Phillyist: Dude, Where's My Skateboard?

Spencer Williams

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:05:41 -0500

Guest #1: Still curious as to what music you think we ought to be covering....

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:36:22 -0500

Insert my comment about the difficulty in striking the appropriate tone when writing online into comment #3. I do, in fact, believe you have jobs.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:16:45 -0500

Wow, guest 3/4, you are prolific today! You really should log in - we know who you are anyway, through that "creepy IP tracing" (which really just means that our comment archive—viewable only by the editors and the writers of the posts you comment on—lists your IP address next to your comment. It's not like we're stalking you. Hand to god. Re: jobs: I have one. I've already worked well over forty hours at it this week, so I'll be leaving early to catch Bad Religion. Ross also has a job, but, per his intro yesterday, he doesn't start it until the fall. So he can stay in Camden all weekend if he wants to (but really, who would?). Per comment #4: a lot of content on Phillyist is generated because our readers tip us off, either anonymously in the tips section, or via email, saying "Hey, thought you'd like to know that such-and-such band is playing next week, and I seem to recall you liking them in the past." Or, for non-A&E-related coverage: "Hey, has anyone else heard about the latest thing that John Street said in City Council?" While Phillyist serves in great part to inform our readers, we don't have a full-time staff (not even close), so sometimes, things slip through the cracks. We want our readers to tell us what we've missed. If we missed it on purpose, or we can't gain press access, we won't post about it. But if we feel it's post-worthy, we'll try to get it up.

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:51:09 -0500

Re: JABI's post: I was going to post this on the forum, but it threatened to make me log in. It's hard to strike the right tone when writing online, so don't take this the wrong way, but it doesn't make any sense for viewers of the site to tell you what to cover. I mean, I thought one of the very purposes of sites like this one is for the informed to tell the uninformed what's cool. Who is going to write in with "Hey, I really enjoyed the Jay Reatard show. Can you please write about it, even though I already know about it and was there?" Or, "Hey, I just saw The Simpsons movie. I already have formed an opinion on it, but will you write about it anyway?"

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:39:57 -0500

No points awarded for the coverage of the tour (who doesn't love Alkaline and BR, but don't you people have jobs??) But creepy IP tracing more than makes up for it.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:31:20 -0500

Hey guest: Judging from a little light IP tracing, it looks like you've had a lot to say, about music and otherwise, on Phillyist. If there's music you'd like to see us cover, tell us more about what you'd like to see. Send us tips, write posts of your own on the forum, or even apply to write for us. We can't pay you, but we might be able to swing you free tickets for some of those shows you think we should be covering!

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:35:44 -0500

ok this is a step in the right direction. while, i cannot image going to the warped tour nor recomend anyone does, i will give you credit for acknowledging bad religion. this in no way makes up for you coverage of silverchair, the counting crows, the decemberists, sufjan stevens, and the like. maybe music isn't what this blog should be writing about. they say to write what you know and phillyist appears to know a great deal about the penn writer's house, grammar, manners, and things of that nature. you are good at what you are good at and no one can take that away so play to your strengths.