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This letter was sent to and unpublished by Rolling Stone magazine a few years back.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.

Listener of The Month-January 2009

Playlist for Friday, February 6, 2009

1.Texas Never Whispers -Pavement >Watery, domestic
2.New Day Rising - Hüsker Dü >New Day Rising 1985
3.Lay Low for the Letdown - Beulah> the coast is Never Clear
4.All Of My Days And All Of My Days Off - A.C. Newman >Get Guilty 2009
5.People Got a Lot of Nerve - Neko Case> Middle Cyclone 2009
6.Mass Romantic - The New Pornographers >mass romantic
7.Cast it at the Setting Sail- Danielson> ships
8.Come Saturday -The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart >The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 2009
9.Los Angeles The Decemberists Her Majesty
10.Bigmouth Strikes Again - the smiths> the queen is dead 1986
11.Song for a Man with Pica Syndrome - Let's Wrestle>in loving memory of...
12.Honestly - Matt Pond PA> last light 2008
13.Welcome Back,Mr. Audiotechnica - Matson Jones> Matson Jones 2005
14.Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen >Big Lizard in my Backyard 1986
15.Inside Out -The Mighty Lemon Drops> World Without End 1986
16.Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones - The Hives >Tyrannosaurus Hives 2004

(Hour 2)

17.Incinerate - sonic youth> Rather Ripped 2007
18.Teen Love -Peter, Bjorn, and John> falling out 2004
19.I'm not a Kid Anymore -Sloan> Parallel Play 2008
20.Close the Lid - Port O'Brien> All We Could Do Was Sing 2008
21.Lil Bastard -ass ponys >Electric Rock Music
22.Need You Need You - The Whigs> Mission Control 2008
23.Your Party - Ween >La Cucaracha 2007
24.Oliver Twisted -The Vaselines >The Way Of The Vaselines - A Complete History 1992
25.No You're Not -Spoon >A Series Of Sneaks 1998
26.You Can't Break A Heart And Have It - Black Francis >Bluefinger 2007
27.Girl -Built To Spill >the normal years
28.Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian> The Life Pursuit
29.I Found That Essence Rare - Gang Of Four> Entertainment! 1979
30.Work It Out -The Glands >the glands
31.Be Free - Peasant >fear not, distant lover
32.Happywhenitrains - The Jesus and Mary Chain> Darkland