When lazy journalism strikes…
November 2, 2007 by Mr Trick
Filed under Turntable Radio News
Imagine my surprise when I heard that Q Magazine, one of the world’s larger mainstream music mags, had mentioned the humble Turntable Radio podcast in its pages. “Clearly we are getting somewhere when these guys are hearing about us!”, I thought to myself, and I hurried off to the shop to grab a copy.
Then I read it. And laughed. Why? See for yourself:
MR THINK?!?? Who the fuck is that?
OK – let’s break this down a little more. One: I (Mr Trick) stopped presenting this show back in 2004. I still own it and oversee it, but Laurent has been steering its progress since then. Not me. Two: where did they get “Mr Think” from? Was someone thinking “Mr Thing” whilst trying to type “Mr Trick”??? Three: if the journo in question had visited the site – or, god forbid, listened to a show – he’d know that Lo introduces each and every show himself.
So, there you go: the payrolled, lazy-ass journo fool strikes again. He might work in the same building as the guys at NME who mis-credited Wrongtom’s work on the Anti-Racism CD. Who knows.
Still, I guess there might be truth in there being no such thing as bad publicity. Maybe.
Oh, and if you’re visiting off the back of reading about us: Welcome! The presenter and organiser is called LAURENT FINTONI and our podcast is fuckin’ SICK. Now – please continue…
venkman on Fri, 2nd Nov 2007 1:30 pm
‘ seems he has a website, whever he is .. http://www.mrthink.com/
let’s hope people just read “dedecated entirely to turntablism” and come check it out.
peas! venk.
Gizmo on Mon, 5th Nov 2007 8:17 pm
Mr Think – the bastard lovechild of Trick and Mr Thing. Conjures up an image I’m deeply uncomfortable with.
BLaM on Thu, 14th Feb 2008 9:30 am
3 outta 5 stars?!?!?!
People at Q magazine are on that bad shit.