The Definitive Elliott Wilson Blog Interview

This dude talks in cliche-talk. That what his magazine is like? He's the editor of a magazine -- one that covers an art form that's all about language -- but he has no love of language. Of course he doesn't get blogs!

He exists in the traditional, top-down magazine world where stories are generated in advance by PR firms, managers and labels and then distrubted to "trusted" sources first.

See how he was instantly ready to "intern" them? IE: lock them into a non-disclosure agreement for little to no money and gain back some sorely lacking credibility.

Long live the free press.

I'm actually pretty impressed with what Elliot had to say. Normally, I find his editorials ego-centric, contentious, abrasive, bitter, defensive, and well, simply ill-at-ease. But I can see that he is really opening his eyes and looking around.

The main difference between blogs and magazines is dialog: blogs have it, magazines don't. Let's face it: the writing is usually better in magazines. But blogs are interactive. Blogs have communities. It's personal. You can actually see your reflection in the medium. People who comment can be just as important as the writer/blogger. It puts the writer and readers on equal footing. The relationshiph becomes active and reciprocal, instead of dictatorial.

And if you are really in tune, then you can just drop in and be here. And instead of communicating with us through an interview, you can simply come over and be part of the community.

Magazines also has communities - another question that blog community is usually wider and people there are much different than in magazine's ones