The Spin on Seattle’s Best
July 28th, 2009
So Spin Magazine was kind enough to introduce me to the riches and lushness of Seattle Music today. They have posted this photo gallery exploring their take on the “Best of the Seattle Scene” and boy is it worth a gander. It covers exciting up-n-coming venues like the White River Amphitheater, local acts like Green Day, and iconic Emerald City events like Mayhem Festival… I was actually disappointed to only see FOUR of 15 shots from Mayhem Fest. Wow, way to spread yourselves around, Spin. Impressive.
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They really nailed the NW spirit with a shot Matisyahu’s I heart WA shirt. Isn’t he from Ballard? I want to know why they didn’t include glamour shots of the great Northwesterner David Lee Roth rockin the Emerald Queen Casino? There is actually one Seattle band in the line-up, our own USE (United State of Electronica) with a glancing blow of Portland’s (almost Seattle’s) The Decemberists. I suppose it’s in-depth coverage like this that sets Spin apart, enough so that they have to GIVE away a years subscription of this rag with the purchase of Bumbershoot Tickets… which I kindly refused.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
LB said:
Hilarious—both their notion and your commentary.
Thing is, Spin actually used to be a fairly decent music magazine. It’s gone really down hill the past few years after they tried to cater to every music fan under the sun.
I dropped my subscription when video game reviews started showing up in the back.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Chris Morales said:
That was one of the MOST ‘out of touch’ pieces I have ever seen. Reaching… When Kevin sent this out, I thought it was a joke at first…
I half expected to see a picture of Nirvana
But instead, We got Slayer!
July 29th, 2009 at 7:41 am
The Lady said:
And then they wonder why music magazines are dying.