Tag Archive for ‘New York Times’
Newspaper eschatology
From the Atlantic: The collapse of daily print journalism will mean many things. For those of us old enough to still care about going out on a Sunday morning for our doorstop edition of The Times, it will mean the end of a certain kind of civilized ritual that has defined most of our adult […]
Quotation: Blogs on blogs
At these CMJ shows there sometimes was as much documentation going on as partying, with audience members taking notes and constantly shooting digital images, probably destined for blogs on blogs. Even Gang Gang Dance, playing pulsating electronic dance beats topped with echoey vocals and glints of African and Caribbean music, had a hard time putting […]
Elsewhere: 150 percent in the tank
Dave Brooks’ crush on Sarah Palin not withstanding, the latest proof that the New York Times is “150 percent in the tank” for Obama as McCain’s campaign likes to suggest, is HERE. William Ayers, a former member of militant ’60s group the Weathermen, is a pretty popular guy these days on article comments (usually thrown […]
Elsewhere: Doug Glanville in review
While the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins have done their best to keep the 2008 baseball season alive, the break in the action otherwise means it’s as good a day as any to catch up on former Major Leaguer Doug Glanville’s op-ed pieces for the New York Times. Glanville, a Upenn graduate who played […]
Elsewhere: Reunited, loud and finding love
Kevin Shields is notorious for being soft spoken and not giving interviews so the fact that he talked at all to the New York Times for this article about My Bloody Valentine’s reunion is worth noting. What he has to say isn’t particularly insightful or earth-shattering, but the article is a quick and worthwhile read […]