Zseni wrote:

This article promises much innate comedy: New Yorker, Firey Furnaces, Fab 5 Freddie, and of course it can't fucking shut up about the Beatles and the Stones.

According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Frere-Jones recently filed a $5,000 expense report for a venue that the paper discovered was actually a strip club.

Asked to explain, Frere-Jones said he was writing an article about a rapper. But according to the insider, the rapper’s representatives told the paper that no interview had taken place.

There were several ethical violations allegedly committed by Frere-Jones, such as promising Coachella coverage to an unnamed band if they paid his travel expenses, and accepting a trip to Joshua Tree National park paid for by Dom Pérignon.

In addition to these questionable practices, there was apparently concern over Frere-Jones’ productivity. The music critic made his own schedule and reported directly to managing editor Mitra Kalita. As a result, “he wrote only about 45 stories between mid-August and April 1 — when his last story was published — while other reporters on the arts beat churned out significantly more during the same time period.”