I have left Jonah Weiner alone all summer and, mind, this despite his godawful Marc Ronson review in Rolling Stone.
Wait, was Ronson that bad? maybe not bad enough to be singled out. The problem with it was two fold: 1) it was boring and 2) The opening hook, Ronson’s dog missing his owner didn’t merely suck, it was also not true as Weiner admits but the end.
The Kanye West post in Slate is a real good idea (taking all of Kanye West’s online talks and interviews, and structuring them into a faux-celebrity profile) but man is this guy a fucking bore.
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The structure doesn’t pay off, it doesn’t work. Bullet points woulda been much better: see for your self: