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BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note.

showlistdc
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 21, 2012 at 02:36 PM UTC #
Well, here's the latest summary.  After I initially posted about this in my ShowlistDC Music Notes on Tuesday (here):

1) On Tuesday, the Washington CityPaper ran the article that I linked above (here) with quotes from BYT's Managing Editor Logan Donaldson.

2) Then BYT Assistant Editor Stephanie Breijo ranted on the contest page (the contest link is down now, but I've captured her text here. You can also see this in Google's cache of the page).

3) BYT also quietly changed the content of their contest to say "string together a couple of paragraphs using only Morrissey?s lyrics".  DCist picked up on this and wrote an article here, with an additional quote from Donaldson.

4) At some point yesterday, BYT took the entire contest down.  The Washington CityPaper reported on that, too, here, with an additional quote from Donaldson.

I've got this all summarized on today's ShowlistDC Music Notes post, here.


MyraEllen
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 21, 2012 at 02:45 PM UTC #
stevewizzle wrote:
K8teebug wrote:
Their website is visually offensive.

^ this.  it's like they made a web-site on geocities back in 2000 and decided it was good to go for the next two decades.


Funny, because that is basically what it started as, and still is. Douchebags who take photos of themselves supposedly having stupid good times, trying to make themselves look cool so that you will think they're cool and pay them money to hang out with them http://brightestyoungthings.blogspot.com/
azaghal1981
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 21, 2012 at 04:57 PM UTC #
Hah, I knew this was coming. ;)
MonkeyPants wrote:
stevewizzle wrote:
K8teebug wrote:
Their website is visually offensive.

^ this.  it's like they made a web-site on geocities back in 2000 and decided it was good to go for the next two decades.


Funny, because that is basically what it started as, and still is. Douchebags who take photos of themselves supposedly having stupid good times, trying to make themselves look cool so that you will think they're cool and pay them money to hang out with them http://brightestyoungthings.blogspot.com/
azaghal1981
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 21, 2012 at 06:04 PM UTC #
We're being watched. ;D
MyraEllen
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 02:04 AM UTC #
IMP making excuses for BYT? "Other than this we've not had any issues"? Riiiiiiight.

Just keep supporting their douchebaggery and giving them free shit…

Here's an idea: Why not cut off their supply and let them die a long overdue death? They wouldn't have lasted this long if you didn't give them the access and perks that you do. This shouldn't be their warning…this should be their third strike. They're the parasite feeding on you IMP. Shut it down.
James Ford
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 10:47 AM UTC #
How about you channel that energy and anger toward a real problem?
  ::)
MonkeyPants wrote:
IMP making excuses for BYT? "Other than this we've not had any issues"? Riiiiiiight.

Just keep supporting their douchebaggery and giving them free shit…

Here's an idea: Why not cut off their supply and let them die a long overdue death? They wouldn't have lasted this long if you didn't give them the access and perks that you do. This shouldn't be their warning…this should be their third strike. They're the parasite feeding on you IMP. Shut it down.
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 11:55 AM UTC #
is life really that boring . . . that you guys care about this, this much?

go outside and play in the dirt.
Seth Hurwitz
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 12:56 PM UTC #
MonkeyPants wrote:
IMP making excuses for BYT? "Other than this we've not had any issues"? Riiiiiiight.

Just keep supporting their douchebaggery and giving them free shit…

Here's an idea: Why not cut off their supply and let them die a long overdue death? They wouldn't have lasted this long if you didn't give them the access and perks that you do. This shouldn't be their warning…this should be their third strike. They're the parasite feeding on you IMP. Shut it down.


you obviously pay attention to them
Yada
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 01:20 PM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
is life really that boring . . . that you guys care about this, this much?

go outside and play in the dirt.


atomicfront
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 02:08 PM UTC #
Seth wrote:
MonkeyPants wrote:
IMP making excuses for BYT? "Other than this we've not had any issues"? Riiiiiiight.

Just keep supporting their douchebaggery and giving them free shit…

Here's an idea: Why not cut off their supply and let them die a long overdue death? They wouldn't have lasted this long if you didn't give them the access and perks that you do. This shouldn't be their warning…this should be their third strike. They're the parasite feeding on you IMP. Shut it down.


you obviously pay attention to them



I am curious how they got my email address.  Does the 930 club give them their mailing list?
MyraEllen
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 03:38 PM UTC #
Seth wrote:
MonkeyPants wrote:
IMP making excuses for BYT? "Other than this we've not had any issues"? Riiiiiiight.

Just keep supporting their douchebaggery and giving them free shit…

Here's an idea: Why not cut off their supply and let them die a long overdue death? They wouldn't have lasted this long if you didn't give them the access and perks that you do. This shouldn't be their warning…this should be their third strike. They're the parasite feeding on you IMP. Shut it down.


you obviously pay attention to them


Merely so I can stay as far as fucking possible from them
MyraEllen
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 03:40 PM UTC #
And the truth is I generally ignore them unless (1) they're sponsoring something, so I can steer clear, or (2) someone else starts talking about them
hutch
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 04:52 PM UTC #
if you hate the thing so much stop rubberneckin'
I have enough with the vinyl district.
showlistdc
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 06:04 PM UTC #
hutch wrote:
I have enough with the vinyl district.


(not to poke the bear, but what's the issue with TVD?)
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 09:17 PM UTC #
Yada wrote:
walkonby wrote:
is life really that boring . . . that you guys care about this, this much?

go outside and play in the dirt.





mad . . . for a bit, but life is like a box of chocolate mushrooms.  you never know just what in the hell you are going to get until it is done.  back from phish, partied like a rock star, came home and now i am sick.  life is happy, but i still feel like shit.  new rule at concerts that are more than one day; sleep.
Yada
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 09:27 PM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
Yada wrote:
walkonby wrote:
is life really that boring . . . that you guys care about this, this much?

go outside and play in the dirt.





mad . . . for a bit, but life is like a box of chocolate mushrooms.  you never know just what in the hell you are going to get until it is done.  back from phish, partied like a rock star, came home and now i am sick.  life is happy, but i still feel like shit.  new rule at concerts that are more than one day; sleep.


Me too, phanner.  :-\
hutch
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 22, 2012 at 10:53 PM UTC #
showlistdc wrote:
hutch wrote:
I have enough with the vinyl district.


(not to poke the bear, but what's the issue with TVD?)



oh no. i meant i have enough with checking/reading/keeping track of their giveaways.. i like TVD
showlistdc
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Re: BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note. June 25, 2012 at 12:02 AM UTC #
hutch wrote:
oh no. i meant i have enough with checking/reading/keeping track of their giveaways.. i like TVD

aha, ok, that makes a lot more sense.  (of course, now I could shamelessly mention that I round up everybody's DC-area music coverage and ticket giveaways on my daily blog, here….so keeping up with TVD becomes fairly easy!)
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