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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Housekeeping / Rick Springfield Grant Brissey Is The Stranger's New Music Editor

Posted by on Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:29 PM

This is in addition to his ongoing duties running our Traffic Report Central Command Station, getting drunk at Big Mario's, and not knowing what the hell he's talking about most of the time.

 

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excellent choice! He's one of the most enjoyable parts of slog/ line out for sure.
Posted by don't ruin it by writing about vampire weekend all the time on January 6, 2011 at 1:57 PM
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what! your not Jason Baxter...
Posted by dandy gandy on January 6, 2011 at 2:03 PM
tallchris 3
Congrats dude!

Now I can say that The Stranger Music Editor called me a pedophile to the tune of the Animals "We Gotta Get Out of This Place".
Posted by tallchris http://policeteeth.bandcamp.com on January 6, 2011 at 2:06 PM
michaelp 4
Well, YAY! for Brissey! At least on the being drunk part. Lucky fuck.
Posted by michaelp on January 6, 2011 at 2:07 PM
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Congrats, Mr. Brissey. Looking forward to taking exception to your judgment, your writing, and your opinion on everything over the coming years.
Posted by Levislade http://ballofwax.org on January 6, 2011 at 2:17 PM
heywhatsit!? 6
YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY!!
Posted by heywhatsit!? on January 6, 2011 at 2:17 PM
gloomy gus 7
Does this mean he's replaced somebody who cost more? I hate to be mean, but then again I love to be mean, so...
Posted by gloomy gus on January 6, 2011 at 2:21 PM
chimsquared 8
Dude, you peaked with Office Watch. But congrats anyway. First assignment: Find out why the new Long Winters album is taking so long.
Posted by chimsquared on January 6, 2011 at 2:23 PM
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That is great news! Congrats Grant!
Posted by Sarsfield on January 6, 2011 at 2:23 PM
10
Fuck what am I gonna troll now?
Posted by Trollytrolltroll on January 6, 2011 at 2:23 PM
11
Does this mean he'll finally get laid?
Posted by Band members are so cute on January 6, 2011 at 2:32 PM
Andy_Squirrel 12
I hope grant's first album review, as music director, is to place the CD on the floor, taking a picture with his cell phone camera and just titles it "Today's Album Review" with no further content.
Posted by Andy_Squirrel on January 6, 2011 at 2:45 PM
corey j brewer 13
Congratulations! And may god have mercy on your soul.
Posted by corey j brewer http://coreyjbrewer.tumblr.com/ on January 6, 2011 at 2:57 PM
reverend dr dj riz 14
the lord works in not so mysterious ways..
..congrats grant.. stay scrong...the best is yet to come.
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on January 6, 2011 at 3:03 PM
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how do you get promoted from web content coordinator to music editor? all i ever see of his "writing" is photos of I-5 or links to other people's lineout posts. baxter would have been a much better choice...
Posted by hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm on January 6, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Fnarf 16
Apparently Grant found some things during the holiday Office Watch that certain editorial persons do not want made public. Excellent leverage for a promotion. Well done, sir.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on January 6, 2011 at 3:33 PM
I'm 85 Years Old 17
Is grandy fired?
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on January 6, 2011 at 3:39 PM
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The important point here kids, is that Grant spent hours drinking at Big Mario's, and thus got promoted. If any of yous all want a promotion, get to Big Mario's and spend at least 8 hours a day there drinking.
Posted by Meinert on January 6, 2011 at 4:09 PM
Canadian Nurse 19
Hurrah! I've been a Grant fan since Officewatch 2009. Eric Grandy will be missed, but Brissey'll do a great job.
Posted by Canadian Nurse on January 6, 2011 at 4:13 PM
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Great. A music editor with the music taste of a sandbag. I guess we'll continue the Stranger tradition of completely ignoring the portion of the Seattle music scene that made it famous and continue hearing about nothing but electronica and rap. And shoegaze. WTF is SHOEGAZE???
Posted by Cheryl D on January 6, 2011 at 4:17 PM
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Are you fucking kidding me? So you go from a cokehead to an alcoholic? A pansy douche (Grandy) to a fat, drunk Douche (Bissey)? Who on earth is making these decisions? Dan Savage? Isn't he still listening to the fucking Mamas and the Papas? No wonder The Stranger faded into oblivion years ago. Fuck it, I'm out.
Posted by Kristen, The Slut, Truax!!!!! on January 6, 2011 at 4:28 PM
I'm 85 Years Old 22
@21 What kind of music editor doesn't have a substance abuse problem? Who wants to read music picks from Ned Flanders?
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on January 6, 2011 at 4:39 PM
derek_erdman 23
@21: Continually reading something that "faded into oblivion years ago" is pretty out there, brah. Let me know how the new issue of Redbook is.
Posted by derek_erdman http://www.derekerdman.com on January 6, 2011 at 4:39 PM
I'm 85 Years Old 24
@20 MORE NIRVANA ARTICLES!
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on January 6, 2011 at 4:43 PM
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@ 22 You are confusing your sufficient and necessary conditions, dumbass. Let me explain. An addiction may be a requirement to being a great music editor, but it certainly doesn't guarantee that you will be. Do you see the difference? Probably not. Considering your 10th grade education and lesson in "bar chords" probably didn't teach you basic logic.

