thousand dollar Oakley watches that mommy & daddy bought, Tommy Buttfinger wardrobe that mommy & daddy bought, and bad-assed computer (that mommy & daddy bought) with the latest in music-theft software (a.k.a. KaZaa, Morpheus, etc.) hooked up to a T1 line in their college dorms...

***sigh***

Listening to: Taproot - "Welcome" (2002)