BYT wants you to write a fake suicide note.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

IMP really needs to stop encouraging the douchebaggery of BYT and cut off their endless supply of free tickets and access. Why would IMP want to associate with such entitled twits? Fuck those guys. Total fucking assholes in every fucking way.

That would be so tits. I don't usually care for hating on any blog or group of people, but I just really REALLY have never liked BYT, they're all fucking stuck up pricks. I have a friend who works for them and she doesn't like them at all. Unfortunately I guess it's good to have on your resume... or something... I dunno.

[K8teebug]

Their website is visually offensive.

[Jaguar]

Honestly, I can't really say much at all about them since I never, ever visit their blog. Won't even click links that I can tell go to their site. Their name turned me off so badly that I refused to bother with them. If they can't get them in their cyber door, than they certainly can't get them coming back.

[stevewizzle]

Their website is visually offensive.

^ this.  it's like they made a web-site on geocities back in 2000 and decided it was good to go for the next two decades.

[atomicfront]

I have no idea how I started getting emails from BYT, but I won't be getting them anymore becacuse I have blocked them.  I just read the city paper article and instead of apologizing, the byt staff is trying to rationlize their behavior.  I can see the next contests "Make a funny story about being molested as a child" or "make fun of someone who died of cancer". 

[showlistdc]

Well, here's the latest summary.  After I initially posted about this in my ShowlistDC Music Notes on Tuesday (here):

1) On Tuesday, the Washington CityPaper ran the article that I linked above (here) with quotes from BYT's Managing Editor Logan Donaldson.

2) Then BYT Assistant Editor Stephanie Breijo ranted on the contest page (the contest link is down now, but I've captured her text here. You can also see this in Google's cache of the page).

3) BYT also quietly changed the content of their contest to say "string together a couple of paragraphs using only Morrissey?s lyrics".  DCist picked up on this and wrote an article here, with an additional quote from Donaldson.

4) At some point yesterday, BYT took the entire contest down.  The Washington CityPaper reported on that, too, here, with an additional quote from Donaldson.

I've got this all summarized on today's ShowlistDC Music Notes post, here.

[MonkeyPants]

Their website is visually offensive.

^ this.  it's like they made a web-site on geocities back in 2000 and decided it was good to go for the next two decades.

Funny, because that is basically what it started as, and still is. Douchebags who take photos of themselves supposedly having stupid good times, trying to make themselves look cool so that you will think they're cool and pay them money to hang out with them http://brightestyoungthings.blogspot.com/

[Yada]

File this under, who gives a shit.

Terrible artist and terrible website.

http://www.dlisted.com/2011/07/28/thanks-breaking-it-down-us-morrissey

[azaghal1981]

Hah, I knew this was coming.

Their website is visually offensive.

^ this.  it's like they made a web-site on geocities back in 2000 and decided it was good to go for the next two decades.

Funny, because that is basically what it started as, and still is. Douchebags who take photos of themselves supposedly having stupid good times, trying to make themselves look cool so that you will think they're cool and pay them money to hang out with them http://brightestyoungthings.blogspot.com/

[azaghal1981]

We're being watched.

[MonkeyPants]

IMP making excuses for BYT? "Other than this we've not had any issues"? Riiiiiiight.

Just keep supporting their douchebaggery and giving them free shit...

Here's an idea: Why not cut off their supply and let them die a long overdue death? They wouldn't have lasted this long if you didn't give them the access and perks that you do. This shouldn't be their warning...this should be their third strike. They're the parasite feeding on you IMP. Shut it down.

[James Ford]

How about you channel that energy and anger toward a real problem?
 

IMP making excuses for BYT? "Other than this we've not had any issues"? Riiiiiiight.

Just keep supporting their douchebaggery and giving them free shit...

Here's an idea: Why not cut off their supply and let them die a long overdue death? They wouldn't have lasted this long if you didn't give them the access and perks that you do. This shouldn't be their warning...this should be their third strike. They're the parasite feeding on you IMP. Shut it down.

[i am gay and i like cats]

is life really that boring . . . that you guys care about this, this much?

go outside and play in the dirt.

[Seth Hurwitz]

IMP making excuses for BYT? "Other than this we've not had any issues"? Riiiiiiight.

Just keep supporting their douchebaggery and giving them free shit...

Here's an idea: Why not cut off their supply and let them die a long overdue death? They wouldn't have lasted this long if you didn't give them the access and perks that you do. This shouldn't be their warning...this should be their third strike. They're the parasite feeding on you IMP. Shut it down.

you obviously pay attention to them

[Yada]

is life really that boring . . . that you guys care about this, this much?

go outside and play in the dirt.