@23 Brah is strictly reserved for yer mama strokin me late at night. Have fun playing the "Comet", brah! I'm sure that minimum wage is treating you well. Ha!

Also, to some up, Grandy is a coke douche, Bissey is an alcoholic douche, but I fucked both of them!!!!!!
Posted by BLUSH PHOTOOOOOOO on January 6, 2011 at 4:47 PM
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@24. Just because you're 85 doesn't mean you can't get out a little more. There is an entire hard rock scene that is still thriving (hard rock, not "grunge"). But you probably wouldn't know about it because you read the Stranger...
Posted by Cheryl D on January 6, 2011 at 4:53 PM
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gotta love anonymous internets.
Posted by Chester Copperpot on January 6, 2011 at 4:53 PM
J. Burns 28
BRISSEY HATE ROCK MUSIC! BRISSEY SMASH!
Posted by J. Burns on January 6, 2011 at 5:00 PM
jtuohy 29
Wait, there are sober people at The Stranger?
Posted by jtuohy on January 6, 2011 at 5:01 PM
I'm 85 Years Old 30
@25 Good one. I take personally speculative guesses from trolls on the stranger line out comment board. And no, I do not understand your sentence regarding sufficient and necessary conditions. Are those book terms you learned from your fancy school, which I'm assuming you attended given your contempt for those not graduating high school, that you learned to regurgitate at parties to seem important? Did you get your dick sucked?

Please spell it out for those of us who do not have a masters degrees in impressing other losers.
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on January 6, 2011 at 5:02 PM
I'm 85 Years Old 31
@26 Least we're in the same boat.
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on January 6, 2011 at 5:03 PM
tallchris 32
@20: This is going to work out perfectly for my new elctro-gaze-hop band.
Posted by tallchris http://policeteeth.bandcamp.com on January 6, 2011 at 5:06 PM
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I'm 85 Years Old 34
@26.... Wait no.... Better: "And yet, here you are"... That's better
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on January 6, 2011 at 5:08 PM
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@34. Good one! I'm sufficiently put in my place now.
Posted by Cheryl D on January 6, 2011 at 5:16 PM
bella 36
Response at our house is a resounding: "WHAT?"
One of these days I'm going to write Grant's tell all bio. Absolutely no one will be shocked.
Posted by bella http://twitter.com/littlewords on January 6, 2011 at 5:27 PM
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You can't get Brissey to shut up about electronica, rap and shoegaze!
Posted by paulus on January 6, 2011 at 5:38 PM
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Congrats Brissey you have amazing taste for great bands and will turn your readers on to so many new things. I look forward to reading the Stranger again and I am so stoked I don't have to read another Vampire Weekend article again.
Posted by Jbj on January 6, 2011 at 5:42 PM
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Wait, isn't he the one who replied "YOU'RE an {insert whatever insulting comment a poster made}" over and over again as though it were hilarious?

