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ZLevee
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
Unless you love pop, Blender was always a poor music magazine. Rolling Stone is almost as bad with it's pop fetish.

Too bad nobody seems to want to cover the performers who deserve national attention but can't get on the radio becaseu they don't fit in with brainless 13-yr old repetetive crap.
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Mrs. Stephen Fry
03/27/09

@ZLevee: Q Magazine and Mojo. Yes, they are $10 per issue, but they are fab.
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Meredeath
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
Pop music is like a shark, if it stops moving, it dies.
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Cam/ron
03/27/09

@Meredeath: "And what we have here is a dead shark." - Woody Allen
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argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
i actually liked blender. mostly because i find rolling stone bland and awful and spin obnoxious.

blender was pretty fuckin' funny, and their covers featuring female pop stars really weren't any racier than rollingstone's. there was definitely some fratty humor, but it was pretty standard apatow-esque fare. nothing really that offensive on the whole (i'm using tabloids and other glossies as a basis for comparison here.)

there reviews were good, well-written and funny, and they published some pretty good interviews as well.

sigh.
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argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
03/27/09

@argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?: *their* reviews.

i miss comment preview.
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Janie Jones
03/27/09

@argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?: I agree. I think I enjoyed the magazine more when it first came out, but I still bought it on occasion afterwards. There were definitely some well written articles and interviews. The covers with half-naked starlets did get old, but there was still good articles buried within.
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Kivrin
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
Thank Jeebus. I started receiving this magazine last month out of nowhere, and I definitely never requested it. Now it will stop cluttering up my tiny apartment mailbox!
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
I don't have the link, but the Blender website had a tape of Henry Rollins cracking the shits at them for naming him as one of Rock's worst songwriters. They even added animation to go with the audio. Precious.
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kithkin
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
I'm sorry to those who lost their jobs, and I worry for any other entity that calls Lil Wayne an "exemplar of excellence." Pitchfork, watch out. They may be coming for you next.
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TexasCrude
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
and yet SPIN lives on.

Looks like the only one who's not suffering from the economy is Satan. Raising hell is recession proof, apparently.
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MarissaExplainsItAll
03/27/09

@TexasCrude: Where else are Fall Out Boy going to get press every 3-4 months?
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Penny
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
As long as Mojo doesn't go away, I'm cool.
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Mrs. Stephen Fry
03/27/09

@Penny Plastic: I'm cool as long as Mojo, Q, and Uncut don't go away.

Blender tried so hard to be Q, and it was never going to happen. They even stole several of their features, all to no avail. I'm sorry the Blender staff are losing their jobs, but I won't miss this crap magazine.
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TheUptightMidwesterner
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
I hate to see anyone lose their job, but that magazine
sucked ass. Maxim with music. I was bored and offended at the same time.
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TexasCrude
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
Eh. It's sad that people lost their jobs but Blender was Rolling Stone on a budget. It was funnier, though.
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NefariousNewt
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
It was bound to happen. I mean how many people own blenders that they could support a magazine? I mean, what was there to talk about? How many speeds they had? Which made a smoothie faster? The handwriting was on the wall...
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tailfeather
03/27/09

@NefariousNewt: Hey, the mag offered excellent toaster and food processor coverage as well. "Blender" didn't discriminate against kitchen appliances.
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tailfeather
03/27/09

@NefariousNewt: And the issue with the Panasonic Breadmaker on the cover was an instant classic, thank you very much.
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
03/27/09

@NefariousNewt: hey now - this is a big blow to the community - they were our number 1 trade publication.
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Cam/ron
03/27/09

@NefariousNewt: The magazine lost its integrity after selling out and running a cover story on that corporate Margaritaville blender.
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Trulymadlyme
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
I randomly got a W magazine in the mail. Now I know why. Hmm.
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hortense
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
That's a photoshopped picture, if I remember correctly.

It's always sad when people lose their jobs. Good luck/thoughts to everyone who worked there.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
03/27/09

@hortense: At least the photoshopper has a good portfolio.
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brinkswomanship
03/27/09

@hortense: As in, photoshopped more than any other magazine cover? I'm confused!
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hortense
03/27/09

@brinkswomanship: I think it's Britney's face on someone else's body.
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special_boots
03/27/09

@hortense: True.
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
WHERE WILL TEH MENZ GET THEIR PICTURES OF HALF NAKED STARLETS FROM NOW?
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misspell
03/27/09

@Fridge Hussy Is A Lot of Look: Hmm... FHM, Maxim, Cosmopolitan, Playboy, Vanity Fair, etc... don't worry, they'll be okay.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
03/27/09

In reply to Condolences
Wow, that picture really epitomizes "dazed and confused."
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