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Saturday, February 23, 2002
Clearly it's not good politics to commit a crime to make your point, but nonetheless I do have to laugh a little at this. I'm sure creative vandalism would be done much more often if it weren't such bad PR.
If you're local, I do recommend the Castle Cinema--you'll be amazed what they've done with the place. Still, going back to the old neighborhood, we were both so glad we'd moved out! Renaissance my ass. Friday, February 22, 2002
On the other hand, there is at least some hope for the media when this manages to get published in Knoxville.
I set this thing up so that I could rant but really haven't ranted much yet. No time like the present:
Behold today's Stupid Media Trick (pun maybe or maybe not intended.) Normally I like Bob Kerr a lot, but this column is just crap. Why? Not even because the local media lately are obsessed with gay men's sex lives (although that's true too.) No, he claims that the ProJo broke the story about the Megaplex. Hello! Channel 10 broke the story weeks ago, and then talk radio (*puke*) was all over it for a couple of weeks, plus the gay press in both Rhode Island and Boston. The ProJo didn't cover the story until weeks after it broke, only when Fitz's resignation was official. And as for the other club, that court decision was also handed down weeks ago and not covered by the ProJo at the time. I really find it hard to believe that Kerr does not know at least one of these facts. About the rest of the staff I do believe it, but Kerr is a fine writer and has been with the ProJo for years (unlike all the new 20-somethings they hired.) I'll send him a note and also direct him to the story from 1999 about how the new club's owner forged a letter supposedly from the Alliance, but I'm pissed that consumers have to do the media's job for them. Then again, that's par for the course in our world, isn't it? We book our own plane tickets now, pump our own gas, can even scan our own groceries in some places. Why not force upon us the responsibility of reporting our own news? We'd do a better job than some of these morons. Wednesday, February 20, 2002
I really must do something about this text box--it's not big enough. I don't want to use a different browser although I may have to. Harrumph.
I would get a lot more done if not for Buzzflash, but I would be hopelessly uninformed. People think this is either hilarious or nauseating: The George W. Girls. It's not about the twins--go look. Still working on the new version of "Denise, Denise," trying to get the lyrics just right. I'm having the most trouble with the chorus. What is the definitive statement? So far the best I've come up with is "Sorry I know you," but it doesn't quite work. Monday, February 18, 2002
And speaking of pirates:
What do you do with a lying politician? What do you do with a lying politician? What do you do with a lying politician, early in the morning? Me, I write filks (which I may post later) and sometimes send poison pen letters when I can get away with it (which is next to never) or encourage others to do so. Sure can't count on the local press, gay or straight, to do its job, so I sometimes have to do it for them. Usually it just remains undone. The things that no one knows could fill several books. But at least for non-local stuff, there's Buzzflash.
If you're on this page, chances are you know who I am. But for those who don't who've somehow come across it, I decided to adopt a handle. What could be better than my pirate name? So, you can call me Mad Anne Rackham. Arr! :)
So, I've been meaning to start one of these things for a while now as a way to be able to blow off some steam. Waited for Mercury to go direct and for the family crisis to pass, so here I am.
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