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Monthly Archives: February 2014
To Know Trump (BuzzFeed Buzzsaw Edition)
The Donald got blowtorched by BuzzFeed last week and, man, it was sweet. Nut graf: [Donald] Trump can no longer escape the fact that his political “career” — a long con that the blustery billionaire has perpetrated on the country … Continue reading
The Sneak in Review: The Future of Native Advertising Is . . .
Once around the park, James, and don’t spare the sources! It’s all-native-all-the-time in the ad biz nowadays, with everyone – marketers and news media alike – jumping on the ads-in-sheep’s-clothing bandwagon. Exhibit Umpteen (via MediaPost’s Online Publishing Insider): 2013 will be … Continue reading
Boston Globe Is Assignment Desk for NYT (Instead of Vice-Versa)
Normally, the Boston Globe is a lively index to the New York Times, given all the wire-service pieces the stately local broadsheet picks up from the Times. But Saturday’s Gray Lady featured a total Globe caboose by Jess Bidgood. Efforts to … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Red-Eye to Havre de Grace’ at ArtsEmerson
Well the Missus and I trundled downtown last night to catch Red-Eye to Havre de Grace at the Paramount Theater and, say, it was totally swell. The ArtsEmerson production comes compliments of Lucidity Suitcase International, which first staged the play at … Continue reading
Why the WSJ Is a Great Read (‘Yammer & Sickle’ Edition)
The Wall Street Journal, as is its wont, has featured some truly asymmetrical coverage of the Sochi Olympics this past week, largely compliments of its Yammer & Sickle microsite. Representative sample: Americans vs. Russian Doors: A Cold War That’s Heating … Continue reading
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Tagged David Cripps, Johnny Quinn, Nick Cunningham, Sochi Olympics, USA Bobsled, Wall Street Journal, WSJ., Yammer & Sickle
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NYT’s Boston Hemingway Piece Features Wrong Wife
Ernest Hemingway is the Moveable Feast of American literature. And the latest entrée comes from Tuesday’s New York Times. A Mutable Feast Batch of Hemingway Ephemera From Cuba Is Digitized BOSTON — Ernest Hemingway was a hoarder. His own prose … Continue reading
‘Would He’ Allen? WSJ’s Rabinowitz Says No
The hardreading staff over at Two-Daily Town has dutifully recorded Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan’s sandblasting of Woody Allen’s defense against allegations by his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, that he sexually molested her as a child. Now comes Wall Street … Continue reading
NYT Needs a Subscription to TNR
Yesterday’s New York Times featured Sam Tanenhaus’ fulsome preview of the new Broadway production of “All the Way,” Robert Schenkkan’s play about Lyndon Johnson’s push for the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Times piece calls it “[t]he story of a ruthless … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Way, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Clay Risen, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, Master of the Senate, New York Times, Robert Caro, Robert Schenkkan, Sam Tanenhaus, The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act
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Where in The Times Is Brian McFadden?
Granted, the hardworking staff has run cold and hot with New York Times cartoonist Brian McFadden. But we were dismayed to see not McFadden’s work, but this cartoon by Michael Kupperman and David Rees in yesterday’s Sunday Review. There’s no “Brian McFadden is … Continue reading
Good Shepherd for 1965 Beatles Playboy Interview
The Golden Anniversary of the Beatles’ inaugural appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show – go nuts! – is set to culminate in tonight’s Grammys salute. From the 1964 really big shew: The hardBeatling staff also recommends this 1965 Playboy … Continue reading
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