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Posted: 26 May '08, 12:57
Dear Drowned in Sound readers,
Hullo. Hope you're having a great bank holiday weekend.
As some of you may be aware, last year we did a "deal" to expand what we do. The result is the development of a new company (details here quietusgroup.com) and the birth of some brand new websites, using a similar formula of editorial and community which DiS has refined over the past eight and a half years.
Anyway, as a reader of DiS we think/hope that these sites will be of interest to you or to people you know.
Below this are some of my favourite bits so far but to give you an overview the first two sites are...
THE QUIETUS
In answer to the question "what ever happened to the music press?" comes this new site (currently beta-testing as a blog) which has a list of contributors names that reads like the greatest hits of music journalism of the past thirty years. The site is kinda like DiS' ale-drinking big brother and/or our super-cool vinyl hoarding uncle.
http://www.theQuietus.com/
THE LIPSTER
On the Lipster you can expect to read youtube-riddled pieces about Madge, Wino, Lily and Eurovision one minute and Bon Iver, Super Furries and Indiana Jones the next. They have daily news and regular columns about film, tv and much more...
http://www.theLipster.com
Next up will be a rock site called Thrash Hits, edited by Raz, one of the founding fathers of DiS but we'll let you know about that when it's ready.
Thank you for your continued support,
Sean Adams
Founder, DrownedinSound.com
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THE LIPSTER
http://www.theLipster.com
The site is edited by two of my favourite female music journalists: Jude Rogers who's a Guardian Film & Music columnist, formerly reviews editor of The Word and Rebecca Nicholson who does bits for NME and Dazed, formerly of The Face. We're really proud of what we've done so far but don't just take my word for it; this is what the press have said about it so far:
‘Music, TV, film and fashion are brilliantly deconstructed. Here, sassy articles are written for women tired of the blokey bent of many pop-culture sites.’ GRAZIA
'Elle's favourite webzine ...combines some of the UK's best female writers with an arch pop-cultural filter" ELLE
"The tone is a refreshing respite from sites (and magazines) telling you why a pregnant celebrity deserves a Mum Of The Year award, or pointing and laughing at Britney's breakdown" JO ELVIN, GLAMOUR
‘Launched for ladies that rock. The quality is top notch’ GUARDIAN GUIDE
‘Worth a lingering peek right now.’ OBSERVER WOMAN
‘An ace webzine – throws up a fine bill of female talent’ TIME OUT
° Sylvia Patterson's column with insights into the worlds of PETE DOHERTY, BRITNEY SPEARS, RUSSELL BRAND, AMY WINEHOUSE, GIRLS ALOUD, KYLIE and more here
° How much fun can you have on 900 calories?
° BLONDIE: George Pringle meets Debbie Harry
° Miranda Sawyer meets GERMAINE GREER
° SANTOGOLD on race, age and lots more
° LYKKE LI talks fame, egos and how it feels to be the next big thing
For more visit theLipster.com
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THE QUIETUS
theQuietus.com
° CHUCK D talks about playing It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back in full and lots more
° FOALS and the last nail in Grunge's coffin
° THE FALL reviewed by Taylor Parkes
° CUT COPY listen to an audio interview
° DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE reviewed by Stevie Chick
° Steven Wells on Glastonbury "the Aryan folk festival"
And lots more theQuietus.com
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DiScuss: Tell us what you think...
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'favourite female music journalists'
why write 'female'? it's ridiculously patronising.
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I'd imagine
that this isn't to say that they wouldn't be amongst favourite journalists full stop but it does appear, having read Lipster a little, that it is a defining feature.
I think that if there was a site written by men that didn't fall into the usual trappings of a lad mag but was still definitely with a male voice then it would be worth mentioning that too.
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JAG?
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"Tell us what you think... "
No, you don't want me to do that...
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I've only been on the Lipster a couple of times.
It felt like an elaborate satire...
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And also, without wanting to be resoundingly negative, Steven Wells' piece for the Quietus
was literally the stupidest and most incohesive argument I've ever seen him put forward. Which, much as I've enjoyed reading his stuff in the past, is saying something...
