Spin
Somebody who has in their possession my name, my wife's name, my address, and glove size has signed me up for Spin Magazine. Is this some sort of Ka-Raizzzzy Ka-Risssssmas gift? Or maybe a fellow friend who happened upon a free-subscription-for-all-their-third-cousins type deal? I suspect Justin. Although, I always suspect Justin, so maybe is someone posing as Justin. Just some Justin wannabe (Alicia). Anyway, This person has given me the gift of pop culture fodder. This and my obligatory four hours of television a day will make me a pop genius. A Genius! Ask me about The Killers. Ask me about Bright Eyes. Ask me about Desperate Housewives. I dare you.
An academic benefit of receiving this rag monthly is that I would see some new illustrations living in their natural habitat. I counted three used in this month's edition, which is not nearly enough in my opinion, but still better than many other magazines. Like Yachting Magazine. (Why is yachting spelled like that? Is it the Ka-Raizzzzy Dutch?)
An academic benefit of receiving this rag monthly is that I would see some new illustrations living in their natural habitat. I counted three used in this month's edition, which is not nearly enough in my opinion, but still better than many other magazines. Like Yachting Magazine. (Why is yachting spelled like that? Is it the Ka-Raizzzzy Dutch?)
posted by Stephen "Steve" at 1/21/2005 06:13:00 PM
8 Comments:
I like the Dave Eggers column.
Posted by Justin Wannabe
Good guess sir, it was I that signed you up for the ride of your life. Most of it is pop culture fluff but it usually has at least 15 minutes worth of good reading, they have good full length non-music articles and the Dave Eggers column is pretty good.
And its a hell of a lot better than Yachting.
Posted by Freddie Mac
One cannot claim to have mastered pop culture until learning to speak fluent Snoop. For example...
Posted by Sean
I often read spin. It is often the magazeeen I go buy when I am in that sort of a mood. I also enjoy the dave eggers column. He almost made me go out and buy a kings of leon cd because of one of his little musings. I am kind of in love with him, actually. Now HE looooves pop culture. Probably more than I do. Afterall, I just filled out the real world application. I didn't even send it in. Let alone actually almost get on it. And you know what else? People who talk about snoop and his language are fucking retarded.
Posted by amanda
I searched and searched through the Spin for a column by Dave Eggers because of you people. Then I concluded that you were all insane and probably living on a parrallel plane to mine. Then I serached the Spin website, not so much out of love for Davey, but desire to move to your plane of existance, and Joy! I found it. Then I read it. Then I spat. How can I respect a man's opinion when he thinks that Nuetral Milk Hotel should rule the world? That band, or more specifically, the singer/songwriter dude, planted maggots in my ears with their off-key screaching and horrible attempts at playing a horn. Is there something redeaming about, say, their lyrics? Who cares. That dude and Conner Obrist, or whatever his name is, can go have gaysex with eachother and die.
Snoop isn't that bad. Although, one friend described him as "over the shark." I would totally agree if that expression weren't over the shark itself. Fran Drescher, for Old Navy, does the best "fo shizzle" I know. That's what you get Snoop, or whatever you name is.
Posted by Steve
So, the Dave Eggers column is no longer in the print version? I haven't looked at this month's issue yet... I just can't get past hideous cover.
My fave is his lil' review of "Thalassocracy," especially this line: "Point to your friends while singing key lyrics, as if they have done something wrong."
http://www.spin.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=424
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