It looks like there's a new entry for the brilliant Who Is Arcade Fire? tumblr. Unfortunately, this one is longer than 140 characters -- by about a full page in The New York Times. Steve Stoute -- CEO of marketing company Translation and a veteran record executive -- took to The New York Times to effectively complain that Eminem, Kanye West and Justin Bieber all got wronged at last Sunday's Grammy Awards.
"Unfortunately, the awards show has become a series of hypocrisies and contradictions, leaving me to question why any contemporary popular artist would even participate," Stout said in his open letter to the Grammys.
Oh, where to begin?
First of all, good for a former record executive to take the time and, most importantly, money to complain that he didn't get what he wanted at the Grammys. I don't imagine full-page ads in The New York Times come cheap these days, let alone for someone who was once in an industry notoriously strapped for cash.
David once beat Goliath. Where's your full-page ad bitching about that?