Following the firing of three successive editor-in-chiefs, VideoHelper has officially announced that it will no longer be publishing its weekly employee newsletter.
Previous newsletters include:
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A thinly-veiled call for a violent coup of the management (see issue 170’s headline: “Time for an Iolent-Vay Oo-Cay of the IdeoHelper-Vay Anagement-May!”),
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The inadvertent listing in the Classified section and subsequent sale of all the items in CEO Stewart Winter’s office while Winter was out for lunch,
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September 2007’s now-infamous issue dedicated solely to what other jobs are available in other music production companies and who to call.
We’re having some difficulties finding the right person,” reported company President Joseph Saba. “I think we’ve made some considerable miscalculations.”
Winter agrees. “And I would be on the phone right now looking for a replacement editor, if the previous one didn’t Craigslist my office and rent it to another company.”
The last issue of the newsletter is available
here.
This announcement also coincides with the release of
VH Disc 34: Testostrogen.
This disc features three categories of Pop/Rock/Indie music. The first section, POP ROCK/LIGHT includes the Jay-z-meets-
Rocky II-esque "
Unanimous Decision;" to the Franz Ferdinand/Block Party-ish strains of "
Angularity;" to the Latin/Indie/IDM mash of "
Mod Life," alternately titled "Marc Anthony Tries bullfighting." Another section, titled AGGRESSIVE/ATTITUDE/SPORTS, features cuts like the stripper-ready "
All Liquored Up;" to "
Buzzsawed," the musical equivalent to circumcising a psychotic cougar; and the odd, teddybear-with-a-chainsaw feel of "
Puppet Punk." The final section FUN/FUNNY/"FUNNY" includes the 60's drug experience of "
Raspberry Daydream;" to the couldn't-find-a-decent-title feel of "
Zany Pants;" all the way to the "crap, we've run out of ideas" sounds of "
Frustrated Pentapus."
The disc features 60 cuts and was released the week of March 31, 2008.
