[kj] OT: Maxim magazine apologizes for negative review of LP it hadn't listened to

[fluke fluke]

    So what . Big deal.......like Who cares?
He reviewed what he heard, what more can you ask for ?
 
 

> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:59:45 -0600> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: [kj] OT: Maxim magazine apologizes for negative review of LP it hadn't listened to> > The LP probably does suck, but this is still pretty sleazy journalism. > -Oliver> > > > http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHOAjk5E7X13mmzngI4wUdwCZZJQD8V25PNG1> > Maxim apologizes for Black Crowes review> > 2 hours, 12 minutes ago> > Maxim magazine has apologized for publishing a> negative review of the Black Crowes' new album by a> writer who hadn't listened to the whole CD.> > The review in Maxim's March issue gives the Crowes'> "Warpaint" a rating of two-and-a-half stars out of> five. The band posted an exasperated statement on its> Web site last week saying the Maxim writer hadn't> heard the entire album because advance copies weren't> available. The Crowes' manager, Pete Angelus, said the> magazine explained that its review was an "educated> guess."> > Maxim editorial director James Kaminsky responded> Tuesday with this statement: "It is Maxim's editorial> policy to assign star ratings only to those albums> that have been heard in their entirety. Unfortunately,> that policy was not followed in the March 2008 issue> of our magazine and we apologize to our readers."> > A spokeswoman for the magazine contacted by The> Associated Press declined to say whether the writer> would face disciplinary action.> > "Warpaint," the Black Crowes' first album in seven> years, is set for release March 4. The blues-rock> group, fronted by Chris Robinson, has released only> one song from the disc, "Goodbye Daughters of the> Revolution."> > The band's hits include "Hard to Handle" and "She> Talks to Angels."> > ___> > On the Net:> > The Black Crowes:> > http://www.blackcrowes.com/> > > > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

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