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Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

Edgy MD Jul 17 2013 11:17 AM

And I've grown desperately irrelevant. So I've apparently decided to make people really really angry.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 17 2013 11:58 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone

Can you put up post about Temar Boggs instead of bringing the manufactured rage about this non-issue to another forum.

cooby Jul 17 2013 12:00 PM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone

Wouldn't mind picking his brain, actually, and Rolling Stone usually does a good job of it. Didn't any other news magazines have him on the cover? Innocent question, I really don't know.

Edgy MD Jul 17 2013 12:02 PM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Can you put up post about Temar Boggs instead of bringing the manufactured rage about this non-issue to another forum. Did I present any rage? Did I link to any actual raging outlet? You're welcome to post what you'd like also.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 17 2013 12:09 PM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone

You're reading me wrong. I'm trying to gently prod you not to start something that's not going to end well that has already been hashed out in a million venues. But if that's what you want to do, have at it. I'm in more of a puppies, rainbows, and unicorns mood.

Edgy MD Jul 17 2013 12:18 PM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone

I don't think it's going to end poorly. I hope not. I'm not outraged. Briefly saddened, perhaps. Didn't know it was everywhere. This is Temar Boggs. My kuh-razy co-worker Victoria fills (FILLS!) my Facebook feed with dogs and cats needing homes, and, occasionally, missing persons needing rescue. I'm a sap, and ADD addled, so I clicked on a story that she posted yesterday. But by the time I clicked on the photo of sweet-faced missing five-year-old girl, the story has been updated, she wasn't missing anymore (!!), but the story had instead been updated with details of a rescue by some cycling teenagers who formed their own search party. I was delighted. So I found this interview with him earlier today. [youtube:1lg38zad]Fd31e02l3jk[/youtube:1lg38zad]

metirish Jul 17 2013 01:08 PM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone

Nver heard of Temar Boggs before now.....great story..... The Rolling Stone cover remind sme of a classic Jim Morrison pose.....apparently a lot of young teen girls love Jahar.

cooby Jul 17 2013 01:23 PM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone

That is a great story about Temar Boggs; sounds like a great neighborhood, everyone pulling together. I hope this gets a lot more coverage, because this is the first I heard about him also :( The trouble with Rolling Stone cover is that it shows Jahar in all his handsome glory. I think the message is "watch out, sometimes the bad guys are good looking"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 18 2013 06:35 PM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

People other than Amish live in Lancaster?

smg58 Jul 18 2013 07:21 PM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone

cooby wrote: That is a great story about Temar Boggs; sounds like a great neighborhood, everyone pulling together. I hope this gets a lot more coverage, because this is the first I heard about him also :( The trouble with Rolling Stone cover is that it shows Jahar in all his handsome glory. I think the message is "watch out, sometimes the bad guys are good looking" I think the message is that he wasn't always a monster, or at least not a monster to everybody, and yet he still did something horrible. And perhaps we need to find the humanity within people who do monstrous things if we wish to learn anything about why these things happen and possibly prevent one or two of them from happening.

metirish Jul 19 2013 07:30 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

I'm going to buy this to read the piece because it's probably a very in depth article.

cooby Jul 19 2013 07:43 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: People other than Amish live in Lancaster? Yeah, about two millions shoppers; the place is annoying as hell with a bunch of outlets. I don't recommend going anywhere near there. You'll sit in traffic on your way to somewhere else. Metirish, check out "Ask Ozzie"! We don't get Rolling Stone anymore, but some weeks it was the only thing I read.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2013 08:22 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

Lot of immigrants there too. Temar > Jahar

cooby Jul 19 2013 09:01 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

Excellent! I love it!

Mets – Willets Point Jul 19 2013 09:09 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

And the thread comes full circle.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 19 2013 09:52 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

I know that was some horrifying shit but we can't be chilling journamalism because people don't wanna be reminded of it. It was an interesting enough article.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2013 10:03 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

It is and was. And I think the crux of the objection remains the cover (and with RS, the cover is only sorta kinda journalism) that is traditionally reserved for uber-idols, being used to frame him in all his young-Donovan glory, and how that dovetails with the #freejahar movement and the disheartening traction it has had with 12-15-year-old girls. The flipside of that is, well, does anybody under 44 read Rolling Stone?

Mets – Willets Point Jul 19 2013 10:31 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

This article, especially the last three paragraphs, gets at my feelings on the matter. I'm also thinking that if you're really outraged about it, that sharing images of the cover on social media (not to mention the traditional media doing their part) for four days now is giving more publicity to Rolling Stone than they could ever have hoped for. I don't know, I'm trying to ignore the whole controversy, but it just keeps popping in my face.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 19 2013 11:03 AM Re: Hi, I'm Rolling Stone (bonus Temar Boggs content)

It's a lot more thoughtful a piece than I thought it would be, really.