On a positive note these are admirably ambitious ideas and I think they can potentially be excellent websites. I'm still not convinced either have got the tone quite there yet (although in fairness I've not been on the Lipster for at least three months) but I guess all websites take a while to find their feet...
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'How much fun can you have on 900 calories?'
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^ basically what he said
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Steven Wells and incohesive arguments?
Nah, you don't say? I bet the words "sexist" and "racist" appeared at least a dozen times each...
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Racist appeared almost constantly as I recall.
I think there were only about three words in the article that weren't the word "racist" itself or words related to people being racist.
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The word homophobic
too. He likes to use that one a lot too...
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steven wells on harp/no depression etc put me off instantly
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lesbians and old people
LOL
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Both are pretty dull and boring.
I think 'Steven Wells' might be one of the most surprisingly idiotic people I have have had the misfortune of experiencing via that website.
I think DiS' 16/17 year olds are more intelligent than him.
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I agree with everything wrightylew has said
This in particular
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i agree with everything anyone has said
even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff.
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I disagree!
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good luck with it all guys
People will find anything to moan about, but good on your for getting more websites on the go. It's early days yet but everything looks pretty good.
Looking at how much DiS has grown in the last few years, all the sites will do pretty darn well...
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Can you absolutely promise me if I go over to the Lipster and check it out
there'll be no articles entitled, "Why Johnny Depp is a God"?
hehe. I kid. Good luck.
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Oh dear
"The site is kinda like DiS' ale-drinking big brother and/or our super-cool vinyl hoarding uncle."
Shut up about age! Shut up about target demographics! Shut up about revealing your prejudices!
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This part was particularly bad
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Thrash Hits?
KERRONG!
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The Lipster thing..
..it is a parody, right?
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Thrush Hits?
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it better be a community based on thrash
and hardcore. if so im leaving DiS
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*Tenses in preperation of backlash*
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Well that's a new grammatical low for me.
*Preparation *For
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"We own the groundbreaking music community Drowned in Sound."
no you don't, you just own the place where the community gathers.
also, having a big picture of John Robb as the first thing you see when you access the quietus isn't a good idea. first impressions and all that...
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im kind of wondering
if this will affect the editorial content of DiS in any way. like if someone wrote an article for here but it was decided it came off as too "old"(?) or too "female"(???) it'd get shunted to one of the others
plus i mean..murdoch? really?
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Good news but
I already spent FAR TOO MUCH TIME ONLINE so I'm going to do my best to pretent this news doesn't exist..!
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Lipster sounds terrible
and after a quick browse, it seems my fears are proved correct.
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I'm 30. I drink ale.
but... you'll have to catch my first!
What is this, Logan's Run? As soon as your palm-crystal starts to flash you get retired to another site?
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*catch me first
My grammar is not up to the Quietus' high standards anyway - they wouldn't want me.
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Interesting.
Good luck to you, and I haven't had an in-depth look at them, but there is something vaguely approaching self-parody about these new sites.
As an older DiS reader (30) I guess I'll have to stop reading about what the young tykes are up to and migrate to Quietus (sounds like a heavy metal band to me) to be annoyed by the same NME writers that annoyed me during the heady days of Britpop, when music was all simple likes and easy to understand, before the mass proliferagation of illegal audiophiles on the world wide whatdyoumacallit.
I don't suppose there's any openings for a non-well-known-past-it-opinionated-mouthpiece on there? Oh well, at least now there's somewhere for DiS writers to retire gracefully to..
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Hey kids women are 'emotional' about music and 'us boys' like to collect and a bit autistic about it
remember boys - we = Nick Hornby, girls = Kathy Lette
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The Quietus
is clearly the answer to all my prayers.
As is anything that brings the genius of Andrew Mueller to a wider audience.
Swells has always been a muppet, but certainly a muppet worth either guffawing with or guffawing at. And you can ALWAYS SPOT HIS SCRAWLINGs a MILE OFF, because he ALWAYS WRITES in CAPITAL LETTERS for NO GOOD REASON AT ALL.
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I'm quite excited about the prospect of Thrash Hits
there's not nearly enough Raz these days.
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