Yeah I'm going to go ahead and say that your online "magazine" is going to see the same fate as the title of this post: FAIL! Yeah don't quit your retail job, and you should probably just give up looking for a writing position if this is any indication of your so-called "talents."
You're welcome kbye
Georgina
· 7 months ago
Fail. Let’s see if I can post a blog from my +++iPhone+++( name dropping = fail, they've been out for two years now).. I am at La Guardia airport, waiting for my flight to Orlando to board, and that is precisely what I am- bored. +++(same pronunciation, different spelling and meaning)+++ (how clever!). Ok aaaaanyway, I have some thoughts swirling around in my fantastical brain and figured sharing them on my blog would be quite appropriate. Unfortunately I don’t have any fancy photos to attach, nor am I able to or willing to figure out how to post links. +++However, I am fully capable of captivating you with my words alone.+++ (I'm "board" already, see now I'm a witty writer like you!)
Not too long after fighting with the zippers on my boots while going through security in this freezing airport in Queens, I dragged my +++economical+++ (how are you saving money?)+++carry-on luggage to the magazine stands to make a purchase. Okay, I am lying…I bee-lined to Starbucks. But after that, I thought, ++++“why not do some industry-based research on the flight?”++++ (yeah? why not? gotta research the industry for new skunkheaded, tweens'!" ++++So while wandering over ++++(I thought you were bee-lining?) to the many +++racks and shelves+++ (racks ARE shelves) I realized that there are about 20 +++namely fashion magazines+++ (someone can't write, namely Becca Ganzak), 10-15 home/garden/Martha Stewart/Oprah baloney whatevers, and countless business, technology, and travel publications. ++++What about music? ++++(actually- what about animation?) Okay so we’ve got Spin, Rolling Stone, and Vibe; none of which spark my interest. Especially when they ++++feel about 4 pages thick. I stood there staring at Eminem’s mug on about ++++5 separate magazine covers++++ (but you only named three) before casually sipping on my latte and walking away.
Music media is ++++obviously making a transformational shift from print to online content++++. (NO WAY!!! O RLY!?)++++ I am curious as to why, though, +++++(then maybe you should go back to school for ten more years, dummy) +++Why music and not fashion or travel?++++ (No really, do you know anything?) With all of the many outlets for information nowadays, it is apparent that people are purchasing fewer hand-held ++++informational publications ++++(like HIV pamphlets? those are informational), no matter how thick or glossy. But what will this mean for the industry as a whole? (note: this is where I would normally insert a quote or statistic pertaining to the information I am discussing…I really did learn something in college! But sadly enough, I don’t have those +++tools at my disposal++++(But I am a TOOL). Please forgive me.
Sure, music may be noticing this rift more than other magazine topics, most obviously due to sites like myspace, purevolume, and++++ all of the blogs surfacing nowadays (woop woop!)+++++ (So you're saying that 'Honest to Blog' is playing a part in the demise of your favorite "industry"? Ironic!) So, does this mean music magazines will become obsolete? While part of me wants to wish this would never happen, another part of me is curious of the outcome ++++(and another part of me has a tail, because I'm a rat) When observing people on the subways, I have +++honestly+++ (To blog?) seen more Kindles than paperbacks and more iPhones and Blackberries than Wall Street Journals. This isn’t news, though. Print media has been steadily declining for years (thus the reason for my extended unemployment and gritting my teeth each day working in retail). I just am appaled with the lack d music magazines for ++++“our scene.”++++(Hope it's a murder scene) Is this generation incapable of purchasing reading material? Or do we just not want to? I know we have money..++++We shop at AA and Urban++++ (we do?) , and suck down more frappucinos and RedBulls than any other group of human beings. We buy band merch,eat at Panera Bread ++++(that's only in the south), and stay out late +++chugging PBRs+++ (I thought you were trying to convince us we had money?). ++++Although most of us are broke++++ (I thought you just said we have money? MAKE UP YOUR MIND!) , some of us have wealthy parent and/or trust funds. We can afford the magazines and subscriptions, we just don’t care enough.
