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A CRITICAL LOOK AT REVOLVER MAGAZINE

 Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 12:00pm by

RevolverThe “Anono-Critic” over at Idolator did a nice writeup about the history, life and times of metal-mag Revolver. It’s a pretty good look at a magazine we all read, and this kind of a meta-commentary is a welcome specialty of Idolator’s. And of course the all-important last sentence:

In a back-of book review of a pre-Christmas Ozzy Osbourne/Rob Zombie show at Madison Square Garden, contributing writer Kory Grow uses the Yiddish term “yenta” to describe some of the individuals waiting in line to see Cirque de Soleil in the adjoining theater. YB salutes the copyeditor who allowed said term to reach the eyes of a readership almost certain to be unacquainted with it.

How many MetalSucks readers know the meaning of “yenta” (no googling!)? We’re welling to bet the percentage is higher than that of Revolver’s readership!

-VN

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  • Rick

    Is yenta that obscure? I’m a goy but I know plenty of yiddish, mostly through Howard Stern and Mel Brooks..

  • http://www.thedeciblog.com nick

    I wonder if Kory Grow is a Member of the Tribe…

  • http://www.dirtbagmusic.com/DBCREWMARY scary mary

    i think it has some thing to do with gossip, maybe people gossiping..

  • Brett

    is this a poll? if so, then mark me down for ‘no.’

  • http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/ Conor

    Didn’t know it. And I’m smarter than all you jackasses so fuck off.

    SLAYER!!!

  • http://www.hibernum.net Hibernum

    Shamefully I don’t know. I know, I know, how many Jews did I live with?

  • ERiK

    slang for Yoda or Mensa?

  • http://www.sithomeandrot.com manny

    I’d be more shocked that someone didn’t know the word; especially if they spent more than a week in LA,NY or the northside of Chicago

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  • The Metal Nerd

    Yknow, Thanks to Mel Brooks, Seinfeild, Carl Reiner and the likes i think we ALL speak a little yiddish. Yenta, im gonna geuss it means stupid? Oy, ive got such a hic-up? And its so hot im gonna shvitz i tell you! Oy Vey.