"I'm from Rolling Stone"-A Moggers Prospective
Posted almost 5 years ago

Has anyone seen, "I'm from Rolling Stone" on MTV? Bored out of my mind last night I watched it for the second time. I personally am not a music journalist, though I did go to school with that intention for several years. As music bloggers, I think that I and the rest of the MOG community can have some insight into this show and its absurdity.First I want to make it very clear that I am well aware that Rolling Stone is not a legitimate music magazine and has lost all integrity. Joe Levy, the editor on the show is a complete idiot and makes me cringe every time I have to look at his big fat nose on one of those "Best Week Ever" shows. I am not sure how they choose the six people for the show but it probably was somewhere along the lines of wearing a blindfold and spinning around in a Virgin Megastore. Its want-to-be music critics like these and already established ones such as Joe Levy that created bloggers. We can't read these music magazines anymore because there is nothing in them that speaks to the knowledgeable music enthusiast. People know better and that’s why we have platforms like MOG. So why would anyone ever make a show about the writers for one such magazine? It’s the equivalent of having a show about people who still use Walkmans, VCR’s and phone books. No one cares. In last nights episode one girl was commended because she wrote an article on Ciara and another on DMX. Then another guy basically harassed Lupe Fiasco about his religious beliefs on the phone and wasn’t even reprimanded. These people make me ill and remind me of why I chose not to get into this career, because true music journalism no longer exists on the magazine level. In order to find good bands, interesting critiques and unique ideas we must now go to the online realm. Of course I have nothing against this and it in turns allows the little people like me to put in their two cents. I love that the MOG’s of the internet are giving Spin and Rolling Stone an unforeseen competition and the rivalry is the average guy sitting behind his desk at the software company blogging about his new favorite band. Most of the time it’s the anti-Joe Levy’s that are writing the most distinctive critiques and finding the latest bands to listen to.
Comments (4)