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http://www.gawker.com/news/village-voice/the-voice-is-even-more-fucked-up-than-usual-157816.php

damn

whadda way to end a beautiful career.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

shit, he was our man on the inside

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

The ‘Voice’ Is Even More Fucked Up Than Usual

Best title ever.

― Mr Harman, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

See, I was avoiding posting this because it seemed kind of mean and ghoulish, but prove me wrong, ILM...

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:00 (nineteen years ago)

note: this is only at rumour stage.

So sorry, if this isn't true.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

oh dear me.

― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

I'll be more interested when the "alleged" quota goes down, it reads more like popbitch atm to me.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

I'm interested enough as it is.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

http://junta.toson.net/lmao.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/f/faint/blank-wave-arcade.shtml

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

Why would anyone get in much trouble over a fluffy lifestyle piece like this? (honest question - I'm no journalist)

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

Google one Jayson Blair.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

Damn I have seen too many times on ILM people raining voodoo curses on Nick Sylvester's* career around here to not have some pre-evidence sympathy for yet another slander. Also not implying anyone posting this is doing this... just noting.

*Yeah, I hate his music writing style, when he turns it on full-pitchforkian-tilt (just not my taste I guess), but other that that no ill will to him personally.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

since nick posts here, why don't you people relax

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

What a high-stakes story, too.

xpost

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

someone could get sued for this if it's wrong surely?

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

i like how he does the riff raff blog, especially the interviews. which are made up as well, right?

― rizzx (Rizz), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

yes

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

no, believe me, the music world is actually that ridiculous

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I'm sure there are repercussions regardless of the context, but it's not like he's covering Iraq or whatever.

x-post to Ned

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

this thread will not be pleasant.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

i hope nick doesn't mind my doing this.

here's the story:

http://search.villagevoice.com/search?q=cache:pERKO8MDWugJ:www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0609,sylvester,72342,15.html+PUA&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&client=village_voice&site=VillageVoice&oe=UTF-8&proxystylesheet=village_voice

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

this thread really needs to go, actually.

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

why?

we're debating an issue. Which is what message boards are for surely?

free speech and all.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

It's not like this thread is even malicious.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

this thread will not be pleasant.

-- M@tt He1geson

OTM.

And even if it is made up, it's hardly inconceivable, it would barely matter if it was frankly. I'd expect as much (or certainly massive scoops of IRL exaggeration) from this kind of feature!

― worst iPod case scenario (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

debating an issue? does anyone here know ANY FACTS besides what gawker has to say? no!

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

you don't think this thread is gonna turn malicious?

there's already gonna be enough on the internet that we don't need his colleagues/peers/whatever turning ILM into a fucking knitting circle about it.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:24 (nineteen years ago)

xpost: the cover story was taken off the site, for one.

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

If dude needs anything right now, it's probably to be left alone.

Whatever you think of his writing (or alleged ethics), he's still a part of our little online community, and I think we should give him a little respect.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

lmao @ worst writer ever

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

debating an issue? does anyone here know ANY FACTS besides what gawker has to say? no!

-- cutty (holle...), March 1st, 2006.

It's still an issue though.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

why couldnt he just make up a story about hilarious black coke dealers like usual

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

lol @ dead ppl

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

debating an issue? does anyone here know ANY FACTS besides what gawker has to say? no!
-- cutty (holle...), March 1st, 2006.
It's still an issue though.

-- Hairy Asshurt (lindseyloha...)

haha "debating an issue" is the new "gossiping about total speculation"

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

So if Kanye West posted here we couldn't call his ass out over somethign stupid he did?

bullshit.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

TS: snakes vs. spiders

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

fainted?

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

lol nick sylvester in a bucket hat lmao

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

DO YOU THINK YOULL BE FIRED FROM THE VOICE FOR MAKING UP A STORY?

...

YEAH MAKING UP A STORY IS PROBABLY NOT COOL WITH THEM

...

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:29 (nineteen years ago)

xpost, Hairy, point being that we don't know what happened, really.

― mike powell (mike powell), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:29 (nineteen years ago)

wait...kanye doesn't post here?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:29 (nineteen years ago)

We don't know what happened. But there's this article to talk about. I thought it was intriguing, possibily slanderous, and worth talking about as this is a site full of journalists.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

ILM IS INTERESTED IN DEFENDING YOU

YES

IS THAT BECAUSE YOURE A SMARMY RACIST?

.....

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

if this doesn't blow over tomorrow it'll be back on ILM in a second, if anywhere. I'm with jess on this, this thread (but not the thread to potentially come) basically isn't going to do any good at all. Deletion might be a bit much unless it gets really sour, but it is basically useless for any purposes after the first post until Gawker graciously updates with any of those fact things.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

who wants to bet the comma abuser is nick sylvester?

― naturemorte, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

I think far too many threads have been deleted recently.

It's like reading through the eyes of some overzealous mod.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:34 (nineteen years ago)

alternately

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

who wants to bet the comma abuser is nick sylvester?

nope.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

i readily admit to schnadenfreude at this

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

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i guess i didn't get the 43rd bday thing either since i thought if you've had that many birthdays 1) you don't care as much 2) hopefully it's more likely you can afford to buy a new bike?

― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:27 (thirteen years ago)

i enjoyed the article btw because i like his writing but i can see the ways it's also annoying

― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:30 (thirteen years ago)

"what's the identifying mark?"

haha thank you for remembering my bike, seeing the tweet, backtracking your steps, and finally tracking it down but I'm going to need a little more from you, because, you know.

