July 29, 2005

Inside Rolling Stone

NYPost reported earlier this week that Rolling Stone boss and Perfect star Jann Wenner is looking to development an Apprentice knockoff for MTV.

Before you Almost Famous wannabes consider applying, check out Gawker's collection of wild Wenner stories. Scary tales "of OCD, weight issues, and a notorious ban on magazines."

Posted at 2:01 PM

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first post... do i get to be on the show now?

Posted by: shaun at 07/29/05 2:54 PM | Reply
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"Scary tales 'of OCD, weight issues, and a notorious ban on magazines.'"

Not to mention his coming out as gay to his wife of 28 years, after his affair with a man was exposed.

Posted by: memememe at 07/29/05 5:09 PM | Reply
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He probably had an irrational "first post" obsession as well. Loser.

Posted by: diz.from.mars at 07/29/05 5:58 PM | Reply
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There's an interesting story about Jim DeRogatis and his relationship with Wenner in his book Milk It! .

Posted by: ChrisG at 07/29/05 7:06 PM | Reply
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thank you for putting me in my place, grizzled internet tough-guy "diz.from.mars". i will never make a throwaway "first post" ever agin. in fact, i will never make a "first post" about a entertainment story, as linked on a blog, ever again.

thank you for coming from mars and showing me the error of my ways.

by the way, congrats on post #3.

shaun

Posted by: shaun at 07/29/05 7:45 PM | Reply
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Whatever, Shaun, I'll be laughing at you when I get to be Jann's apprentice. Trust me, I know how to suck a good one, and I ALWAYS swallow. I can't be beat. Loser.

Posted by: diz.from.mars at 07/29/05 10:37 PM | Reply
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diz.from.mars - I am now choking on my twizzler after reading that post... would be such a great metaphor, but I'm not that funny.

Posted by: blonde geek at 07/30/05 10:38 AM | Reply
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wanna ready aboiut Jann in the closet dayz? It involves JFK Jr. and Andrew Shue???

http://popmuse.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/07/wenner_media.html

Posted by: PopMuse.com at 07/30/05 1:26 PM | Reply
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The posters on this site are getting dumber and dumber by the week. Scott, seriously....

Posted by: Meeps at 07/31/05 2:20 AM | Reply
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Remember when rock 'n roll was cool?

Posted by: Fabian at 07/31/05 11:14 AM | Reply
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Corporate magazines still suck.

I had to say it.

Posted by: Evan at 07/31/05 3:18 PM | Reply
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It's a pretty sad state of affairs when Rolling Stone has been reduced to a throwaway mag that gives Blender a run for it's money. And to think that at one point, it was the voice of the counterculture. The

Posted by: robb at 08/01/05 10:15 AM | Reply
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Home taping is killing music

Posted by: pastdue at 08/01/05 11:06 AM | Reply
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