That is all I know about the guy because he doesn't have a distinct writing style. Why not Erdman or that dude from the Intelligence? They're so much more entertaining. You need someone interesting like an Everett True to draw people in, otherwise you'll end up another bland publication like the Weekly or the Rocket.
Posted by Not to be a jerk, but it's true on January 6, 2011 at 5:48 PM
Puty 40
Brisseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Puty on January 6, 2011 at 6:14 PM
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BAXTER
Posted by coolsundays on January 6, 2011 at 6:36 PM
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Baxter = zzzzzzzzzzzz. The Segal/Mizell/Moorman front is solid. I'll keep readin.
Posted by Booker B on January 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM
43
Brissey?! Maybe this makes sense in attempt to get less educated, hipster readers and the advertising dollars that follow them, but this cannot be a wise long-term business solution. At least the print version of The Stranger had some modicum of dignity left. Why throw that away completely?
Posted by Very Sad on January 6, 2011 at 7:26 PM
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It really should have been obvious, and I am surprised that still no one has brought it up. Nipper. Nipper Nipper Nipper Nipper Nipper.

Brissey seems like he is discovering every band in existence for the first time.
Posted by Lester S. Thompson on January 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM
Grant Brissey, Emeritus 45
I like you guys.
Posted by Grant Brissey, Emeritus http://www.grantropolis.com/ on January 6, 2011 at 7:57 PM
flippingthroughrecords 46
Mighty Congrats! Thanks for the many heads ups on tunes and remember you can play it loud!
Posted by flippingthroughrecords on January 6, 2011 at 7:59 PM
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Joh 48
I like Grant because he helped me cheat at Slog Happy trivia years ago.
Posted by Joh on January 6, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Joh 49
Also, I only listen to Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers), so any music coverage here will just go over my head.
Posted by Joh on January 6, 2011 at 10:52 PM
50
very funny, guys. so who's the real new music editor?
Posted by hahahaha j/k on January 7, 2011 at 12:16 AM
Baconcat 51
Okay, I'll take his place.

Get me a carton of Rize and some hairy local culture scions (except Beth Ditto, I mean I love her, but ladyparts) and let's rock and roll.
Posted by Baconcat on January 7, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Baconcat 52
BRING ME THE DRUMMER FROM TIT PIG. I WILL ASSBLAST HIM ON THE STRANGER CONFERENCE ROOM TABLE!!!!
Posted by Baconcat on January 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM
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BRISSEY
Posted by coolsundays on January 7, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Baconcat 54
Hey, guess who has another HUMP! idea
Posted by Baconcat on January 7, 2011 at 12:46 PM
elle macfearson 55
aw, he likes us. he really likes us.
Posted by elle macfearson http://zombo.com on January 7, 2011 at 1:24 PM
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Other than blackmail, the only other plausible explanation for this promotion is that The Stranger is in possession of cutting edge technology for print publications that is yet to be unveiled. This new technology allows embedding YouTube videos and e-polls, and cribbing large amounts of text from other writers is A-OK!

Um. I can't wait to see how this is going to pan out.
Posted by hfhdx on January 7, 2011 at 1:39 PM
I'm 85 Years Old 57
@35 INDEED!
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on January 7, 2011 at 1:39 PM
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I saw Grant at the Tit Pig show. He's totally a cub I'd like to cuddle with.
Posted by brokn2pieces on January 7, 2011 at 7:04 PM
mackro 59
Can't wait for the Electronica Rap Shoegaze Post Of The Day!

Congrats, Grant!
Posted by mackro http://mackro.blogspot.com on January 8, 2011 at 6:54 PM
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Tit Pig is becoming the new Vampire Weekend in the Stranger.
Posted by Richy on January 9, 2011 at 2:02 PM

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