The Big Hurt: Smash Mouth egg, Juggalos gather, Oasis grump, Bieber fades

By DAVID THORPE | July 12, 2011

BIEBERWATCH! Further disturbing evidence of a downward trend: his handsome Vanity Fair cover was the magazine’s lowest-selling issue in history — were adults just too timid to buy a glossy twink mag, or is the Bieber bubble bursting? I might say it didn’t mean much, but consider this: even Lil Wayne, who will throw a guest verse on any track, has told XXL magazine that he’ll never work with the kid. “I don’t want to fuck his shit up,” said a diplomatic Weezy. Maybe he can sense the decline, like one of those dogs that can smell cancer.

DAVID THORPE | dthorpe@phx.com

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