April’s Spin Magazine Rocked My Socks Off
Ok so the “Spin” Magazine in question is the one for April which I just snatched off a shelf the other day. Flipping through it, it repeatedly impressed me with the quality and variety of topics that they covered. The main entertainment for me was “The Spin 20: Ranking on Pop Culture Since 1998″. It made me laugh out loud several times and I just felt like in general they hit the nail on the head with every point they made.
“The Spin 20: Ranking on Pop Culture Since 1998″:
1. Real Metal vs. Hipster Metal: The ‘tastes great’/ ‘less filling’ debate of this generation.
2. Steve Guttenberg, Where are you?: Wall-E desperately awaits your cameo.
3. Arguing About Vampire Weekend: …Is so last month. Literally. Did you even read our March Issue?
4. Portishead Reunite: Not so fast, Sneaker Pimps
5. Andy Samberg Dating Joanna Newsom: Meanwhile, Bill Hader couldn’t even get St. Vincents digits. Oh, Snap!
6. Kanye West Launches Search Engine: Look for 50 Cent’s webmail app – coded in Javascript, beeyotch! – The very same day
7. “I Drink YOUR Milkshake!” Entering The Popular Vernacular: Makes us really, really crave a milkshake
8. Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III: Approaching Chinese Democracy- like levels of tardiness
9. TV Shows Return From Strike-Mandated Hibernation: See you later, books! Sucks to be you!
10. Dennis Wilson’s Pacific Ocean Blue Reissue: Harmonies you could swaddle a toddler in
11. Beatles Hotel Opens In Liverpool: Bookings are soft for the Brian Epstein suite
12. Tapes ‘N Tapes Sophomore Album: Honest to blog, it’s really good
13. Trent Reznor In Rumored Talks To Compose Fight Club Musical: Opening number: “The Jazz Hands That Feed”
14. Officially Played Out: The word “chanteuse.” Spin now prefers “music maidens.”
15. CNN’s Magic Wall: Beating Fox News’ Fantastical Partition by a landslide
16. Satisfaction, She Can’t Get No: Jerry Hall, Shilling for Levitra
17. Spring’s New Fashion Trend: Drop-Crotch Pants: Will make you look like MC Hammer. Fierce! Brilliant!
18. Easter?: We don’t even know her!
19. Baseball Is Back: And Whizzinator sales are through the roof
20. Ryan Adams Posts Breakup Poetry Online?: In which he reveals he is the an from Nantucket
Along with the list which I enjoyed so much the issue also included:
A beautiful two page spread picture of Cat Power performing…
A rave for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds‘ Dig, Lazarus, Dig…
An interview with The Breeders…
An interview with REM about their reunion…
The low down on how much money there is to be made doing various jobs in the music industry…
And tons of Indie goodness.
With all that, this issue was definitely one to check out!
Chan Marshall aka. Cat Power, just because she’s so gorgeous!