This discourages me, though. Myspace is not the greatest outlet for scene-news. Unless you know the specific band you are seeking information about, it is not simple to view updated info on the industry or who has signed to a new label/who is breaking up/who had a tour coming up. Sure, AP exists, along with a few other magazines that easily do what I just mentioned, but ++++those publications are not always accessible from most reading material retail outlets++++(I AM A ROBOT) Also, their websites are horrific; impossible to navigate, and++++ just plain ugly++++(I won't even go there). I feel like we are ++++crying out for a music magazine with substance and not seeing results++++ (and some of us just feel like crying!). As much as I believe that blogs are the future of print/online media, I do believe that some of these news outlets should converge their online content with written word, and bank off the profits. One can only hope…
(p.s.++++ It smells like bacon in this airport and it’s making me a little nosh) ++++(That's because I farted.)
So to wrap this up, I’d like to announce to all of you that my good friend and phenomenal photographer, Siobhan OBrien and I are starting an online music magazine. We plan to launch the first issue in ++++June of this year++++ (aka in two days!!!!!) I will keep you posted with updates and other pertitent information as she and I progress closer to our goal that is our first issue. Just know that this is going to be huge. Huge. Yeah I said it twice.
About a dozen bros just crowded my cozy area at my gate, so I’m going to call it a day here on tumblr. I apologize again for posting dull-looking content from my phone, and don’t judge me for any spelling errors.
Peace out <3
Random Tumblr User
· 7 months ago
Wow George/Georgina. You seriously have nothing better to do than troll people's tumblr blogs?
Tumblr isn't about professionalism or serious journalism, hell mine is filled with lolcats most of the time. Tumblr is like halfway between Twitter and a regular blog. This why I dislike Disqus on Tumblr because of idiots like you. How about you reblog this post with your insults tacked on and stop hiding behind anonymity if you think you have anything to contribute.
If you don't like someone's blog that "unfollow" button is right there.
Disqus won't take a fake email so I have to put my own to post. I hope it isn't visible to everyone.
M
· 7 months ago
This person George/Georgina obviously has some issues. Maybe it could be not having anything better to do, and if that is the case he/she should move on with their life. So you if just plan on crapping on other peoples' dreams, you will have a miserable existence. Becca, your magazine will be great!!! And if you need any capital to get it going, let me know. I would be more than happy to invest in you.
And to you George/Georgina, HARD WORK is all that someone needs to succeed and Becca works really hard at what she does, and you obviously suck at life.
George Bush
· 7 months ago
Das kool. Go Becca u rawk
and check out andrewslim credit for you get money...
Georgette
· 7 months ago
Hey George/Georgina/George Bush,
You guys really need to GET A LIFE! Becca is a talented writer who knows a lot about the industry so shut up! You're just jealous and must have nothing better to do.
Becca, your blog is great! Keep up the good work! And PS- I love your unique style. You are so creative! And you have great eyebrows!
All Comments
You're welcome kbye
Let’s see if I can post a blog from my +++iPhone+++( name dropping = fail, they've been out for two years now).. I am at La Guardia airport, waiting for my flight to Orlando to board, and that is precisely what I am- bored. +++(same pronunciation, different spelling and meaning)+++ (how clever!). Ok aaaaanyway, I have some thoughts swirling around in my fantastical brain and figured sharing them on my blog would be quite appropriate. Unfortunately I don’t have any fancy photos to attach, nor am I able to or willing to figure out how to post links. +++However, I am fully capable of captivating you with my words alone.+++ (I'm "board" already, see now I'm a witty writer like you!)
Not too long after fighting with the zippers on my boots while going through security in this freezing airport in Queens, I dragged my +++economical+++ (how are you saving money?)+++carry-on luggage to the magazine stands to make a purchase. Okay, I am lying…I bee-lined to Starbucks. But after that, I thought, ++++“why not do some industry-based research on the flight?”++++ (yeah? why not? gotta research the industry for new skunkheaded, tweens'!" ++++So while wandering over ++++(I thought you were bee-lining?) to the many +++racks and shelves+++ (racks ARE shelves) I realized that there are about 20 +++namely fashion magazines+++ (someone can't write, namely Becca Ganzak), 10-15 home/garden/Martha Stewart/Oprah baloney whatevers, and countless business, technology, and travel publications. ++++What about music? ++++(actually- what about animation?) Okay so we’ve got Spin, Rolling Stone, and Vibe; none of which spark my interest. Especially when they ++++feel about 4 pages thick. I stood there staring at Eminem’s mug on about ++++5 separate magazine covers++++ (but you only named three) before casually sipping on my latte and walking away.
