The above link is for pop sensation Kanye West's blog. West uses the blog to post information about his personal and public life. Everything from responses to negative publicity, photos from soirées he attends, and music/celebs he enjoys. Oh, and most importantly, to boast his already pulsating ego.
MRML was created by a 39-year-old teacher from Canada named Jeffen. Jeffen uses his blog to post mp3's of out-of-print punk and indie pop 7 inches and cds from the past few decades. He also writes small blurbs about the groups, their era, and their sound.
Via Kanye West's blog, one has to wonder about the future of celebrity magazines. Why pay to read about a celebrities life when you can follow them in real time; via twitter, myspace, facebook, and the blogosphere. As for MRML, and more specifically, blogs that cover modern music, magazines like Rolling Stone may soon see a lack of need for print resources.
Vanity and Info blogs make up much of the blogosphere, and they can be incredibly reliable and sometimes, straight from the source. Both blog types have the same general make up, short and sweet posts, and it suits the seemingly increasing short attention span and the necessitating of a fast-paced life, found, in much of America. And as I can't stress enough, the unprecedented low costs of internet media compounded by the current economy places blogs at a very convenient place in history, and the pocketbooks of journalistic divisions everywhere.
...Like...Rolling Stone?
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