Can someone go ahead and forward this to the Magic Wands and save them a lot of heartache?

Ha! Magic Wands! You'd think Chris would have learned his lesson when he led SLACK to their demise in Dave Grohl's L.A. studio. And Dexy probably didn't learn shit from her lawsuit against Courtney Love except that you can get paid to let famous people hit you. They're funny in their own way; trying to erase their histories so no one figures out that they've already been failures once before.

I can't believe the Pink Spiders didn't make it. They suck bear turds.

I like the 'End of the Century' record.

I'm not the biggest Pink Spiders fan (or hater for that matter) but this was a pretty good read. The Features lost their deal because they didn't want to play the game at all, whereas the Spiders did nothing but play the game. I guess you gotta find that happy medium between being an artist and treating your music/image like marketable product for Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan American Consumer.

It's interesting that in the case of the Spiders, things got fucked because they acquiesced to Geffen and never went, "hey, we kinda know how to sell ourselves. Just give us the money and lets up keep doing what got you interested in the first place."

On the other hand, as we all the know, the Features lost their deal for not giving in. it really is damned if you do, damned if you don't.

then there's paramore... grammy nominated, album went gold in a time when album's don't go gold. definitely as musically talented or more than the spiders. so there are exceptions to the rule, even if you don't want to acknowledge them as a local band.

Not sure where I heard this or whether or not it is valid, but don't Paramore have an all-encompassing publishing/recording/merchandising and maybe even touring deal? They're definitely doing well for themselves commercially, but who knows how much of that they're actually seeing..

Brian, I wouldn't be surprised if that's true. The upside to those deals is that the risk for the band isn't as high, so they get time to develop a little more without getting into a massive amount of debt with the label like the Spiders did. Of course the downside is that this latest album is doing really well and the tour was pretty huge, too, and they're probably not seeing as much from either as a band would 10 or 15 years ago.

Some salient points there.

Check out NashvilleRock.net's newest feature entitled Rage Against the Scene! Hope you enjoy!

"Next up are the “Critics’ Picks”. This is always an entertaining form of douchebaggery and this week’s issue is no exception. For example, in the Music section for 7/31 writer Sean L. Maloney picks the Funky Good Time show at Cabana and begins to stroke the hell out of it like it’s the event of the summer using ridiculous verbiage... Wow….just wow. I don’t even need to come up with something witty to expose the retardedness of this do I?"

Aww, how cute. The knuckle dragging mouth breather from the shitty local website thinks I'm retarded! That's so adorable. I must of forgot that I'm not cool unless I write at a fourth grade reading level, use shitty, remedial web design and listen to the Buzz - how silly of me!That you won't use a byline on your rather extensive, overly-researched critique is totally bullshit. It's all well and good to criticize a publication and it's writers but fer crissakes grow a pair and put you name on it.

put "your" name on it, as it were...

"For Crissakes"

I like that. I would much rather reference the drummer of KISS than Buddy Christ. I might have to start using that expression!

Brian/MBH: The Times ran a story on 360 deals, talking about Paramore specifically, and Tracy posted on it here.

I actually found that rather entertaining. The writing was better than I expected it to be. It's been a while since I've seen their website, and it's not AS bad as it used to be.

[speaking in between super deep breaths] I....added.....my.....name...to....the.....article.....sorry....i'm....such....a....mouth...breather.....

Just chillax Sean, I'm just having a little fun with you guys.I would like to know what reading level that word and phrases like "So be ready to bump, chump" falls under. I didn't realize they were using that kind of language at Harvard these days.

I apologize for using a vernacular that isn't "rock" enough for you, Chris, er "Enraged" or whatever you're dumbass name is. It must be tough being the sole arbitor of taste out in La Vernge, nobody ever respects your in-depth dick riding of the "burgeoning electronica/hardcore/screamo genre that's quickly growing in Nashville" or your uncanny ability to repost press releases.

How dare I write about an event I look forward to every month, and write about it in tone that relates to the genre or !!! Oh god, not slang! What will happen to the children?!? They might start listening to and maybe respecting people that aren't ex! And then the world will explode!!! Ohs NOES!!!

Chris, I've read you're site. You have a very, very narrow focus. You've openly declared your distaste for music that doesn't fit into your tiny little world view. I, on the other hand, am not a "rockist", though when I do cover rock like the "cool little write-up about the Richard Lloyd (ex-Television) show at The End" you seem to dig me. What gives? Did the Zubaz reference strike a chord?

And by the way, they do use the word "chump" at Harvard, chump.

Hahaha...I knew you'd reference the Featured Artist description. I agree, I probably buried the lame-0-meter with that one haha.

It's VERY hard being the sole arbitor of taste in LaVergne. I mean, I have to fight with all of the Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn jackasses that live around here.

While I have openly declared what I don't like, it doesn't mean that we don't cover it.
We've covered a ton of bands through the site that we don't really like but the public does, so we do it for that reason. The Scene/Creme tends to only focus on what they like. There's the difference as far as I'm concerned.

The writeup for the Richard Lloyd show WAS very good. I'm not afraid to give credit where it's due. By the way, I don't "dig" you and I don't "not dig" you. I just pick certain things in the Scene that stand out and comment on them. Don't make it so personal. Would you like me to take out your name in future features if I comment on one of your articles?

Dude, you used my name and refered to the way I write as "retardness", what's not personal about that?

That's total bullshit. The Scene has covered many shows that don't get much attention/attendance from the public.

Jeez, I didn't know this was gonna touch so many of your nerves Sean. This feature is meant to be a sarcastic, jaded view of the Scene. Nothing more, nothing less.

There are tons of writers that I like that get ripped to shreds online all the time and I don't see them throwing a tantrum that someone didn't agree with them or didn't like what they wrote. If you want to rip apart my articles and make jokes about it, I don't care. Hell, I'll probably even laugh along with everyone else.

The reason? If I'm willing to put my name out there for all the world to see, than I have to be willing to take criticism and deal with knuckleheads like me that crack jokes. It's just part of having your name in the public forum. Do you always get this upset when someone critiques your writing?

Lefsetz ripping on post-Road to Ruins Ramones albums is reason enough to toss his post onto the trash heap of worthless blog rants.

Somebody should do a cover story on Coldplay, ask Chris Martin how disillusioned he is artist development and the industry in the '90s. Seems to work out really, really well for some bands.

It's a gamble. Everybody knows it. Everybody knows it before the contracts are signed. Everybody knows what to expect out of a major label's marketing plan if the band isn't coming in with a solid indie label sales history and a considerable number of fans throughout the country (which is what majors get when they sign a lot of emo bands). To single out a failed marketing plan after the fact is the worst kind of Monday morning quarterbacking.

The Pink Spiders were lucky enough to get a throw of the dice. All those stupid marketing programs and mobile phone tie-ins...they *do* work sometimes. So it's either stupid marketing programs or build a fan base on the road through live shows and word of mouth...and, I've seen them and like them, but this isn't the band for that kind of development. Power pop bands do not build a following via their live shows.