Letter to the editor of Rolling Stone magazine-
This letter was sent to and unpublished by Rolling Stone magazine a few years back. I can see why they didn't print it. I ripped 'em a new one:

In regards to your paltry tribute to Elliott Smith (RS 936):
Nine paragraphs on page 26 with Jessica "Dumber-than-Dirt" Simpson occupying the cover, For Shame!!! As a magazine supposedly dedicated to music and those who make it, you've not only added insultto injury, in the process you've managed to alienate the true fans of Rock: it's just plain inexcusable.
Jenny Eliscu should also be outraged. Assuming there is any truth in her claim of having known Elliott, she has not only suffered the tragic loss of a friend, but also a reprehensible publicationwithin the pages of a tragically lost cause. My heart goes out to her ,along with every Elliott Smith fan, having been betrayed by Rolling Stone's piss-poor priorities.
But wait, perhaps we shouldn't feel too badly for Miss Eliscu. Maybe she was just too darned busy working the kinks out of her fluff piece on the "nice and mild" John Mayer ( who,in my opinion, couldn't even carry Elliott's guitar case!), to concern herself with properly honoring a real artist, not to mention a friend.
Either way, to this long-time reader and subsciber, Rolling Stone has become a joke, nothing more than a larger, more expensive US Weekly. In closing, please take my subscription and shove it up your a$$.
J.V.
Boston, MA

So, I had to look at the following issues after that fateful Jessica Simpson cover/Elliott Smith snub to see if they printed it. They didn't, the goddamn cowards. I know I'm right though. It's not about the Rock but the Almighty Buck. Magnet and Mojo are way better anyway.