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From the mailbag: "You know what I would pay good money for? A 120-page history of the Bush Administration written by Ken Layne—his just-the-facts history of the past seven years." Now that is actually a best-selling idea. Plus he'd have the manuscript done by this Labor Day! See here: George W. Bush Wishes New Orleans a Very Happy Katrina Birthday [Wonkette]
Hey Heebs! Bored with life here in town? Up for some adventure—and cash? "Starting next month, any Jew who has relocated to [New Orleans] since Jan. 1 will be eligible for up to $5,500 for moving and housing expenses, interest-free loans of up to $30,000, half-price tuition at Jewish day schools, and a year of free membership at a synagogue and a Jewish community center." [LAT]
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alan richman
New Orleans-Hating 'GQ' Guy Meant 'Burn This City To The Ground' As Constructive Criticism
A quick update on the Alan Richman contretemps. You'll remember that Richman, the ne plus ultra of bitchy dining critics, wrote a piece in GQ about New Orleans wherein he decided that, since someone fucked up his wine order, we should let the city rot. Predictably, the piece caused some controversy in the Crescent City, occasioning this blistering response from New Orleans Times-Picayune food guy Brett Anderson. On the internet, the food blog Appetites sent an e-mail to Richman, to which he responded; it turned into a full-blown interview. Richman admits that he got a few things wrong (true), claims that some of his jibes were tongue-in-cheek and misinterpreted (also true), and lets off a withering attack of his own on Anderson and the Times-Pic. In the main he sticks to his guns; whatever your particular thoughts on the merits of the initial article (and our thoughts were a slightly more emphatic version of "Blow me"), this interview makes for some interesting reading. Fun fact: Richman used to cover the NBA. More »
gq
'GQ' Critic: Lousy New Orleans Restaurants Make Me Question Rebuilding
We generally enjoy Bloomberg/GQ food critic Alan Richman's acerbic, over-the-top eviscerations of the city's overpriced crudo emporia (example: "I asked [the sommelier's] opinion of a couple of $70-and-under Australian reds I was considering for my second wine. He suggested a $205 Australian pinot noir instead. The only appropriate response to that would have been to beat him to death."), but his dispatch from New Orleans in the current GQ, left us more than a little vexed. We're not usually offended by written equivalents of kicking a man in the nuts while his hair is on fire (really, how could we be?) but this piece left us feeling violated. We're going to a cheat a bit and give you a sample from the end, but read the whole thing: More »
media
Media Bubble: Barry Diller Wipes His Ass With Thousand Dollar Bills
- New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin accuses press of not covering the vast swathe of stories in New Orleans that don't involve rape, poverty, sluggish reconstruction, municipal incompetence, or women being vivisected and baked in ovens. [E&P]
- Former GE head Jack Welch wants to buy the Boston Globe, which would help current owner The New York Times company focus on just running one paper into the ground. [NYT]
- Vanity Fair's redesigned website offers readers "easier access to Vanity Fair's archives, Web exclusives and slide shows," and, starting Monday, extensive use of the word "twat." [WWD]
- "By any objective measure, Barry Diller is grossly overpaid," says Jonathan Weil, managing director of research firm Glass Lewis. He's referring to a study that placed the IAC/Interactive chairman's 2005 compensation at 295 million dollars. So if you've got a website based around pictures of drunken coed boobies and Barry comes knocking at your door, hold out for some extra cash. [NYT]
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new orleans
Gawker's Where Are They Now: Fun-Loving French Quarter Couple
From time to time we like to check back in on certain characters who have come across the Gawker radar. This morning we want to catch you up on Addie Hall and Zack Bowen, a couple of New Orleans holdouts the Times caught up with in the aftermath of Katrina. Back in 2005, the pair were ensuring a regular police presence in their neighborhood by Ms. Hall's appropriation of the time-honored Big Easy tradition of tit-flashing. And where are they now? More »
anderson cooper
Breaking: New Orleans Weather Changes Anderson Cooper's Life Again!
The Coop was scheduled to speak at the 92nd Street Y tonight. But his talk has now been cancelled, because bad weather has prevented him from flying back from his most recent reporting assignment, in New Orleans. We're tempted compliment the FAA on the impressive work its officials are no doubt doing to keep planes and passengers safe, and to get them to their destinations as soon as possible, but we won't. Becauase we realize that to listen to people thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, we got to tell you, there are a lot of people there who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated. And we get the anger that's there. More »
anderson cooper
Once Again, We Miss Anderson in the Mancage
We held off on mentioning this, because we thought maybe we had it recorded on a TiVo somewhere, and we were waiting for the oompa loompas to dig it up. But it turns out we don't and so instead we'll just tell you. On 360° last night, as quite a few of you rushed to inform us, the big AC went back to New Orleans, where, judging by the pictures we were sent, he auditioned for the Village People. Then he went for a ride in a "mancage." Blogger and old pal Reference Tone, who saw the segement, noted that Coopie "seemed very excited about it" and "really likes to say 'mancage.'" Some examples: More »
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A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to Anderson
Major, breaking, top news from CNN:Well, jeez, if only there was a cable-news star anchor breathlessly devoted to covering everything that happens there, then maybe we'd know... More »
anderson cooper
Anderson, Soliciting
This just in from a bookworld tipster who, experience suggests, knows of what he speaks: More »
The Only Thing They Had to Fear Was Fear Itself. Well, Fear Itself and Geraldo.
