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"Spin" Comes Around To M.I.A. [Rock-critically Correct]

"Spin" Comes Around To M.I.A. [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Spin : So Spin puts M.I.A. on the cover of its December 2008 issue, some four months after Your Correspondent suggested that the Sri Lankan provocatress would be a [...]

"Blender" Is Really Ready For 2009 [Rock-critically Correct]

"Blender" Is Really Ready For 2009 [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Blender : Anono-Prick has banged on and on over the past year that he would prefer that music magazines emphasize the vastness and variety of music, instead of refining and [...]

"Rolling Stone" Gets (Somewhat Predictably) Vocal [Rock-critically Correct]

"Rolling Stone" Gets (Somewhat Predictably) Vocal [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Rolling Stone : Your Boy guessed that this week's Rolling Stone would have been the special "ha ha, our candidate won, blow it your ass if you don't like [...]

"Relix" Recalibrates Its Definition Of "Real Music" [Rock-critically Correct]

"Relix" Recalibrates Its Definition Of "Real Music" [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he switches things up a bit and gives the latest issue of Relix a once-over: Keyboard Krybaby first became aware of the publication considered this week when he was 17 years old. Said first issue featured on [...]

"Spin" Tries To Expand On MGMT [Rock-critically Correct]

"Spin" Tries To Expand On MGMT [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Spin : When making a point regarding the blogospheric prominence of a band of recent vintage, it is customary to cite the number of "hits" said band has on Technorati [...]

Sizing Up The Slimmed-Down "Rolling Stone" [Rock-critically Correct]

Sizing Up The Slimmed-Down "Rolling Stone" [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Rolling Stone : And so, the reformatted Rolling Stone has hit the newsstands. The mag's publicist did their job properly, since the announcement of this transformation was dutifully [...]

"Blender" Gets Behind Katy Perry [Rock-critically Correct]

"Blender" Gets Behind Katy Perry [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Blender : Devoted readers of this site will surely recognize the young woman who appears on the cover of the November 2008 edition of Blender : It is none other [...]

"Spin" Does The Time Warp [Rock-critically Correct]

"Spin" Does The Time Warp [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Spin : The October 2008 edition of Spin features as its cover subjects the Tennessee quartet Kings Of Leon. Contributing writer David Peisner's conceit in the corresponding profile, "American [...]

"Rolling Stone" Puts Its Horns Up One More Time [Rock-critically Correct]

"Rolling Stone" Puts Its Horns Up One More Time [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Rolling Stone : The Oct. 2 Rolling Stone is the first issue of the mag to be produced and published after Sarah Palin was nominated as Republican candidate for [...]

"Vibe" Gives Us Something To Talk About [Rock-critically Correct]

"Vibe" Gives Us Something To Talk About [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Vibe : In the month since Your Boy last assessed Vibe , the publication found itself in a most unfamiliar position: For the first time in a very great while, [...]

"Blender"'s Purr Seems A Bit Muted These Days [Rock-critically Correct]

"Blender"'s Purr Seems A Bit Muted These Days [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Blender : Two weeks ago, word came down that Kent Brownridge was stepping down from his daily duties as chairman/CEO at Alpha Media Group . Alpha is owned by the [...]

"Spin" Goes Back To Beck [Rock-critically Correct]

"Spin" Goes Back To Beck [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Spin : To whom does Spin turn to helm its September '08 issue? To an artist who came to light in 1994, a guy who a signed a contract [...]

"Fashion Rocks" Serves Up Anna Wintour's Vision Of A Music Magazine [Rock-critically Correct]

"Fashion Rocks" Serves Up Anna Wintour's Vision Of A Music Magazine [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the Condé Nast-produced, music-centric one-off Fashion Rocks : Let Your Boy get something out of the way immediately: the main reason he chose to assess this particular publication this week [...]

"Vibe" Just Wants To Celebrate (Itself) [Rock-critically Correct]

"Vibe" Just Wants To Celebrate (Itself) [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Vibe : And so, after a yearlong run-up that included many lists of "25 Best Things" and haphazardly conceived, poorly designed "then and now" photo features in most issues, we have [...]

"Blender" Gives It Up For Lil Wayne Once Again [Rock-critically Correct]

"Blender" Gives It Up For Lil Wayne Once Again [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Blender : Is Dwayne Carter the best rapper alive? Anono-Prick cannot say for sure, but he can say that he has sure as hell enjoyed every verse he's heard out of [...]

"Spin" Asks For A Little Mercy [Rock-critically Correct]

"Spin" Asks For A Little Mercy [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Spin : What is it with the cover of the August '08 Spin ? It would be self-evident that Aimee Duffy takes a good picture, so Your Correspondent can't quite [...]

"Paste" Goes Global [Rock-critically Correct]

"Paste" Goes Global [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he switches things up a bit and gives the latest issue of Paste a once-over: It has been a standard practice of this column for Your Boy to assess music magazines other than the four regularly covered [...]

"Vibe" Jerks Between The Past And The Present [Rock-critically Correct]

"Vibe" Jerks Between The Past And The Present [Rock-critically Correct] Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone , Blender , Vibe , and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others ! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Vibe : At the conclusion of his assessment of the July Vibe last month, Keyboard Krybaby asked whether something was distracting the magazine's EIC, Danyel Smith, [...]