u/Fermented_chaos

As we are learning from the last season of RHOSLC and now RHUGT, Baby Gorgeous acts like she has become this iconic celebrity.

The EGO is at level 15 and keeps rising. 

Sure there’s the usual drama with the other SLC cast members while filming RHUGT. However the juicy moment is when the cast and production are all on the sprinter van in Atlanta for their flight to Miami and Lisa is still in her hotel room.

Other cast members get upset and Lisa doesn’t think there’s any issue. 

Yes, welcome to the 99th installment of a housewife being late because of glam, but what was Lisa doing this for?

To go to the airport and get on a flight to Miami!!!

Remember Lisa lives a different life from the other SLC cast members and she’s doing big things, like attending movie premieres at SXSW.

I would love to see Lisa Barlow be at a table with Rachel Zoe, Kathy Hilton, and Jennifer Tilly. 

Housewives who don’t have to flaunt their wealth and status. You know who they are and don’t need glam before showing up at the airport. 

Can’t wait for this next episode of RHUGT in Miami when Larsa tells Lisa to stop name dropping, LOLZ!

So who are we going to blame?????

1. Blame A.I.- they let ChatGPT guide the creative brief

2. One of the executives approved it while jet lagged after just arriving in Europe

3. One of the executives approved it while jet lagged on a bender in a club in Ibiza.

4. Secretly Andrew Tate is a big financial backer and wanted to give input on the creative direction.

5. There was a normal creative brief, but a "last minute" direction was given by the founders.

6. Minimal women on set with the exception of Alexis Miestowski and her team.

7. Stock buybacks

8. It's August, everyone is phoning it in!

9. Just like with Target's Halloween ad, sheer stupidity.

The average viewership is 1.6m and there’s a reason why Tony Kornheiser always makes a joke when PTI is airing on ESPN 2.

They had a formula and that eventually broke. Which is, everyone was paying for ESPN via their cable package regardless if they are watching it or not.  

When it comes to those 1.6m viewers, unless it's actual live sporting events, I think it’s flawed. 

Flawed because when you factor every sports bar, hotel bar, hotel room, car dealership, etc. Someone is showing ESPN for background noise, that’s where you get 1.6m. Which in the YouTube ecosystem, is average.   

Minus Pat Mcafee and Stephen A. Smith, most stand out ESPN personalities need to work the podcast/YouTube circuit for relevancy, the network alone won’t do that. Dominique Foxworth and Mina Kimes are collecting the checks but could easily stand out on their own. 

Yes, I’m an outlier. I listen to LeBatard, Bomani Jones, Pablo Torre, Spencer Hall, & Jeff Pearlman. I’d rather have JomBoy Media break down a baseball game for me. 

Based on the current media conglomerate landscape, I feel Disney will eventually sell off ABC & ESPN, making their budget much smaller to operate a 24hr sports network with multiple channels. 

Trump’s bro didn’t hit 50% in the primary. Whereas Ashley Moody (senate) just straight dominated, Byron’s results have some scratching heads. Also, he’s not doing well in rural counties. 

It’s a midterm year and Florida isn’t the cheapest place to live anymore. Homeowners insurance is a hot mess, so I’m just saying it’s a toss up.

His opponent is a Republican turned "Democrat", just saying. 

First of all, some of this is not her fault. When you are privileged your path is skewed and your opportunities are endless. And as we’ve learned from these types of content creators in NYC, having the access/resources leads you to being an expert in anything, ESPECIALLY W/ BEAUTY-LIFESTYLE-FASHION.  

I’m just always surprised that no one tries to change it up. The challenge with the 2010s fashion/lifestyle blogs that led to this influencer ecosystem, is that you had to make legitimate content. There was true curation, it was editorialized with tone and theme. 

Mazel tov, you can afford an expensive hand bag! You can go to Montauk at peak summer time and eat a $200 chicken finger tower. What is your content other than YOLO with FOMO?

IMO, no one is coaching/guiding these folks. Managers/agents are just looking to lock in sponsorship deal$ and then looking the other way when the low performance metrics come in. I feel the majority of them are never saying, “Hey, how can we make your content stand out?”

