Is Your Music Blog In Need Of Traffic? Post Some Photos Of Ladies!
Of course, the posting of these “atmosphere” shots isn’t wrong on its face; crowd shots at shows do help provide a sense of place, and God knows they at least provide something of a respite from the beardos-with-strats parade that plagues many an indie-leaning blog. But the trend Vulture points out makes one wonder if the site’s trying to goose its traffic the old-fashioned way–a suspicion that’s only furthered by the ever-churning comment section, which is made up of your basic anonymous mouth-breathers who, when taking a break from arguing over the finer points of Andrew WK’s new bar, type things like “i like the preggers chick….god thats hot.”
Apparently taking a lesson from Vulture’s upbraiding, the folks at BV have since started posting pictures of “hot” men as well, which I guess has opened the door for equal-opportunity leering, at least. (Sample comment: “Mmmm.. Good Beefcake in the dodgeballs section..”) And in “things could always be worse” news, BV has a ways to go if it wants to hit the groin-tugging ways of ThatsHipHop.com, which hit up its fanbase with the following come-on over the weekend:
DJ SELF VIP SATURDAYS 10pm EST>> LIVE IN THE CHATROOM> ARTISTS WILL BE IN THE CHATROOM>
TONIGHT KIMMI CUPCAKES WILL HAVE LIVE PHONE SEX WITH THE 40th CALLER/VIBRATOR INCLUDED!!!!>>>>>>> MAKE SURE YOU CALL AROUND 10pm EST 877 337 4748 press 1 then 40
What, not 69? Dude.
ThatsHipHop [Official site] Brooklyn Vegan Now Just Posting Photos Of Random Cute Indie Girls [Vulture] [Screengrab via Motley Crue]