Re: (TV) A few words from Verlaine

[Ty Burr <tyburr@comcast.net>]

"Being unsure of what to ask a huge idol of mine…"  -- an idol whose career basics you don't have the slightest grip on.

Total rookie, an embarrassment to journalism.

>I'm a little pissed that this clown got to talk to Tom when almost anyone else would have been better.

Agreed, Joe.

TB

On May 7, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Joe Hartley wrote:

> On Wed, 7 May 2014 08:20:59 -0400
> Jay Pontrelli <jpontrelli44@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> What. Was. That.
> 
> That was a "writer" completely blowing an interview.  For someone who
> claims Tom's a huge idol of his, he seems to have done zero research
> into his subject.  He even said that the Neon Boys came after the first
> breakup!
> 
> "...I asked him if the current trends involving vintage styles and 
> vinyl were prohibiting us from moving forwards."  This was when I echoed
> Jay's sentiment above.
> 
> A quick synopsis: paragraph 1 - a bad overview of TV and Tom's timeline.
> 
> P2: In which the writer blows his own horn about being only one of five
> getting to talk to Tom at this particular event.
> 
> P3 and P4: In which the writer totally drops the ball with inane 
> questions and inadvertently asks what we're all thinking: "What will
> be the point of this interview?"
> 
> P5: In which we get the single Tom quote that isn't a variation on
> "Not interested", and no followups on it.
> 
> P6: In which the author spins some bullshit about getting Tom's 
> character with absolutely nothing to base it on.
> 
> I'm not a writer but I've done plenty of interviews, and I'm a little
> pissed that this clown got to talk to Tom when almost anyone else would
> have been better.
> 
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