Comments on: Just A Friend

By: Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:58:32 +0000

I forgot insipid and invariably.

By: Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:43:28 +0000

Industry insiders illustrate ineptitude inevitably.

By: MZ

MZ — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:20:15 +0000

How odd… my friend Zack just posted something alerting us of this controversy… and describing his recent run-in with none other than BIZ MARKIE… all of which is directly above my boyfriend’s raving about Matador releases circa 1995. (Feel free to scare him about the 18th Dye mp3s).
http://soidisantra.typepad.com/soi_disantra/

By: beedlebaum

beedlebaum — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:42:11 +0000

Mr Albini, please add my band to your friendster account.

By: steve albini

steve albini — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:55:56 +0000

Reminds me of a similarly headspinning bit of correspondence-made-public I had with some publicist/promo-fanzine cunt a while ago. It seems to be a pattern: They ask you for something, you decline as civilly as is your norm, and then the spurned party goes apeshit, making a big deal out of something by accusing you of making a big deal of it.

It used to happen by fax, as in the infamous johan/thurston fax war, but blogging uses less paper and toner, and doesn’t require speed-dial updating. Ah, progress.

By: Dirty Bomber

Dirty Bomber — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:38:58 +0000

now that I think of it, I did have to carry a shitload of promos to the Prince Street p.o. in super-hot August heat. But that was because the UPS workers were on strike that summer. Huh.

By: CSTB

CSTB — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:27:47 +0000

Mark, as always, you’re a gentleman and a friend. Your comments are very much appreciated. Teeter & SB’s posts _were_ funny, at least when the former wasn’t throwing in gratuitious remarks about other people who never messed with her. I took greater offense to JH’s screed because I thought the whole rich label guy being a dick to interns thing was more than an unfair characterization. It was a caricature from someone who knows me about as well as I know her. Which is to say not at all.

I thought my posts were funny, too, but I know we all don’t share the same sense of humor. The internet is tough, indie rock is tougher, but the toughest place of all is Staten Island. I salute you and S.I., seperately.

By: CSTB

CSTB — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 04:59:25 +0000

Ben,
had it not been for your problems with male authority, there is no telling how far you would’ve risen ; VP of Chicken Acquisition, perhaps? In any event, your contributions to musical discourse are vast and we’ll forever be grateful to have been associated with you.

By: Mark Ibold

Mark Ibold — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 04:55:07 +0000

I can understand why this is sticking in your craw so much, G. You have come up against a woman who has as much spirit as you do! I can see the humour in it, in these women and their casual disdain and fiesty internet fun, and I can also see why you would struggle to find it funny, especially since some of it was coming from a blog you like (or perhaps, now “liked”). I saw Chris and Britt out the other morning, and they mentioned all of this, so I thought I would check in and say don’t let it get you down! The internet is a tough place and indie rock is even tougher! Take care, man.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 04:28:08 +0000

I’m a former intern and employee of Matador who remembers both Ms. Sperber’s and Mr. Cosloy’s hard work but only have heard one of their bands. To say either party is sexist or elitist goes against the very definition of those terms, To say, like most office spaces, both were pretty damn busy in the office doing their jobs, and thereby lacked sufficient opportunity to socialize, much less with each other, may be closer to the mark.