Comments on: Belated Bereavement For Blender

By: SoSerious

SoSerious — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:15:48 +0000

Print is dying because the kids didn’t grow up with it. My Grandparents taught me and my brother how to read with The Washington Post. He sent me to get that metro section whenever we were cuttin’ up. Now (hopefully) most parents watch the news with their kids. Most people think getting news online gives them control. How many times were you flipping through a magazine and something caught your eye.

Death of print means the death of investigative journalism too.

By: El Rosado

El Rosado — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:10:59 +0000

In the midst of the madness that is the print media dying a painful death, somewhere, journalism students across the country are rushing to change their majors.

By: Baby Paw

Baby Paw — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:56:35 +0000

@Flea, yeah man, I certainly did. (Well a rough cut of it anyway). Some decent gems on their.

@Gotty, any scope of you re-connect with the dude? Think it would be interesting. Just checked out one of his videos on Rick Cordero’s Three/21 , and I was like damn I remember this guy! Nice track, I like the way the beat and mood flips half way through.

http://www.three21media.com/videos/play.php?vid=97

By: Black Canseco

Black Canseco — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:52:20 +0000

Insteada Blender they shoulda called ths rag Mulch because that’s how bland it was. I mean, look at your leads:

Kelly Clarkson. If i wanna see cute white girls, i’ll wait for my Cooler fix—i can count on 3 snowbunnies a week, TSS style.

Hotties on Spring Break… Who the eff says “hottie” anymore?! (Even HSM fans think it’s too whitebread)

Amy Poehler… Jason Mraz? (What was Michael Buble too busy?)

And 15 must hear downloads? Yeah, because i’m gonna wait for the mass-marketed rag that drops once every 45 days or so to tell me what’s hot online—70 days ago.

U2’s album? Amazon’s already discountin’ that puppy for $7. As Griff said,

“go get a latepass, step!”

By: EF Huttin'

EF Huttin' — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:45:21 +0000

@Amp: yeah man the last issue was in January. A nigga had sit down for a minute, lol.

With newspapers closing up shop left and right, it’s getting ugly out there. We’re about to see a lot more print media die off before it’s all said and done. I feel bad for all the people I know who work for newspapers, magazines, etc because nobody knows what’s next. It ain’t safe no more (no Busta).

By: DS™

DS™ — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:41:40 +0000

^ I remember that G. I don’t know anything about Ali Vegas, so yeah. I thought he was Ali G. LMAO.

By: Gotty™

Gotty™ — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:37:46 +0000

^ I actually spoke w/his manager once upon a time. Saving the backstory, it obviously never took place. Not their fault, moreso ours.

By: 500K Flea

500K Flea — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:35:36 +0000

@ Paw: I second that request, dude is too sick with it. Did you check out his “Generation Gap” album???

By: Baby Paw

Baby Paw — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:33:01 +0000

@Gotty, true true. Well if a long established staple like VIBE isn’t safe, then basically all bets are off. The paper based scribe, might not be a thing of the past, however, with the net, available more or less on the go. You can get your fix, whilst waiting in a traffic jam, riding the train, on your lunch hour or whatever. The rules have changed.

BTW, not to go off on a tangent but you done a 15 minutes with Ali Vegas yet? About time dude got some shine.

By: 500K Flea

500K Flea — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:29:43 +0000

If the New York Times (plus most major newspapers) is bleeding readership numbers and barely turning a profit, then there ain’t much hope for these magazines either. I wonder who’s next to fall off the cliff???