"Some Girls" 36th Most Popular Song in America (sez Blender).

[foxmonkey]

Found yes, you know where. In a post by RockOnML, complete with a scan of the magazine page!

Blender says that "Some Girls" is the 36th most popular song in America. I snagged the scan, added RockOnML's screenname, and shrank the size, but the thing is still about 125K, so let it load.

The blurb at the bottom of the page says, "The Most Popular Songs chart is based on radio and video airplay, and album sales. Provided by HITSDailyDouble.com."

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Velly intellesting. Went to HITS, but you have to register to have a look-see, and I've been pretty much sucking at the mailing back of passwords lately. This is too intriguing though, so I'm off to register...

Comments

[lemniskate.livejournal.com]

I'm looking on the blender site and I don't see anything like this. Blender's not a teenie magazine, and that scan looks a little. it's skewed a little young, in my opinion. I dunno. I'm smelling a hoax.

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I'm smelling a hoax.

Fargin' iceholes! Crap. And that media password dealie concerns radio stations and the like. Hmmm.

"What is MediaBase?
Mediabase monitors 1,110 radio stations, 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, in the top 140 U.S. metro markets, as defined by Arbitron.


Subscription Information:
For more information on obtaining a Mediabase license, call John Fagot (Records) 818-461-8072, or Eileen Thorgusen (Radio) at 818.377.5385."

[dacey.livejournal.com]

(totally paying you back for the grammar re-posting here!)

Hm. Okay, I'm not saying definitively that it's a fake, but as someone who knows a bit about graphic programs, I'll point out a couple things I find interesting.

Keep in mind that Blender is not a tabloid. They are professionally printed and have quality print/publication standards.

The first thing I see that seems weird to me is the words "Teen pop dead? Shut up! Lizzie McGuire starlet Hilary Duff goes straight to the head of our class." There are "boxes" around that phrase with a slightly lighter background than the rest of the black square that houses it. It should be *seemlessly* inset into that star-themed box, the same way the words "most popular songs in america" are. So if it *is* real, Blender needs a better prepress proofer.

Second (and I did register to the site to browse) I found this image on their site for the current issue:



One of them is transposed. Whether it's the print one or the web one, I don't know. I couldn't find another copy of the picture posted anywhere to compare. Which ever one did it, it's unprofessional.

Finally, there's the "Schizophrenia" vs. "Schizophrenic" issue.

I dunno. I don't think I'm gonna bite until I see the magazine.

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I don't think I'm gonna bite until I see the magazine.

LOL! I did enough biting for all of us. ;-)

[diggybear.livejournal.com]

I was going to say, I'm registered for HITS and I have found NOTHING to show her as #1. Very strange.