Hate Jann Wenner? YUP. I do.

OK- maybe he is just cross promoting the Beatles new ROCK BAND that is coming out on September 9th- but honestly. Doing a cover on “Why the Beatles Broke Up” makes it seem like he is just getting lazy. I used to regard Rolling Stone as the end-all-be-all of reviews, rankings, lists and coverage. But now I just see how far the mag has come and crossed over to selling out. The more I read, the more I get angry and all I want to do is take my anger out on Jann Wenner. He has a stupid name that I’ve probably been mispronouncing my entire life. YAN, I think it is. ANDDDD his wife’s name is Jan! That is so obnoxious- I just hate everything about him. And his lame contributions to the AWFUL Hunter S. Thompson documentary “Gonzo.” I will say that the best thing we got out of rolling stone was HST. Peter Travers, the current movie reviewer only reviews movies for the mag’s demographics- romping all over anything that doesn’t please the rocker audience they serve so well. After dropping out of UC Berkeley in 1966 (who DOES that?!) and starting a GREAT music/politics/coverage magazine that broke ground for its time–now he’s just publishes Green Day covers and is like every other news source greedy for the scoop. And now just like everyone else he is still reporting that Michael Jackson is STILL DEAD— who KNEW?! Although he does cover all formats, and the new Jeff Tweedy interview is intriguing…. I cannot take all the props to Kayne. Any magazine that gives Kayne West a crown of thorns on the cover of their magazine is just suggesting that all of his sampling and crazy pop-tastic-STEALING is okay. Ever since Kayne sampled my favorite Steely Dan song- about the history of Ken Kesey with AMAZING lyrics and melody (LOVE IT) — now it is just a part of a stupid song that gets played at full volume and loses all its meaning.

I think I will just move on to and stick with publications that have gusto, real writers, and award winning content- like the New Yorker. Any magazine that publishes David Sedaris regularly deserves a higher pedestal than rolling stone ever should. YAN– you just lost another reader.