- Guys… this is a “No Snark” zone!
Former articles editor of New York magazine Nick Catucci has left the rag to become Rolling Stone‘s first online editor ever! (Apparently the RollingStone.com site was formerly being run by a can of tortellini soup named “Karen.”) And according to this interview with the New York Observer, Nick already has huge plans for the online music site… none of which include “snark.”
“I love funny writing, but I’m sick of snark, and the site will not be snarky,” Mr. Catucci wrote in an email to the Media Mob. “All that said, rollingstone.com has tremendous potential, and new ideas for shaping the coverage come to me constantly.”
He doesn’t have any ideas, does he? People who heartily insist they have tons of new ideas rarely if ever have any new ideas. BUT NO SNARK, GUYS! At least there won’t be none of that stuff. Such a bold, original editorial stance. AND NO HIPSTERS, EITHER! I hate those guys, don’t you? Especially snarky hipsters, and… omigod. I can’t stop. I can’t stop with the snark! OH NO, NOW I’LL NEVER GET A JOB WITH ROLLINGSTONE.COM!!!
Seriously. Help me. I can’t stop.
How will they cover Snark Week on The Discovery Channel?
I bet they don’t get any trolls either.
how ironic, nick is the SNARKIEST writer I know. ugh.
Don’t stop till you get enough.
SNARK IS NOT EVEN A THING. I bet he doesn’t get the “twitter” either or how to use a phone without a cord.
I love how New Yorkers involved in media, especially media covering entertainment, often seem to have this really intense “This is serious business, you guys!” thing going on. It’s so awesome and just seems like so much work.
The only thing more exhausting than listening to Andrew W.K. with those types is when the album is over, and you get the critique, comparison of production styles, allusions to earlier garage acts and the analysis of suburban ennui, disaffection about the Yankees under Steinbrenner’s sons and something about hockey fandom that means nothing to the 60% of his friends who are from California, Nebraska and the Carolinas.
God how I love rock music.
Irrelevant monthly hires irrelevant new editor, vows to continue irrelevance.
To get hits, you don’t need to traffic in snark when you traffic in teenage cleavage… like a certain “music” website I can think of.
*snicker*
How long do you think it will take that site to become snarky? I’m guessing under two weeks.
You mean that magazine in “Almost Famous” was real ?
Oh so sorry did I say something ? I was just day dreaming about Fairuza Balk, Anna Paquin, and Bijou Phillips.
What do you mean by “tortellini soup named “Karen.””? Seriously.