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TRexstasy
06/28/09

In reply to Is This Interview Over?
That cover design is just atrocious. The longer I look at it, the worse it gets.
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Foster Kamer
06/27/09

In reply to Is This Interview Over?
Meanwhile, Christopher Bollen is giving the Spring/Summer '09 of Fantastic Man 1000 words on a hangover he picked up in Paris. Seriously. I'd tell you to buy it but the magazine costs five pounds which is like $20 US and is big and has Bret Easton Ellis on the cover drinking a can of Diet Coke. But if you're into that kind of thing.

Oh, and Aron: best advice I ever got - don't read the comments. You're doing swell! Keep it up.
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Foster Kamer
06/27/09

@Foster Kamer: Aron/Arun/Aaron/Eryn. Whatever. There Will Be Typos!
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MisterHippity
06/27/09

@Foster Kamer: BUt if he doesn't read the comments, how will he hear your advice? And how will he know we're saying nice things about him?
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Rumpelstilskin
06/15/09

In reply to These Things Happen
Glenn probably threw a hotdog down Steph's hallway.
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Baroness
06/15/09

In reply to These Things Happen
Well that's just rotten, suing an editor and writer as well-liked as O'Brien just for telling it like it is- and nothing too shocking, either. Peter Brant has had quite a week, having goons get into tussles with his wife Stephanie Seymour, now suing an editor who probably hasn't the financial resources to defend himself properly. What a bully and shitheel Brant seems to be. Vanity Fair, hurry up, this guy needs a shaming.

Warhol disliked and mistrusted Brant, btw.

"The publishing house is eager to have this dispute resolved and looks forward to continued growth at all of its titles."

Oh, fuck you and your titles, and I hope the only growth you experience is malignant.
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RonMwangaguhunga
06/15/09

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yup, like that's going to make those embarassing comments go away. Sue a fairly well-known and liked creative guy on top of all that bad publicity with the divorce. Brant is the magazine publisher who just doesn't quite get the media. Like oil and vinegar, Brant and creativity.

Peter just doesn't quite ..
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Cheap Shot
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
I worked there briefly and it was always insane. Can you imagine training someone to find out later is going to replace you? I'm absolutely thrilled by this news, they deserve everything they have coming.
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semiserious
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
Is Christopher Bollen still in? Do they still pay him enough to keep him in crisp white oxford-cloth shirts by Adam Kimmel?
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flossy
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
At least we'll always have the magic that was Glenn O'Brien's amazing TV PARTY public access show...

[www.tvparty.tv]
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RonMwangaguhunga
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
Didn't we know this was going to happen? A fucking businessman slumming among the creatives, trying to recreate Andy Warhol's magic. Roughly one year ago, Charlie Rose actually had on some enablers of this goddam trainwreck: Marc Jacobs, Glenn O'Brien, Peter Brant and his wife, then-"contributing fashion editor," Stephanie Seymour Brant. The less that is said about Stephanie's ideas on art and fashion and the magazine industry the better.

It was all a fucking stupid Peter Brant ego trip.

[www.charlierose.com]
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sweetpickles
06/11/09

@RonMwangaguhunga: Ugh. Business people should stick to what they're good at: stealing people's money and selling boring financial products. I can't stand seeing magazines and music companies run by these unimaginitive morons who use it as a vanity project to get laid.
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RonMwangaguhunga
06/11/09

@sweetpickles: I love you, sweetpickles.
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HiredGoons
06/11/09

@sweetpickles: It's fine if they own them, just don't try to RUN them if you actually want something worthwhile, relevant, and potentially profitable.
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Rumpelstilskin
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
Brant is divorcing Stephanie Seymour, probably needs to free up some pocketchange.
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Baroness
06/11/09

@Rumpelstilskin: I just want to see security footage of SS kicking and clawing at a security guard. Her hair whipping around, as if for Avedon. With audio, please.
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BookishLookish
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
Glenn O'Brien is a smart cookie and has a lot of integrity. If he says something's irreversibly fucked, you'd best believe it.
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Baroness
06/11/09

@BookishLookish: He really is, I respect him greatly.

Interesting info from him in the FWD interview. Sounds like he and big-spending Baron really hated each other. But he's got other things going.

[www.fashionweekdaily.com]
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BookishLookish
06/11/09

@Baroness: His eye is superb. He is also a pretty snazzy dresser. And is tall. And an all-around cute Irish fella.
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gladys_kravitz
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
Has anyone really read Interview since the 80's? I haven't touched a copy since it was in the oversized format. Regardless, I hate to see pubs in chaos and shutting down.
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HiredGoons
06/11/09

@gladys_kravitz: I have a subscription, it's actually gotten better since Ingrid Sischy was booted. Much more art coverage.
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TedSez
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
This company has been supplementing its circulation rolls with free-subscription offers for years, so it's no wonder they're in financial trouble. I used to get Interview and Art in America, but had to stop when my unread pile grew too high.
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Mount_Prion
06/11/09

In reply to Chaos at Brant Publications
They should Interview some vampires. They're very popular these days, and they could probably find some real cool ones on this new Gawker blog I've been hearing about.
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narnio
06/11/09

@Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: do you guys still do executions? can i suggest you this commenter for this comment? further, can you execute the entire field of commenters and please start over? maybe without the masturbatory "insidery" self congratulations, the comment section could be interesting/helpful/fun.

or, you know, just axe me (again).

/sentimental honesty
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narnio
06/11/09

@narnio: oh, i spoke too soon. im sorry. just this commenter then. everything below seems to be a bit more interesting.
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WhiteMan'sBourbon
06/11/09

@narnio: But this is a media blog. Criticizing media types for utilizing masturbatory insidery self-congratulation is like criticizing auto mechanics for using axle grease, n'est-ce pas?
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The Lone Scout
06/11/09

@antisocialite: "Blogging and the Art of Automotive Maintenance"
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Mount_Prion
06/11/09

@narnio: I'll admit that it was a cheezy joke, but still, fuck you.
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BadUncle
06/11/09

@narnio: It may be an industry-absorbed comment, but at least it wasn't whiny and self-absorbed.
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BookishLookish
06/11/09

@narnio: Unlike your comment above, which is a total snooze and waste of space. Mount_Prion is funny and charming and you have no right to call for his execution. Check yourself.
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Wrapitup
06/11/09

@narnio: Please, his masturbatory technique is way more creative and intelligent than yours. Also, his cucaracha is way better endowed than your Aslan.
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saygabescool
06/12/09

@narnio: You sir may suck the big one.
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narnio
06/12/09

@saygabescool: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. OK OK OK, I JUST WANTED TO THROW SOME PEANUTS AT THE PEANUT GALLERY. FEISTY DOWN HERE!
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