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Julia Allison Seeks Anonymous Advice From Sister Publication

Time Out has a Chicago edition and that edition has a sex columnist. A letter to that sex columnist this week bears a remarkable resemblance to the blog opera life of Time Out New York contributer Julia Allison! It's a sad letter about two bloggers in love who blogged about being bloggers in love (though their sites were read "mostly [by] just our friends, some of their friends read it, too"!), but the guy-blogger blogged about how the girl-blogger couldn't achieve orgasm. Then things got even worse!
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12:16 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Pareene
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Latest by Hez: @tracyflick: Busted and Delusional is totally going to be the name of my new cougar lifestyle mag. more »

the mediated life

Julia Allison's Voicemail—Like Everything Else About Her—Is Public, Dispiriting

Every drunk idiot in New York called erstwhile "dating" "columnist" Julia Allison's funny little voicemail number from the front page of Time Out. And Time Out helpfully uploaded their calls. And we're posting them! No one actually seems very interested in dating Julia, as New Yorkers are largely a group with a strong instinct for self-preservation. Highlights include a call that seems to be from the Holy Modal Rounders and this one, from Juan: "Hey Julia, it's Juan, and I just wanted to know if I could impregnate you, alright. Give me a call, at Jancy's house." Embedded playlist after the jump. Oy. More »

3:09 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Pareene
4,885 views, 26 comments

Latest by angvou: she looks way cuter in this pic. On that NYmag cover she looked like a giddy drag queen styled by the people from The Swan or something. more »

julia allison

'TONY' Vid Proves Existence Of Happiest, Most Fulfilled Dog-Owning Single Lady Ever

Time Out's Julia Allison-led Singles Issue is online now, complete with a behind-the-scenes video of the making of that sure-to-be-iconic cover image. Also there are essays! One, from Ms. Allison, about being a self-empowered single lady or something. An another, from some non-famous TONY staff lady, dissenting! Ashlea Halpern is not buying Julia. Because Allison's "MARKET YOURSELF LIKE A BRAND AND BE TRUE YOURSELF TOO LADIES" advice is insipid and useless pap, sure, but also because Ashlea seems to be convinced that it only works "if you happen to look like Julia Allison", which surely ties a record for point-missing. Oh, we've embedded the damn video after the jump, in case you have no self-respect. It's four minutes long. She rolls around in bed with her dog in PJs. 'Cause she's single and loving it! [TONY, Previously] More »

2:47 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Pareene
3,331 views, 91 comments

Latest by n/a: "Dripping With As Much Class as Stephanie Klein" more »

the mediated life

Monster Officially Created

That's our own beloved Julia Allison on the cover of Time Out New York. Holding out a cocktail napkin with her number on it! For the Singles Issue! It's like seeing Aleksey Vayner on the cover of Fortune. The Millionaires' Secrets To Making You^TM the Sexiest Brand on the Market!
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10:11 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Pareene
9,210 views, 79 comments

brian farnham

'Time Out' Editor Replaced By Crowdsourcer

Time Out New York reports its editor, Brian Farnham, once of Details, is leaving to join an unnamed Internet startup and will be replaced by Deputy Editor Michael Freidson. Freidson, of course, is the TONY editor who spammed bloggers this past fall in the hope they'd write much of his magazine for him. See Michael, we told you crowdsourcing pays!

8:10 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Ryan Tate
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irl slang

TONY Asks: Where Have All The Cougars Gone?

"Cougars." Ladies "of a certain age" cruising for young men. Often used on obnoxious television comedies, by fratty assholes, and on the internets. And Time Out NY would like to know where, exactly, to find them! More »

4:32 PM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Pareene
8,551 views, 87 comments

laziness

'Time Out' Thanks You For Writing Their Stories For Them

"Hello there. This is Michael Freidson, deputy editor at Time Out New York. I'm writing with a few questions. Can you please take a moment to answer, for an urgent feature story?," began an email spammed to a group that Michael Friedson identified as "New York's top opinion-makers" on Tuesday. Judging from the questionnaire that follows, Time Out has decided to eliminate the use of troublesome freelancers by just having their sources write their articles. More »

12:30 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By Emily Gould
2,665 views, 47 comments

tendentious imbroglios

Is 'Time Out' EIC Brian Farnham A Deadbeat, Or Is Ed Champion A Loon?