― sanskrit, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 02:06 (thirteen years ago)

oh c'mon it's good that he was thorough after he was finally close enough to get a really good look

― some dude, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 10:17 (thirteen years ago)

i love jody but btdt
http://www.whatever-whenever.net/blog/2010/08/justice-in-brooklyn/

― maura, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 12:21 (thirteen years ago)

He is my least favorite Jody Rosen.

― I found him in a Bon Ton ad (Nicole), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:04 (thirteen years ago)

i like the part where he sees the bike is parked outside a social services building and gives a kind of knowing sigh as if to say "times are tough pal, but not on my watch."

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:33 (thirteen years ago)

quite honestly, all I can think of is a 43-year-old man riding around on a bike that looks like this:

http://2009.feltracing.com/09/images/catalog/xl/8984.png

all of the conservative style neurons in my brain are overloading

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:59 (thirteen years ago)

When I saw the picture on Slate, I thought the lettering on the body read THIEF.

― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:10 (thirteen years ago)

i don't think he realizes how bad riding the pt cruiser of bikes actually is

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:11 (thirteen years ago)

it looks like a tricycle

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:20 (thirteen years ago)

for babies

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:20 (thirteen years ago)

quite honestly, all I can think of is a 43-year-old man riding around on a bike that looks like this:

how ageist!

i'm 44 and i ride a bike that looks like this. if you have a problem with that, it's yr problem!

http://bikereviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/electra-super-deluxe-3i-2010-city-bike.jpg

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:38 (thirteen years ago)

I guess you didn't make it to the all of the conservative style neurons in my brain are overloading part of that post?

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:39 (thirteen years ago)

(also, your bike is distinctive-looking without being painfully fugly)

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:41 (thirteen years ago)

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2669805-md.jpg

― buzza, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:44 (thirteen years ago)

i did read that part of yr post. i'm just trying to settle into grumpy middle aged man who doesn't give a damn mode but not fully convincing myself.

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 15:12 (thirteen years ago)

Isn't Rosen riding that bike because he frequently writes about early 20th century music and this bike fits that old-school ethic

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:55 (thirteen years ago)

I hope not

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:56 (thirteen years ago)

that is a terrible reason to ride an ugly bike IMO

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:56 (thirteen years ago)

cheesy retro is his thang

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:57 (thirteen years ago)

is there another thread about this? i think the article deserves more discussion. i don't know what type of discussion, but just... more.

― s.clover, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:49 (thirteen years ago)

how much more discussion does it need?

― scott seward, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:56 (thirteen years ago)

"first world tragedies"

― omar little, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:56 (thirteen years ago)

/!\ BREAKING: Unlocked bike stolen from city street in NYC /!\

― queequeg (peter grasswich), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 18:06 (thirteen years ago)

http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/make_1175.jpg?w=500&h=548

― am0n, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:37 (thirteen years ago)

"PT Cruiser" and "West Coast Customs" describing the same thing is some pretty heavy metaphor-mixing

― mh, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:43 (thirteen years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Ladri3.jpg

― s.clover, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:48 (thirteen years ago)

fuck bikes

― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:48 (thirteen years ago)

fuck bikes were great when they opened for blues control

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:55 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY2Gk0WuEB4

― am0n, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 21:11 (thirteen years ago)

fuck bikes

― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol. what will u hate next

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:32 (thirteen years ago)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:35 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.emo-corner.com/forums/uploads_gallery/gallery/album_14152/gallery_145323_14152_57262.jpg

― omar little, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:36 (thirteen years ago)

RIP the old ilx FAQ that said "the jody rosen that posts on ilx is not the jody rosen that writes for rolling stone"

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:46 (thirteen years ago)

two years pass...

Wait so we have him to thank for Shamir?

― jaymc, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:20 (ten years ago)

he certainly has put his name on the Northtown wikipedia page a bunch of times, hasn't he?

― een, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:33 (ten years ago)

Heh.

― jaymc, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:34 (ten years ago)

the inexorable end game: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hiring-a-music-writer-who-wants-to-work-for-you

― iggwilv azaelea (sanskrit), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 01:08 (ten years ago)

two years pass...

Anyway

http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/why-is-los-angeles-a-great-place-to-make-pop-music.html

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:13 (eight years ago)

Does the endless positivity start to feel fake after a while? Sure. Did I spend my first week here co-writing a terrible song titled “Bone to Bone”? Of course I did.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:21 (eight years ago)

seven years pass...

just learned he is married to Mina Kimes

― jaymc, Thursday, 24 April 2025 17:43 (seven months ago)

His last few essays have been really good (and relevant to my interests)

https://smartdumb.substack.com/p/what-is-the-point-of-an-independent

https://smartdumb.substack.com/p/o-drum-fill-where-art-thou

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:08 (seven months ago)

Xpost I’ve known that for a few years and it’s a very weird fact to have rattling around my brain

― circles, Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:11 (seven months ago)

(I don't know who that is)

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:21 (seven months ago)

She's an ESPN sports reporter/TV personality. I mostly know her through social media tbqh.

― jaymc, Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:29 (seven months ago)

Can't believe Mina Kimes is married to a Eurorack nerd

― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:35 (seven months ago)

he definitely won out over the loser with all the commas upthread.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 24 April 2025 19:38 (seven months ago)

two months pass...

Huh.

https://nicksylvester.bandcamp.com/album/stereo-music-for-breakbeats-and-samplers

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 June 2025 15:07 (five months ago)

conceptually nifty but giving me a headache.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 24 June 2025 15:15 (five months ago)

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