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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Takara-jima Publishing Watch, Day Seven
A week ago, as the hardworking staff duly noted at the time, an outfit called Takara-jima Publishing ran a two-page ad in the New York Times asking this question: Classic teaser ad, yes? Made more teaser-y by the virtual absence … Continue reading
Ad o’ the Day ($$$ Edition)
The hardworking staff – in between its hard work – has watched a fair amount of U.S. Open coverage, and one thing viewers of the tournament can’t escape (apart from John McEnroe’s apparent disdain for Pam Shriver) is this Mercedes-Benz … Continue reading
Dead Blogging The Massachusetts Gubernatorial Debate
The bell rang last night on WBZ-TV for the real opening round of the Massachusetts governor’s race (up to now it’s been mostly about money and media). The main event was Gov. Deval Patrick (D-We’re Number Whatever!) vs. GOP challenger … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, Jill Stein, Jon Keller, Laffer Curve, supply-sider, Tim Cahill, WBZ-TV
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New York Times Magazine Has Rare Impact
The New York Times Magazine spends most of its time deconstructing politics, science, culture and society in a way that seems designed to induce terminal bouts of torpidity. But Sunday’s New York Times Magazine cover was different: The cover story … Continue reading
All The Opinion That’s Fit To Print
Arthur Brisbane, the new public editor at the New York Times, has gotten busy in a hurry. First he took on Times alpha-female Gina Kolata in this web post. Then, in Sunday’s dead-tree Times, he took on the entire paper. … Continue reading
Ad o’ the Day (??? Edition)
Last Thursday’s New York Times included a two-page ad (cost: at least $500,000) that showed two dogs (I’m a cat person, but I think one of them is an Akita and the other is a mutt) along with the headline: … Continue reading
Better Late Than Never For Globe Obit
When Joseph A. Sciacca Sr. died at the age of 82 on August 23rd, the Boston Herald promptly noted his passing. Understandable, given that Joseph A. Sciacca Sr. was the father of Boston Herald editor in chief Joe Sciacca Jr. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Joe Sciacca, Joseph A Sciacca Sr.
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Chile’s Floyd Collins?
While shooting around on the outdoor court across from Brookline’s Pierce School, the hardworking staff caught a BBC Radio piece about the bustling community (vendors welcome!) forming around the dig site of the Chile mine rescue. (Can’t find a link … Continue reading
Bad Massachusetts Art, Good News Coverage
Friday New York Times headline: Loving the Lowbrow (It Has Its Own Hall of Fame) Nut graf: With its U.F.O.’s, suicidal clowns, smiling genitals and other shocking, humorous or bleakly sentimental imagery, “bad art” — or “vernacular painting” and “found … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigger Better Beautifuller, Hooter Lisa, Michael Frank, MoBA, Museum of Bad Art, New York Times
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Coakley/Levy Edition)
Thursday’s Boston Globe ran a Page One story about the outcome of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s investigation into the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s kid-glove handling of its General Hospital-style drama – chief executive Paul Levy’s sweetheart hiring and raising … Continue reading
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