With all the recent hand-wringing about the younger generation abandoning newspapers, we thought we'd go to the source of the problem: a young person who hates newspapers. Young person, why do you hate newspapers so?
This is just about the funniest headline we've ever seen:
Editor & Publisher queen bee Jesse Oxfeld enlightens us all on the matter of yesterday's "Conversations" luncheon on Mideast peace, hosted by The Week. Per usual, the attendees were more interesting than the speakers (precisely why we tend to ignore these events). In that vein, Oxfeld discusses the "What?" guests in the audience, whose mere presence at such a gathering makes one exclaim "What?" in disbelief:
Courtesy of your friendly neighborhood dailies.
BREAKING: The The New Yorker is the best magazine EVER! Remnick and Co. picked up 5 Ellies at the Waldorf this afternoon, really kicking the shit out of Real Simple and Men's Health. (Don't snicker — it's harder than you think!) Our friend Sy "The Larger Truth" Hersh even snagged a "Public Interest" prize for his three articles on the madcap antics at the Abu Ghraib Spa & Resort. Or at least that's what the ladies from Glamour were calling it.
Click to enlarge, because knowledge is power.
Look outside; do you see the difference? Can you feel the magic? Children are dancing in the street. Old women are weeping and dancing with joy. Soldiers are carrying carnations instead of grenades. Things have changed out there, and we'll tell you why: the National Enquirer has relaunched, positioning itself somewhere in the gray area between its original self, Us, and People. Praise Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
You know what's funny? When shows like Access Hollywood claim to have a rebuttal from, say, Brad Pitt regarding his "relationship" with Angelina Jolie:
· Remember the Wired report about the pervy UK practice of "toothing," in which people used their Bluetooth devices to organize sexual encounters on commuter trains? Well, if you do, you shouldn't anymore, as the whole thing was an elaborate hoax. [Hanasiana via Gizmodo and Fleshbot]
· Former smoker Peter Jennings is diagnosed with lung cancer. We're feeling sensitive today, so no jokes. Aren't we mature? [Bloomberg]
· This might be the most adorably weird David Sedaris moment ever documented on the internerd. [Productshop NYC]
· More reports from the precious wedding of undershirtless talking head Tour , where everyone had their own song to which they walked down the isle: "writer Nelson George, walked out to what else? Marvin Gaye's 'Trouble Man.'" [VV]
· Vote for your favorite dumbfuck's inclusion in the Big Media Hall of Shame! You can nominate your own candidate or choose amongst nominees including Michael Powell and Rupert Murdoch. [Free Press
We're pretty sure this is the only chart ever in the history of humankind to track the Pope, Rasputin, Pat O'Brien, SpongeBob SquarePants, Dr. Laura, Yoda, Richard Gere, and Jesus.
Today's Voice has the inevitable feature on the French musical invasion, led by media darling du jour Keren Ann. Hmm, haven't we heard of this woman before? Like, a lot? Using our new little Lexis-Nexis toy (which we love so much, we're never buying another magazine again!), we learn that Keren Ann has had no less than 70 mentions in the past 60 days. Not bad for a relatively indie (we use the term semi-ironically), Gallic chanteuse.
You should probably be grateful that this picture didn't come out too well. No one should have to see this sort of thing.
For whatever reason, I was allowed inside the 2005 Inner Circle, an event in which City Hall reporters willingly don costumes and perform a two-act musical lampoon of the mayor. Take the world's worst high school musical experience, subtract 50% of its quality, and cast the production with City Hall reporters, and you have both visual and auditory hell. Add Mayor Bloomberg, Senator Schumer, and free alcohol, and you've got a special-ed version of the Gridiron Gala.
A reader email compels us to be "serious" for a moment:
