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  1. My first Forbes column is up!!

    It’s an introduction of sorts:

    I believe Queens of the Stone Age are the best rock band around. I believe in 80s west coast punk. I believe 80s east coast hardcore is better than 80s east coast straight edge, but not by much. I believe Incubus was a better band before Make Yourself, that John Darnielle is the greatest storyteller in music and that people just don’t understand My Chemical Romance. I believe in remembering my roots and dragging out my Who, Doors and Zeppelin albums every once in a while. I believe in old, scratchy vinyl and the passion of a cassette mix tape.

    Please click, read, reblog, tweet, share on Facebook, whatever. Every click counts and my livelihood at Forbes is beholden to the dreaded page view. So whatever you can do to help me get eyeballs on my page, please help a sister out.

    Remember, this is just an introduction. My next column will be more column-ish (and feature Mike Doughty).

    2. Source: forbes.com

    Tagged:  forbes   writing   whoring myself for a good cause (me) 

    Posted 5 months ago 145 notes

    1. compjam reblogged this from openareas and added:
      I am looking forward on expanding my musical reach.
    2. mcr31 reblogged this from openareas
    3. whiskeysmyxtracurricularactivity reblogged this from gifthorsedentistry and added:
      That intro understands me to a T.
    4. tinyforest said: An excellent start!
    5. gifthorsedentistry reblogged this from openareas and added:
      fantastic column. You goons should read...intro and learn a thing or two about good music...
    6. maardatterzijde reblogged this from openareas
    7. shelterfromthenorm reblogged this from kaiserwilhelm and added:
      Definitely check this out. If the actual posts are half as good as the intro, it’ll be a smashing success.
    8. bookkeeperamanda reblogged this from cutlerish and added:
      (like legit how hard is it to just go look at this person’s article so that they can keep having a job?)
    9. cutlerish reblogged this from openareas
    10. thatmeggirl reblogged this from pandemiclaughter and added:
      Congrats, Michelle!
    11. pandemiclaughter reblogged this from mattdoucette and added:
      Go and read!
    12. wentdog reblogged this from openareas and added:
      Awesome