Music media is ++++obviously making a transformational shift from print to online content++++. (NO WAY!!! O RLY!?)++++ I am curious as to why, though, +++++(then maybe you should go back to school for ten more years, dummy) +++Why music and not fashion or travel?++++ (No really, do you know anything?) With all of the many outlets for information nowadays, it is apparent that people are purchasing fewer hand-held ++++informational publications ++++(like HIV pamphlets? those are informational), no matter how thick or glossy. But what will this mean for the industry as a whole? (note: this is where I would normally insert a quote or statistic pertaining to the information I am discussing…I really did learn something in college! But sadly enough, I don’t have those +++tools at my disposal++++(But I am a TOOL). Please forgive me.
Sure, music may be noticing this rift more than other magazine topics, most obviously due to sites like myspace, purevolume, and++++ all of the blogs surfacing nowadays (woop woop!)+++++ (So you're saying that 'Honest to Blog' is playing a part in the demise of your favorite "industry"? Ironic!) So, does this mean music magazines will become obsolete? While part of me wants to wish this would never happen, another part of me is curious of the outcome ++++(and another part of me has a tail, because I'm a rat) When observing people on the subways, I have +++honestly+++ (To blog?) seen more Kindles than paperbacks and more iPhones and Blackberries than Wall Street Journals. This isn’t news, though. Print media has been steadily declining for years (thus the reason for my extended unemployment and gritting my teeth each day working in retail). I just am appaled with the lack d music magazines for ++++“our scene.”++++(Hope it's a murder scene) Is this generation incapable of purchasing reading material? Or do we just not want to? I know we have money..++++We shop at AA and Urban++++ (we do?) , and suck down more frappucinos and RedBulls than any other group of human beings. We buy band merch,eat at Panera Bread ++++(that's only in the south), and stay out late +++chugging PBRs+++ (I thought you were trying to convince us we had money?). ++++Although most of us are broke++++ (I thought you just said we have money? MAKE UP YOUR MIND!) , some of us have wealthy parent and/or trust funds. We can afford the magazines and subscriptions, we just don’t care enough.
This discourages me, though. Myspace is not the greatest outlet for scene-news. Unless you know the specific band you are seeking information about, it is not simple to view updated info on the industry or who has signed to a new label/who is breaking up/who had a tour coming up. Sure, AP exists, along with a few other magazines that easily do what I just mentioned, but ++++those publications are not always accessible from most reading material retail outlets++++(I AM A ROBOT) Also, their websites are horrific; impossible to navigate, and++++ just plain ugly++++(I won't even go there). I feel like we are ++++crying out for a music magazine with substance and not seeing results++++ (and some of us just feel like crying!). As much as I believe that blogs are the future of print/online media, I do believe that some of these news outlets should converge their online content with written word, and bank off the profits. One can only hope…
(p.s.++++ It smells like bacon in this airport and it’s making me a little nosh) ++++(That's because I farted.)
So to wrap this up, I’d like to announce to all of you that my good friend and phenomenal photographer, Siobhan OBrien and I are starting an online music magazine. We plan to launch the first issue in ++++June of this year++++ (aka in two days!!!!!) I will keep you posted with updates and other pertitent information as she and I progress closer to our goal that is our first issue. Just know that this is going to be huge. Huge. Yeah I said it twice.
About a dozen bros just crowded my cozy area at my gate, so I’m going to call it a day here on tumblr. I apologize again for posting dull-looking content from my phone, and don’t judge me for any spelling errors.
Peace out <3
Tumblr isn't about professionalism or serious journalism, hell mine is filled with lolcats most of the time. Tumblr is like halfway between Twitter and a regular blog. This why I dislike Disqus on Tumblr because of idiots like you. How about you reblog this post with your insults tacked on and stop hiding behind anonymity if you think you have anything to contribute.
If you don't like someone's blog that "unfollow" button is right there.
Disqus won't take a fake email so I have to put my own to post. I hope it isn't visible to everyone.
Becca, your magazine will be great!!! And if you need any capital to get it going, let me know. I would be more than happy to invest in you.
And to you George/Georgina, HARD WORK is all that someone needs to succeed and Becca works really hard at what she does, and you obviously suck at life.
and check out andrewslim credit for you get money...
You guys really need to GET A LIFE! Becca is a talented writer who knows a lot about the industry so shut up! You're just jealous and must have nothing better to do.
Becca, your blog is great! Keep up the good work! And PS- I love your unique style. You are so creative! And you have great eyebrows!