Famously crotchety book blogger Edward 'Edrants' Champion has a bone to pick with Time Out New York EIC Brian Farnham, he declares via his website. "I wrote a profile piece for them in July, but didn't get payment for it until four months later. And the only reason I was able to effect payment that quickly was through persistent emails and phone calls, going directly up the ladder to Farnham," he begins. But according to Ed, that trip up the ladder was a rocky one! "This afternoon, I got a phone call from Farnham. It was an effort to try and shake me up. I had experienced this approach before by bullies in high school, but hadn't seen much action in my adult life outside of bars and law firms. 'How dare you!' he screamed at me repeatedly over the phone. 'Who do you think you are?' These were lines out of a bad melodrama. I responded with facts ... 'You'll get your check,' he seethed, sounding like a frat boy who can't get a new pledge to hand him his beer bong." Gosh, it sure sounds like Brian overreacted to Ed's "professional" insistence on being paid. Why was Brian so mad? More »

10:40 AM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By Emily Gould
2,818 views, 74 comments

Latest by n/a: Wow, Ed should work at my office. He would get things done! more »

and the brand played on

When 'Time Out' Seemed Like A Lifeline

Rod Townsend records the gays in and around their natural environment of Fire Island and reports back. This is the time, and this is the record of the time. Put your hands over your eyes.

EXT. BAY BAR
The Sunday noon crowd at Bay Bar consists of those running in and out to get iced coffee products and those sitting at tables enjoying iced coffee products. VISORGAY, wearing olive drab cargo shorts and a navy mesh Nike visor, sits with TANKGAY, in olive drab cargo shorts and a robin's egg blue tank. They are at a prime table overlooking the harbor and the boardwalk that runs along it. Across the water, unidentifiable shrieks can be heard.

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12:40 PM on Tue Aug 7 2007
By Rod Townsend
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object lessons

How To Pick Up Julia Allison

Time Out New York dating columnist Julia Allison tackles the age-old dilemma faced by men around the world: How do you trick a chick into bed? Jules' advice: Be cheesy, surround yourself with hot ass, and buy her greasy food. (Not recommended: Yelling, "Now suck my cock.") It's interesting advice that contravenes the conventional wisdom: We had no idea that "You want fries with that?" was a solid pickup line. This whole time we've been working that whole "pay attention to what she says, treat her like an equal, let her know you find her attractive" angle. Clearly we've been going about things all wrong. Anyone up for wings?

Matchmaker's mark [TONY]
[Image: Meghan Petersen]

10:00 AM on Thu Jul 12 2007
By abalk
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Latest by DNVK: @VenusCloacina: She graduated New Trier in 1999, went to Indiana University for a year (joined Delta Gamma), then left. Applied and was accepted at Northwestern (thanks to strings pulled by her aunt) but decided that not enough credits transferred, and more »

understanding the hamptons

Kristian Laliberte Is A High Class Call Girl

This week, Time Out dating columnist Julia Allison asks, 'Is it okay to kind of whore yourself out in order to have a place to crash in the Hamptons on the weekends?' But that lady is as full of surprises as she is full of sparkly photogenic poses and zingy bon mots: Her own personal answer is, 'Maybe not!' See, she's been burned: "Right now [the Hamptons] is "just a place" where the last three men I dated all have houses. Houses to which I am definitely not invited. And, let me assure you, summer is not as much fun when other women are swimming in your ex's pool." But socialgay Kristian Laliberte thinks that sleeping your way into a primo summershare is a-ok, as long as some basic conditions are met: "How nice is the place? Gin Lane address—probably. Hampton Bays—no way." More »

12:20 PM on Thu Jun 21 2007
By Emily Gould
4,878 views, 40 comments

Latest by Mean_Ol_Liberal: @KarenUhOh: Oh Karen, I didn't even consider that part of it. Ick. I'm resolute. more »

backlash to the backlash to the ... etc

'Time Out' Bravely Slaughters Sacred Cow Of Hipsterdom

"THE HIPSTER MUST DIE!" screams the cover of this week's issue of Time Out New York. Uh oh, does this mean that the backlash has finally begun? Showing that they're not afraid to take on a cultural movement held near and dear by many, Time Out courageously tackled some touchy subjects. They're not afraid to offend fans of the MisShapes or Vincent Gallo or trucker hats! Is there any dated "hipster" reference point that will escape their barbed wit? More »

3:35 PM on Thu May 31 2007
By Emily Gould
7,234 views, 65 comments

Latest by n/a: If anyone stumbles across "SeeingI"'s comment about Hipsters, please read it again. It's like, a month later, and I still think it's so concise and true. Man, SeeingI, you are my hero. more »

our celebrities

Julia Allison And Rachel Sklar Will Do You For Shoes

Julia Allison is brand-new on the job as Time Out's dating columnist, but being a maverick thinker, she's already working to disassemble the entire dating machine from within. She says ladies don't actually want you to take them out for fancy dinners! No, your date would prefer "a walk in the park, Rollerblading, trapeze class" and "if you really want to stand out, buy her shoes." And Julia isn't the only person who feels this way!

