The latest issue of Spin arrived a few weeks ago (with the Raconteurs on the cover). This is the first issue after the mag was sold and the old editor-in-chief, senior writer, photo editor, senior associate editor, managing editor, and whatever-his-title-was Chuck Klosterman, all left. So while this issue's slapdash nature is probably not the best gauge of what's to come, things do not bode well. The talent-free "Ultragrrrl" gets a party-pages spread where she asks vacuous people a dumb question. There are big features on McGraw-Hill (Tim & Faith, not the publishing house) and Dave Matthews; not who I expect to read about when picking up Spin. And there are like three pictures of Kate Moss (typically without that Doherty guy). Is she a music figure now? When does her album "drop?" So Spin is several steps closer to US Weekly. Great.