Rolling Stone Magazine, America’s best source for the past 10 years for fawning Who and Lou Reed album reviews, seems to managed to manufacture itself a controversy this week. A lot of people are worked up because Boston Marathon bomber suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is going to be on the cover of the next issue. Well you know, as they went through the logical progression for any time a person over 30 sees Rolling Stone Magazine. “God is Rolling Stone still around? It’s like grandma’s poodle. The one that wouldn’t die. I wonder if it’s still alive? Come to think of it, is grandma still alive? I need to call grandma. Jesus, Rolling Stone is still getting published?” So after everyone worried about their grandmothers’s mortality, they got pretty upset about the cover, because well it looks like this Yeah, that picture is pretty Tiger Beat. You almost expect there to be a thing inside where the guy lists his top 10 things to do on a date (#4, hold hands and look at the stars). Now because this is America, a lot of people used their God Given right to go completely argle-bargle over the situation. CVS Pharmacy announced they will be boycotting This issue of Rolling Stone, and issued the following statement CVS/pharmacy has decided not to sell the current issue of Rolling Stone featuring a cover photo of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. As a company with deep roots in New England and a strong presence in Boston, we believe this is the right decision out of respect for the victims of the attack and their loved ones. Pages: 1 2
Rolling Stone Magazine, America’s best source for the past 10 years for fawning Who and Lou Reed album reviews, seems to managed to manufacture itself a controversy this week. A lot of people are worked up because Boston Marathon bomber suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is going to be on the cover of the next issue. Well you know, as they went through the logical progression for any time a person over 30 sees Rolling Stone Magazine. “God is Rolling Stone still around? It’s like grandma’s poodle. The one that wouldn’t die. I wonder if it’s still alive? Come to think of it, is grandma still alive? I need to call grandma. Jesus, Rolling Stone is still getting published?” So after everyone worried about their grandmothers’s mortality, they got pretty upset about the cover, because well it looks like this Yeah, that picture is pretty Tiger Beat. You almost expect there to be a thing inside where the guy lists his top 10 things to do on a date (#4, hold hands and look at the stars). Now because this is America, a lot of people used their God Given right to go completely argle-bargle over the situation. CVS Pharmacy announced they will be boycotting This issue of Rolling Stone, and issued the following statement CVS/pharmacy has decided not to sell the current issue of Rolling Stone featuring a cover photo of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. As a company with deep roots in New England and a strong presence in Boston, we believe this is the right decision out of respect for the victims of the attack and their loved ones. Pages: 1 2