Figments of Alessandra Stanley's imagination, mostly. Fear Exceeded Crime's Reality in New Orleans [NYT]
Earlier: Alessandra Stanley
Figments of Alessandra Stanley's imagination, mostly. Fear Exceeded Crime's Reality in New Orleans [NYT]
Earlier: Alessandra Stanley
media bubble
• Did you know CMJ is actually a magazine? Yeah, we were afraid of that. [Folio:]
• If we've got the chronology right: Jennifer Bleyer tripped through Dead show in Ohio, came to New York and found a shul on the Upper West Side, created Heeb, showed Howard Stern her ass, and quit the magazine. Then she wrote about it. [Nextbook]
• ASME wants to pick the best 40 magazine covers from the last 40 years, and we're betting none will feature Britney. [MW]
• NBC, CNN to open New Orleans news bureaus. Wow — U.S. TV neworks expanding their coverage. We never thought we'd see the day. [AP via USAT]
• Turns out that, yes, "I want all Arabs to be stripped naked and cavity-searched if they get within 100 yards of an airport," can, in fact, get you fired from your school paper, even in North Carolina. [N&O]
Media Bubble: Doesn't Anyone Love Cynical Urbanites Anymore? Please?
• First the Democratic Party, now NBC: All our old friends are going after those dastardly God-fearing Red Staters. [NYT]• Did you know CMJ is actually a magazine? Yeah, we were afraid of that. [Folio:]
• If we've got the chronology right: Jennifer Bleyer tripped through Dead show in Ohio, came to New York and found a shul on the Upper West Side, created Heeb, showed Howard Stern her ass, and quit the magazine. Then she wrote about it. [Nextbook]
• ASME wants to pick the best 40 magazine covers from the last 40 years, and we're betting none will feature Britney. [MW]
• NBC, CNN to open New Orleans news bureaus. Wow — U.S. TV neworks expanding their coverage. We never thought we'd see the day. [AP via USAT]
• Turns out that, yes, "I want all Arabs to be stripped naked and cavity-searched if they get within 100 yards of an airport," can, in fact, get you fired from your school paper, even in North Carolina. [N&O]
media bubble
• New Orleanian Doug Brinkley, who made his pundit name on his pal JFK Jr.'s death, unsurprisingly signs first Katrina book deal. [MSNBC]
• Hearst and Hachette — gasp! — work together on an ad deal. [NYT]
• What's new about the new Paris Review? Um, what isn't? [NYO]
• Michael Kinsley leaves LAT editorial page after a little more than a year; no one was considerate enough to leave news of his firing in a Xerox machine so he could learn about it in advance. [NYT]
• Wenner Media redecorates, and Jann isn't happy with the paint colors. [NYO, second item]
• NYT, WP give each other sneak peaks of their front pages. Sputters E&P's scoopy Joe Strupp: "Are you aware of what a serious breach of security that would be? They'll see everything, they'll — they'll see the Big Board!" [E&P]
• ASME barely slaps The New Yorker on the wrist for Target single-advertiser issue, and crazy columnist in Chicago bursts a blood vessel. [CS-T]
• The lowest blow: In wake of Katrina, public dislikes Bush more than it dislikes press. [E&P]
Media Bubble: Because We Don't Hear Enough from Martha Already
• Martha Stewart to launch fashion mag. Oh, the endless opportunities for orange-jumpsuit jokes. [NYP]• New Orleanian Doug Brinkley, who made his pundit name on his pal JFK Jr.'s death, unsurprisingly signs first Katrina book deal. [MSNBC]
• Hearst and Hachette — gasp! — work together on an ad deal. [NYT]
• What's new about the new Paris Review? Um, what isn't? [NYO]
• Michael Kinsley leaves LAT editorial page after a little more than a year; no one was considerate enough to leave news of his firing in a Xerox machine so he could learn about it in advance. [NYT]
• Wenner Media redecorates, and Jann isn't happy with the paint colors. [NYO, second item]
• NYT, WP give each other sneak peaks of their front pages. Sputters E&P's scoopy Joe Strupp: "Are you aware of what a serious breach of security that would be? They'll see everything, they'll — they'll see the Big Board!" [E&P]
• ASME barely slaps The New Yorker on the wrist for Target single-advertiser issue, and crazy columnist in Chicago bursts a blood vessel. [CS-T]
• The lowest blow: In wake of Katrina, public dislikes Bush more than it dislikes press. [E&P]
new orleans
Joe Francis Would Be So Proud
The latest phase of the Katrina-aftermath story has been New Orleans officials' attempts to evacuate the entire city and some residents' resistance to the plan. Officials are concerned that people who remain in the city are at risk for infections, lack food and water, and could be targets in the somewhat lawless city. But one person who won't leave has found a good way to deal with that last problem, reports the Times: More »
matt taibbi
Democracy Prevails in New Orleans!
We've already conclusively determined that erstwhile New York Presser Matt Taibbi went boating with Sean Penn in New Orleans last week. But sometimes — believe it or not — plebiscite isn't the best methodology for determining an individual's whereabouts. Thanks to the reader, then, who located this comment on a Blogcritics.org item: More »
matt taibbi
We Reported, You Decided: Matt Taibbi Is Spicoli's Gondolier
Yesterday we asked if you thought that was quit/fired New York Press columnist Matt Taibbi going for a New Orleans boat ride with Sean Penn. Oh, do you think so. Indeed, this is about as close to unanimous as these things get: More »