"Taking me somewhere fancy and knowing how to order wine used to blow my mind," says Rachel, 34, a lawyer. "But alas, I'm now spoiled."

It seems like Julia and her HuffPo bosslady Rachel Sklar have been dishing the girltalk over Cosmos somewhat! Maybe that 17 year old soap opera actress Leven Rambin she threw a party for last week is their "Charlotte"!

Let Them Eat Shoes [TONY]

2:42 PM on Mon May 21 2007
By Emily Gould
4,134 views, 67 comments

Latest by KarenUhOh: @ellagood: Testify, girl. The column panders to the traditional wisdom that men think the credit card is the fastest route to the zipper. And they go for the bunions because they're easier to locate. more »

the male gays

Gay Artists Are Controversial At Last!

Guy Trebay must be thrilled. The movement/moment that young gay male artists are having, which he'd chronicled so breathlessly, has just thrust itself back into the spotlight via being curtailed by evil censors. Apparently, the show that Guy had pegged his article on, "The Male Gaze," had to share space at Dumbo's powerHouse Arena gallery this weekend with the Brooklyn Designs home decor expo, and, well, gosh knows that home decor enthusiasts are not in the mood to see naked Ryan McGinley photos! (Wait, they're not?) Anyway, some of the photos—7 of them, to be exact—had to be taken down for the weekend so as not to "distract from the furniture presentations." At least, that's the official line. But we couldn't help but notice that one of the offending photos is called "Untitled (Earsnot Gets Some Pussy)." Maybe it just wasn't gay enough. —Emily More »

3:22 PM on Wed May 16 2007
By Emily Gould
934 views, 8 comments

Latest by Steverino: The Brooklyn Designs Home Decor Expo may think it's straight, but I totally heard it was making out with the GLBT Expo at Element. more »

our notorious figures

Julia Allison Got A Job!

We were sad when Julia Allison parted ways with AM New York. How would we keep tabs on Julia now, besides her blog and the HuffPo and Red Eye and this website and her incessant IMs? Luckily, another fine publication has stepped in where that free newspaper left off. Time Out New York, the self-styled "arts and entertainment bible," has hired Julia to be its new dating columnist. "Dating in New York is an inexhaustible fount of amusement, insanity, and confusion," says Julia in the press release announcing her new position. Yes, dating in New York and Julia Allison: inexhaustible founts both. The full release is after the jump. Read it for the part where TONY's EIC describes Julia as "renowned in her field." More »

1:23 PM on Thu May 10 2007
By Emily Gould
3,370 views, 49 comments

Latest by Trackback: When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like A Big Pizza Pie That’s The Internets by Alex Carnevale We are late to what oldtimers are terming the Julia Allison experience. Some people call her a representative of the Naked Generation, we more »

restaurants

At Time Out Eat Out Awards, Everyone's a Winner

The Time Out Eat Out Awards were announced last night in a ceremony that we barely escaped. Though perhaps without the cachet of the James Beard Awards, the TONY Eat Outs do confer the privilege of displaying a little ~~TONY advertisement~~ congratulatory plate in the window of the winning establishment, a fact that might explain why there are so many winners in so many reverse-engineered categories. But prizes are prizes and winners are winners. Below are some of the awards we felt were most meaningful. More »

10:45 AM on Tue Apr 10 2007
By Joshua Stein
4,847 views, 13 comments

Latest by Aatom: All I know is that the picture of smiling eggs creeps me out in the worst way. more »

jane pratt

Jane Pratt Is Still So Jane

This week's Time Out New York will bring readers a Q&A with a lady who shaped many women's lives in immeasurable ways. Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Betty Friedan? Hells no. Jane Pratt! She's back, baby, with a Sirius radio program. Is she well suited to the radio? Well... "I've been on a bunch as a guest. I talk a lot, and I talk long. I tell stories I assume people are interested in. They really may not be!" That actually sounds like a fun show! She also says that she "feels like [she] is working in print now," whatever that means. Then TONY asks the tough question: does Jane read Jane now that Jane she doesn't edit Jane anymore? "I pick it up. There hasn't been any issue that I haven't at least looked at. When I wasn't at Sassy anymore, that was really clear-cut. I didn't read it: I didn't want to support it in any way. This is more confusing. I want Jane to do well. It has my name on it. " Well said. —Emily More »

7:04 PM on Mon Mar 26 2007
By Emily Gould
7,681 views, 9 comments

Latest by ambitious heckler: Did she read Jane when she edited it? Evidence is not totally clear on that. more »

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