Instead it's really, “Hey for half the price I can get you Carly’s sister Chloe.”

Yes, you can vent over Danny, Nia, Janet, and Jesse. However, to me the most annoying cast member is Kristen aka “Miss Borrowed Time.”

Similar to Jax, she thinks being around since VPR grants her senior perks and the ability to control the narrative.

When in fact, she’s no different than Scheana Shay. Except Miss Good as Gold will actually hustle.

What have we seen different from Kristen in these three seasons of The Valley? NOTHING! Never fully satisfied with anything and constantly getting into weird/complicated relationships. Remember those T. Sandy and J. Kennedy days???

Stirring the pot while playing the mean girl like it’s 2013.

And she’s 100% on borrowed time, The Valley was a lifeline to keep her relevant on reality TV.

If she’s mad at Janet, it’s because she has a normal husband who yes is corny, but actually caring and considerate.

Both served vital roles in the alternative music scene and helped launch many artists' careers.

Alt Press was the unofficial gatekeeper to emo, punk, indie, hardcore, and metal from the late 90s through the early 2000s. The full page ads from Tooth & Nail, Equal Vision, Vagrant, and Fueled By Ramen. The teens could go to their suburban shopping mall, hit up Hot Topic, Pac Sun, & Journeys. Then swing by Barnes & Noble and read the latest issue of AP. 

BrooklynVegan stood out as the best indie rock blog in the early 2000s, a pure organic way of reporting on the NYC music scene. It felt grounded and fan oriented. Think Matt & Kim, The Bowery Presents, TV on The Radio, and the vibe that transformed in Brooklyn during that time. 

The quick punch response is to attack the Madden brothers and that’s valid. The long term view is the state of rock music journalism, which naturally has been a hot mess for about 20 years. 

Sure some publications are staying strong, but Alt Press was doomed from the traditional format and their demographic They did a great job with starting podcast interviews in the 2010s, but like the rise of emo/pop-punk in the early 2000s, their audience was niche and narrow. Once Spotify and social media started picking up in the 2010s, it was over. Nowadays any rando content creator can recommend music to you and Spotify fills in the “Rocks If You Like” option. Additionally, with the rise of Hate5six live footage, what was the Punk Rock MBA, and YouTube. You no longer needed something like AltPress to discover new music or read stories about artists.

With Brooklyn Vegan, it was a product of the music blog era, where you legitimately scrolled a blog page for music news and clips. Sponsoring SXSW stages when it meant something. The rise of Instagram briefly helped that, but you have to be constantly posting. Once these companies got acquired by (insert) company, it’s all downhill. 

BV’s IG page started feeling like Consequence of Sound, posting whatever they could find for bait and clicks.

The other problem is, for 25 years rock music in general has been drowning in nostalgia. 

AND!!!!

The elephant in the room, lots of creepy stuff has come up but not really reported from some bands we all worshiped between 2000-2015. It gets posted on social media, but doesn’t get the true investigative journalism spotlight.

Anyways, let me find my Macbeth's shoes, Peter Says Denim jeans, MADE t-shirt, and Ordinary zipup hoodie.

This makes trying to take a selfie with a bison at Yellowstone seem like a walk in the park.

Here are some...FEEL FREE TO ADD!

Chipotle’s deconstructed gluten free burrito bowl in 5-2oz cups 

Sugarfish’s micro dosing sushi roll. 

Tocaya Organica's taco making kit, that makes exactly one taco. 

Genghis Cohen Basic B Steamed Chicken protein bowl featuring .25oz of low sodium soy sauce and 10 specks of sea salt. 

Layla Bagel already scooped deconstructed bagel making kit.  

Bay Cities Deli- slimmed down deconstructed Godmother sandwich making kit. JK JK JK, they throw the actual sandwich at you and to tell you to go f*ck yourself. 

What was this episode? Are they content stretching? It was 100% filler. Mind you they stretched the whole Mexico trip.

We get the same three storylines going on and Jesse + Danny are so cringe.

Not one cast member is fully carrying this show. Zach's one liners get stale quickly. Kristen is becoming so energy sucking.

At this point bring in Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney.

Oh my gawd you guys! Get ready for this unboxing!!!

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