NICE ADVERTISING disguised as a review or news post?? gimme a break.. not a great way to start your new blog

I appreciate your comment and I do agree to an extent. It mentions a specific brand name so it’s pimping the product, but that wasn’t our intention.
Josh is correct in stating that we were personally asked to post this, but if you’d seen what they wanted us to say, well shit, that was in-your-face, blatant advertising.
He was also correct in saying that everything on this site is, for the most part, an ad. Did you read the Tilly and the Wall post about their new album? That was pimping the Tilly and the Wall brand so you’ll buy the album when it drops or buy a concert ticket or a t-shirt.
Did you read the Hotel Cafe Tour/Meiko post? That promoted both the Hotel Cafe and Meiko brand so that you’d want to hand over some dollars for their respective causes (themselves).

What really sold me on allowing this post to go up was free stuff. Neither I nor anyone else on staff sees a penny from the bodywash people or anyone else, but they’re giving away stuff. Bare minimum you can score some free bodywash, which, hey, you might turn out to like. If you put forth the effort to enter the contest, you could land an iPod or a trip to Brazil, and while I’m not gonna be bothered to create a video or whatever, I don’t wanna deny the next Coppola the chance to win that trip.

This post talks more about “Rio,” Brazil and free stuff than it does the actual product anyway. We did that by design. We didn’t want the focus on the product because that is bullshit for this kind of site.

We’re scratching a back to get our back scratched down the road. And if talking about some random product every once in a while facilitates the continuation of this website, than I’d be stupid not to allow it.

But totally continue calling us out on whatever you see as bullshit in the future. We’re honored that you hold us to a higher standard than that.

xo Jessica