Local News Picks Up on the Dangers of Emo
Every music genre and corresponding subculture has levels of cool. But until I saw this eye-opening (and eye-lining) news report, I had no clue just how cool emo kids really were. You gotta love a news report that features intentionally ironic and probably fake websites as its source materials. J-School, baby, J-school.
I like what YouTube commenter spleen1666 has to say about this whole thing: “emo = guys without dicks.” Probably because they cut ‘em off to earn points.
Slade Sohmer
In 2006 Slade Sohmer founded Hidden Track along with current EiC Scott Bernstein. Slade ran the site until 2008, establishing a scope of coverage and level of professionalism that still exists today. In 2010 Sohmer founded HyperVocal with Lee Brenner and the "purveyors of the vital and viral" have gone on to create a network of highly acclaimed sites that includes Headlines That Suck, Weeping Elvis, Distriction and Spike The Water Cooler.
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Holy shit, I didn’t know they sold Sheriff’s hats at lids now… What city is there stadium in?
Love that “emo checklist” that is making fun of emo kids, and the “must be emo” song makes fun of emo kids, and the newscasters think kids actually post their scores on myspace like it’s a competition. Oh man that’s good… about two minutes of interviews talking to one of these kids would have told them that.
[...] Emo kids are all about the cool points — I smell a raffle [...]