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Everyone's an expert! 50-year-old newscaster Brian Williams is getting into the music blogging game with a "new music reporting project" called BriTunes (pronounced like iTunes). Let's just say the original BriTunes is less than thrilled about this, however Mr. Williams says, "I didn't name this thing, but I did come up with the idea." The idea of music blogging? So ahead of his time. He continues, saying, "I have always loved identifying good music and good groups—discovering them early (bar bands are best) and following them through their journey. While we'll interview some established musicians, mostly I'd like this to be a place where people can sample some of the great music being created every day." He starts with the band Deer Tick, who have been around since 2004 and are currently on a major national tour, which included plenty of dates with Jenny Lewis earlier this year.
Brian Williams Becomes Music Blogger
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The guy's trying to do something he likes. This article didn't have to be so condescending. I doubt Brian Williams is trying to compete with established blogs like Stereogum, and will be able to introduce "major national" acts like Deer Tick to a largely unaware audience of people who don't look identical to each other. Save the sad complaints for later, when the Nightly News moms start coming to shows.
Isn't Jen Chung a big fan of Brian Williams? Staff meetings are about to get awkward over there.
Brian Williams is sexy so I can't get upset about this. I'd happily go check out some new and undiscovered old bands I already know about with him.
Brian Williams is a Hipster and is moving to Williamsburg. Three months from now you are going to hear some crazy story of Brian Williams and Bill Murray doing blow at some Bushwick loft after a Of Montreal show.
I love it.
Jen,
Reread that post for general tone. It makes you seem like a horrible loser. It seems to me that painting the fact that Brian Williams likes and recommends the band Deer Tick in anything other than an amusing light requires an unfathomably negative outlook on life.
For what music snobbery that I have, I really can't cast spite towards Brian Williams. If I had any real sexual orientation, I'd let him do me.
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He can bring his economy-sized can of tan into the works too.
I wonder that fact that Mr. Williams is 50 years old has to do with anything either. Subtle ageism if you ask me. On well, as a man, Brian Williams at 50 is still in his prime.
My dad should start a blog on the virtues of the Ray Coniff Singers.