tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post5860960966338442492..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: This fortnight just goneSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-69459772923532797262007-12-23T17:10:00.000+00:002007-12-23T17:10:00.000+00:00Thank you for a full response.What really concerns...Thank you for a full response.<BR/><BR/>What really concerns me now is just how many people are typing 'R Kelly sex video' into Google, when everyone knows how old the girl involved was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-25214181808781241742007-12-23T13:01:00.000+00:002007-12-23T13:01:00.000+00:00It's an interesting point, although it's more a co...It's an interesting point, although it's more a commentary on what people search on Google for rather than what the blog is about.<BR/><BR/>I have been thinking about junking the Top 10 as it does turn into little more than "people search Google for pictures of naked people" rather than a guide to what the No Rock has been writing about for the last seven days.<BR/><BR/>But I reject your charge of hypocrisy - I don't criticise Gordon for running stories about sex or even "stories about naked pics" - the point is that he runs non-stories as an excuse to pad his column with pictures of semi-naked women. Now, I've never made any secret of the fact that I like looking at pictures of attractive people in states of undress - I just don't think it's journalism.<BR/><BR/>The stories in the top ten are about sex and nudity, but they're commentary:<BR/><BR/>In order:<BR/>1. The story is about McFly stripping off to make a pop video, suggesting it's a bit desperate. No photo.<BR/>2. The legal judgement that the video filmed in the R Kelly sex case is admissible in evidence. It's a post on an ongoing case featuring one of the biggest stars of R&B. No photo.<BR/>3. This was an eyebrow raising at the News of the World's suggestion that Lily Allen "gave passengers a strip show" on the train. No photo.<BR/>4. I think you're familiar with the Heather Mills story and why it might have been worth comment. No photo.<BR/>5. Beth Ditto's naked front page for NME was one of the most interesting things to happen in indie music this year. There is, on this one, a thumbnail image of the front of the NME, too.<BR/>6. Nelly Furtado <I>not</I> doing a porn magazine. Yes, that's some racy content there.<BR/><BR/>Music is about sex, and you can't write about music without writing about sex.<BR/><BR/>Googling is about sex, and you can't reflect what people are googling without writing about sex.<BR/><BR/>I'm not quite sure why that's on a par with printing a picture of Paris Hilton and pretending that it's news.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-78043893616490631022007-12-23T11:50:00.000+00:002007-12-23T11:50:00.000+00:00I just commented about hypocrisy on your post abou...I just commented about hypocrisy on your post about Harvey.<BR/><BR/>Then I saw this.<BR/><BR/>You slag off Gordon Smart for running stories about sex/naked pics then your OWN Top 10 stories are:<BR/><BR/><B>1. Mc Fly naked, after 18 months, finally hits the number one spot<BR/>2. R Kelly's sex video<BR/>3. Lily Allen slips out her slip<BR/>4. Heather Mills, porn and videos</B><BR/>5. Casey Calvert: Cause of death announced<BR/><B>6. Beth Ditto strips for NME</B><BR/>7. 2007 best of lists<BR/><B>8. No Nelly Furtado nude pictures for Playboy</B><BR/>9. RIP Dan Fogelberg<BR/>10. RIP Joaquin Tavares<BR/><BR/>Pot, kettle and black spring to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com