When Good Blogs Go Bad

I think I've made it abundantly clear in the past that music has always been an important aspect of my life. I run my Nameless Twitter Radio Show every week. Hell, this makes the 90th post on Cynical Dad that I've tagged Music.

But try as I might, I can't really write about music.

I love music. I love experiencing new music. I know what I like. I hear something new, something I like, and my whole body hears it. Embraces it. Digests it.

But try as I might, I can't put my feelings about music into words. My music reviews tend to consist of words like "Awesome" or "Sucks." I'm like the Roger Ebert of the music world, only instead of thumbs, I rely on the vocabulary of a thirteen-year-old boy.

But there are people out there who can write about music, sites devoted to the love of music.

Sadly, we lost a great one on Monday.

While Idolator still exists, it is dead to me. On Monday, their editor, Maura Johnston, stepped down.

Prior to Johnston's exit (exile?), Idolator was a daily read for me. They wrote about any and all kinds of music -- from mainstream fluff to the super-indie hipper-than-thou Pitchfork shit. But in the twenty-four posts since her departure, two posts have been devoted to Britney Spears, three to Lady GaGa, and a whopping five to various American Idol alums, with some Fergie, Kanye, Michael, and Shakira thrown in for good measure. This does not interest me.

While the "classic" Idolator also covered these artists, it was often funny or snarky. But that's the thing -- even when Idolator covered artists I didn't care about, I still read each post. The writing was that good.

So I wish Idolator well on their trip to Top40Land. I just won't be along for the journey.

And I hope Maura Johnston lands a gig at another site (or better yet -- starts her own site) that buries their asses.

At least I still have Popdose.

Tweets Of The Week XIV

I'm not good at introductions.

• Guess what I found out today? If you drop your camera on concrete, it breaks! Who knew? -- 11.07.09
  
  
• I drove a Segway for the first time today. Rockin' like it's 2002! -- 11.08.09
  
  
• Hey kids! See that new big thing outside our house that makes our house warm again? Merry Christmas! -- 11.09.09
  
  
• The coolest thing ever! At least for today: http://bit.ly/18RWxH -- 11.09.09
  
  
• I am addicted to Lamebook. There. I said it. -- 11.09.09

And... scene.

Sometimes I Forget

Quick! What has two thumbs and should probably tell people he's going to do something before he starts doing it? This guy!

Bonus joke: What has two thumbs and never gets tired of this joke? This guy!

But back to the first joke. I'm doing NaBloPoMo again this year. I just forgot to mention it. I've done it every year, so it's pretty much part of this site.

What does that mean to you? You'll get approximately 50% more posts from me this month.

And probably some filler.

Like this post.

Weezer

On Tuesday night, I did another one of my Nameless Twitter Radio Shows. This week's them was nothing but Weezer, in honor of the release of Raditude. Here's the playlist:

1. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To (me)
2. The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn) (me)
3. Say It Ain't So (Mommymae)
4. Hash Pipe (Mr. Big Dubya)
5. Beverly Hills (FlipFlopsChels)
6. Undone -- The Sweater Song (VDog)
7. Buddy Holly (Funny Things Are Everywhere)
8. El Scorcho (Chunkybumble)
9. My Name Is Jonas (The Weirdgirl)
10. Island In The Sun (MajorBedhead)
11. Pig (me)
12. Susanne (me)
13. Pork And Beans (Four Funny Kids)
14. Keep Fishin' (MajorBedhead)
15. The Good Life (me)
16. Knockdown Dragout (me)
17. We All Are On Drugs (The Weirdgirl)
18. Everybody Get Dangerous (Everything Under The Sun)
19. Perfect Situation (The Weirdgirl and Mommymae)
20. Dope Nose (Mommymae)
21. This Is Such A Pity (Syzdekistan)
22. Don't Let Go (me)
23. Pink Triangle (me)
24. Photograph (me)
25. Miss Sweeney (me)
26. In The Garage (me)
27. The Girl Got Hot (me)
28. Creep (Radiohead cover) (me)
    

I'd like to thank everyone who dropped by. Next week, we'll be playing songs that namedrop God and/or Jesus.

Seriously.