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Posted in NYC | music on April 25, 2006
Chuck Eddy's farewell | "Terminated for reasons of taste"
REPRINTED FROM GAKWER....
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From: Eddy, Chuck
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:38 AM
Subject: Chuck Eddy is out of here
Dear Friends, Publicists, and Record Label Folks:
As many of you have probably heard through the grapevine, I am leaving the Village Voice tomorrow, after seven often wonderful years here as the music editor. To make it brief, I have been "terminated for reasons of taste"; if you're wondering what that cryptic phrase means, my advice would be to look at just about any random music section in one of the many other New Times alternative weekly papers around the country, compare it to any random music section I've put together here at the Voice, subtract the difference, and draw your own conclusions. To also be brief, I need a new job now, so if you have any leads, don't hesitate to say so.
My replacement, who begins Monday, is Rob Harvilla, formerly at the East Bay Express. (His email now is 'xxxx@eastbayexpress.com'; I assume that, starting next week, he'll be reachable at xxxx@villagevoice.com.)
As for me, I definitely plan to keep writing about music in some capacity or other -- especially now that I'll finally have time to actually write. So it would of course be great to keep getting unfathomable piles of promo CDs to listen to every day. Problem is, I can't tell you yet where to send them; in my neighborhood in Queens, turns out there's a 10-day waiting list for PO Boxes. As soon as I have one, I'll be sending you another email, letting you know where to send the music you want me to hear. Meanwhile, if you have ideas about where I should go from here, or if you just want to drop me a note, I'll be reachable at xxxx@yahoo.com, an account I just set up two days ago.
Whatever I do, it's hard to imagine I'll ever find another job half as fun and rewarding as this one was. I hope I did the job justice. Talk to you soon, good luck, and be good. -- Chuck Eddy
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Previously
2006 Village Voice Siren Festival date set
Rob Harvilla to replace Eddy at Voice?
Posted on April 25, 2006 12:31 PM
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Comments (5)
I would hate to see the eclecticism of the Voice's music section disappear, but maybe they'll finally get some decent writers in there.
Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2006 12:53 PM
Speaking of taste: Going by the capsule reviews he wrote for the live music listings, my tastes and his didn't really match, so I'm not sorry to see him go.
Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2006 8:25 PM
Whether he matched your "tastes" or not, Eddy was fair regarding hearing out new bands.
I personally know of two that he wrote about solely based on listening to a CD they sent in themselves.
How many editors are actually really trying to give new stuff a chance without the goading of PR folks and so on?
Posted by Anonymous | April 26, 2006 10:42 AM
I have to concur with the last comment. I hardly ever agreed with eddy's choices but I appreciated his stubborn refusal to follow the pr parade. it certainly made the voice seem more accessible & that your cd/show/whathaveyou might actually get written about.
Posted by d | April 26, 2006 1:53 PM
fuckin' good riddance to bad rubbish. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.
Posted by Anton Newcombe | September 6, 2006 12:46 AM