Confidential To Brian McManus: When You Dis Dryw, You Dis Yourself
Dryw Scully is music promotions director for Urban Outfitters. That means he’s in control of the Urban Out jukebox, picking the tracks you hear while shopping for skinny jeans at the company’s stores. Not a bad gig.Dryw Scully also manages Favourite Sons. They’re currently on the Urban Outfitters playlist. This—according to your tolerance for such things—is either a glaring and shameful conflict of interest or just kinda tacky.
That’s Brian McManus, the new music editor at Philadelphia Weekly, on our pal Dryw. (Pictured here, tossing a midget. We thought it’d make a great visual metaphor for how well your criticisms stand up.) Brian, you’re new around here, so let’s school you on some shit. First off, from the looks of things, you also come off as new to the whole rock journo biz, because you’re naive if you think that History of Rock is not also the History of Friends and Advocates Hooking People Up. If you don’t believe us on that one, you can just check in with anyone on the precious publicist daisy chain that you so hackishly ‚Äî that’s right, hackishly ‚Äî refer to, over and over. Here’s another pearl of wisdom: You don’t know who you’re fucking with. Dryw does indeed work for Urban Outifitters during the day, but at night, dude is one of the biggest advocates of Philly music we can think of. We just came up with a short list of people Dryw has helped over the years, in manners both big and small: Adam Arcuragi, A-Sides, The Trouble With Sweeney (truly a testament to the man’s patience), War On Drugs, Audible, Matt Pond Pa, Trouble Everyday, Mazarin, Man Man, National Eye, Espers. Hardly any of these bands had managers or any outside help at all when Dryw threw them on a comp, got them a show, or made a phone call on their behalf. And we happen to know that he never once asked anything in return. Why? Because Dryw Scully is a fucking superfan, bub, and bands need those now more than ever. Somebody who will go to the industry mat for them and do whatever it takes, even if it is a conflict on interest, even if it does, Dear Brian, fuck with the fundamental backwardness in the 1991 of your fucking hung-up indie rock mind. Have the sage string of music editors at PW ever attempted such a noble feat, dawg? Go ahead, ask around the office. Yeah, we thought so. So here’s the deal: Start paying attention. We know you’re new, dude, so you’ll get a pass on this one. But start listening. If your paper doesn’t change all the music coverage to “What’s Your Ringtone?” features first, you may actually learn something.
PW: What’s YOUR Ringtone?
Previously: Favourite Sons On The Philebrity Player
October 25th, 2006 at 10:05 am
This McManus dude is a tool.
Dryw has gone out of his way time and time again to help out Trouble Everyday and alot of other bands in this city.
He is a great person and does alot for the philly music community.
Hey mcmanus, favourite sons rule and you suck at your job.
thanks
Kyle Everyday
October 25th, 2006 at 10:12 am
Dryw has helped out Trouble Everyday and other philly bands time and time again for no reason besides his love of the music and helping .
Dryw is an amazing dude and has done alot and continues to do alot for the Philly music scene.
Bottom line is McManus sucks.
October 25th, 2006 at 10:35 am
LONG LIVE DRYWBACCA and the FAVOURITE SONS!
October 25th, 2006 at 10:54 am
F.U. Mc mAnus.
Nice gold shoes Dorthy…I mean Dryw.
October 25th, 2006 at 11:09 am
McManus (or “McAnus” as he should be called) deserved to be schooled, he acts like a know-it-all who in fact is a total dumbass. Hey Brian, stop with the one-sided close-minded bullshit, like PW needs more of that.
October 25th, 2006 at 11:57 am
OMG, I luv the internets! Point taken. Dryw has helped out many a Philly band, gives great back rubs, is a super fan and a brother to all. I’m confused as to how my hackishly written (and believe me, it was done hackishly!) disses him. It simply stated a fact and then asks the reader to decide. Contrary to your cunt-hair-away-from-being-unreadable rant, I’ve been in the “business” for quite some time- long enough even to have benefited from my own brand of back scratching here and there. But I’ll be damned if I’d boo hoo about it (because that’s what you’re doing…BOOFUCKINGHOOING) if someone ever decided to point it out. Thanks for letting me clear things up. And thanks for inventing the internet in Philly. Now I’ll leave you to your collection of Belle and Sebastian B-sides.
