Alt Report

When my sister and I were in grade school we used to draw and write comics of the kids we liked and didn't like and make up fictional storylines about them.  It was just for us - not for public consumption and it wasn't long before we outgrew this hobbie.  I suppose we were trying to make sense of the world around us and process things through rudimentary drawings and jokes which was the only way we knew how.

This is what the Alt Report reminds me of -- this gossip blog/zine about indie bands with just the right hint of envy, immaturity and humor to blur the lines between hero worship and hate.  It reminds me of a high school yearbook made up of "cool kids" or a very low-fi Perez Hilton.  And I could do without the occasional mean spiritedness but right now, I just can't look away.  And me thinks someone there has a crush on Bethany from Best Coast.