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It's My Blog Now. Deal With It.

Back at the end of August, Mo Ibrahim—a reporter from the Long Island Press—contacted me after reading this post. He was writing an article about MySpace, specifically MySpace Music, and I was one of the only people he had found who had said anything negative about the wildly popular online community. Mr. Ibrahim asked for my thoughts, but also asked for me to speak on behalf of Stay Free!. In my reply, I prefaced my comments with, "Here are my layman's/indie-rock lover's views (I can't speak on behalf of Stay Free!, so for that please email Carrie McLaren)."

That was the last I heard of it till today, when Mr. Ibrahim sent me the link to his article. Well, in your face, McLaren! In paragraph #20, my comments are introduced thusly: "Jack Silbert wrote on his Stay Free! blog..." That's right, new readers from Long Island, it's MY blog. Sure, I only post every couple of months, but that's because I'm very, very busy with...uh...you know...important blog-running related matters. HTML and the shift key and other highly technical things I won't bore you with.

Anyway, read Mo Ibrahim's article. He's done his homework, on MySpace at least. He's also perfectly captured my inherent wishy-washy nature. And there's some solid commentary from Ryan Creed of Stay Free!, one of my most trusted employees. Oh, and check out my original post for a growing collection of letters from bogus girls around the world. Have I forgotten anything? Ah yes. Amy Fisher has a recurring column in the Long Island Press. Enjoy.