Comments on: New York Magazine Thinks Ben Stapelman Will be Famous…and So Do I

By: sara

sara — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

very proud to announce that that was my suggestion. one of very few that my editor has actually taken! hooray

and thanks for posting the picture. i was supposed to pick up a copy this morning at the office…but i’m sure as hell not leaving the house in this transit clusterfuck.

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

awesome!!

By: J

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

“now plays sold-out gigs at the Bowery Ballroom”

Very selectively phrased.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Fairly terrible music to be honest.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Awesome. Talented kid.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Ha, this always gets to me… how this band always inspires controversy in the comments on blogs. Some people tear them apart and then a few more defend them. Whats funny is that from what I have heard, the band make pretty non-offensive and seemingly non-controversial music. Go figure.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

probaby jealous x-members

By: sara

sara — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

to be honest, they’re not my favorite band ever. but! they are like 19 years old and opening for big bands AND even not-into-music editors have heard of them.

you’d be surprised at how many bands/musicians that you think are really young are actually like 30. at least, *i* was surprised. and that was sort of the point of the story- that 19 is actually really young to have made some sort of name for yourself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

c-mon....

sold out shows?

they're nobodies

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

umm… wasn’t the point of the article that they were unknown “nobodies” now, and that they’d be “justly famous by 2010″