And since you asked, my ringtone is R. Kelly’s “Sex in the Kitchen.”
What’s in YOUR Fishtown briefcase?,
Brian Mc Anus (bwhahahaha, I never never noticed that!
p.s.
When will I stop being “new”? I’ve been here close to six months. Also, is that YOU Dryw is kissing on the cover of your last album?
October 25th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
You might want to update your references-used-for-indie-mocking-purposes, Brian McManus.
And I agree – Drywbacca is a great guy.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
6 months is long enough to know that you don’t F with Joey or Dryw…..
October 25th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
six months!? you’re still in the womb McAnus.
In Philadelphia bitches get stitches so watch it!
October 25th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
I don’t think Brian should get a beatdown because he reads and aligns with opinions in The Idolator. http://idolator.com/tunes/ultragrrrl/ultragrrrl-employs-old-friend-as-her-new-publicist-206154.php
October 25th, 2006 at 4:38 pm
“And thanks for inventing the internet in Philly.” sayeth the Phawker.
Damn, dude is hack on music and the other Anti-Sweeney’s junk.
October 25th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
man – o – man someone’s pissed…
dryw’s a great dude, and taller than most white people.
urban outfitter’s is a bag-o’-dicks of a store…
solution to this problem… WAWA HOAGS.
…and a steel cage match w/ a.d. amoroso roll,
joey sween-sweens, brian mcmanhole, and that
chick who thinks we’re somehow a sub-division
of another city…
we can all throw hoag stuffings at the losers,
and crown the winner with a tri-corner hat.
October 25th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
woah!
few things.
#1. brian m: i want to thank you for facilitating positive comments to arise in perpetuity regarding dryw scully.
#2. brian m: you stated that you’re unclear as to how your article insinuated a personal attack on dryw. i decided to read your article and to also help you. i’m a social worker. i like to help. let me explain: based on your chosen language, the article clearly did not “ask the reader to decide”. plain and simple, you revealed a tactless argument. if this is still confusing to you, i recommend the classic writing reference, “the elements of style” by strunk and white.
#3. re- philebrity comments: as indicated, without a doubt, dryw is so intensely committed to helping out philly bands and yes, sometimes his friends(duh), only because he wants other people to hear what he loves, while getting and wanting nothing back for it.. and he would rather spend every night during the week pushing this cause then to go over to his hot girlfriend’s house.
-maryanne (hot girlfriend)
October 25th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
Understand this. I have seen Maryanne, and indeed, she is hot.
As for all this other ribble ravvle, what is wrong with you people? He writes for a free paper! Allow him his vices while friends of Dryw revel in his largeness. He is large, his head? Huge.
October 26th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Hey,
This is Justin, here, from Favourite Sons. Just wanted to chime in to let everyone know that Dryw Scully is an absolute saint and deserves nothing but praise for his long-term and undying support of Philly music and nightlife. Every since I met Dryw 10 years ago at Time Zone on South Street he’s been 1000% enthusiastic and excited about Philadelphia and the bands it has produced and continues to produce. Where so many others drift away, get jaded, get bitter, or lose interest, Dryw has remained consistently excited and supportive of the bands around him. As he is now in the situation to help these bands, it only makes since that he does so….wouldn’t you? As for Favourite Sons, we have never asked or expected Dryw to play us in-store or give us placement on a CD. We are great friends and he is moved by our music, so that’s the reason. Dryw began to support us this way before he was our manager, and we will support anything he wants us to be involved with forever. Mind you, Dryw’s not writing reviews or taking payola to present us in a false light. He’s curating groups of music, based on his deep and strong love/knowledge of music. He’s a wonderful man and if you have the chance, it’s worth sitting down and hearing his side. OK, that’s that.
-Justin Tripp & the Sons.
October 26th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
woah!
few things
1) maryanne, maybe you should also pick up the classic writing reference, ‚Äúthe elements of style‚Äù by strunk and white — it’s “than”, not “then”
2) Hans, “In Philadelphia bitches get stitches…” How old are you? 16?
3) Art_S, ‚ÄúMcAnus‚Äù…very original. points for that one.
4) I don’t agree with everything that Mr. McManus says, but I think he’s totally fair(especially in said article). Just because Dryw Scully is everyone’s buddy doesn’t mean we should all have a little hissy fit…
VERY GAY