Category Archives: Media

They Get Letters! From Prison!

Posted on October 23, 2008 by ephemerist

Who knew club kid-cum-killer Michael Alig was a crossword aficionado? Apparently so! He penned a letter to Time Out New York, lamenting the loss of the magazine’s puzzle. “It’s the smartest crossword puzzle I’ve ever seen!” the magazine quotes from … Continue reading →

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For the Record…

Posted on July 15, 2008 by ephemerist

The forthcoming memoir from geriatric, flatulent, suspendered, non-internet using TV host Larry King will be titled What Am I Doing Here? It hits on so many levels that I couldn’t even write a funnier one if I tried. (Though Jeff … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | Tagged Larry King, memoirs, unintentional ha has, we all wonder the same thing | 2 Comments

For What ‘It’ Is Worth

Posted on January 24, 2008 by ephemerist

This week the nation was blindsided by the news of the death of Hollywood heartthrob Heath Ledger, while all bettors had tabloid staples Britney “multiple personality” Spears and Amy “crack” Winehouse in their death scope. Ledger, whatever the cause of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Media | Tagged "It" girls, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan | Leave a comment

J.K. Livin’

Posted on November 29, 2007 by ephemerist

In his “Media Ink” column, Keith Kelly discuses the “new trend in magazine publishing: Put the word “living” at the end of a magazine’s title and enter the shelter category.” The latest to roll out is Men’s Health Living, an … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | Tagged expanding the brand, publishing trends, shelter magazines, taking it one step too far | Leave a comment

Ugg!

Posted on November 5, 2007 by ephemerist

The perusing of this week’s issue of New York magazine yielded a piece in the “Storefront” section called “Ugly Shoes: A Brief History.” Good idea, right? Why do people indulge in such senselessly ugly footwear? (Full disclosure: I own a … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | Tagged New York magazine, one of these things looks a lot like the other, Radar, ugly shoes, where do they come up with this stuff | 3 Comments

Responding to the Response — Choking on ‘Serviam’

Posted on November 4, 2007 by ephemerist

Remember how last week I discussed Serviam, the People magazine of private security contractors? And then Gawker picked it up? Well guess who else had his eye on the blogosphere — the editor of Serviam J. Michael Waller. He writes … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | Tagged a kinder gentler mercenary, blogs, magazines, reactions | Leave a comment

Soldier of Fortune 2.0?

Posted on November 1, 2007 by ephemerist

Move over Soldier of Fortune, there’s a new mercenary magazine that needs room on the convenience store racks next to Field and Stream and that well-thumbed copy of Barely Legal. Serviam (Latin for “I will serve”) caters to a kinder, … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged a kinder gentler mercenary, magazines, our post-9/11 world, Serviam | Leave a comment

I Choose The Rooms That I Live In With Care

Posted on October 16, 2007 by ephemerist

So by now anyone who follows the Manhattan media game and the jostling of old media vs. new media has read New York magazine’s assessment of the Gawker phenomenon. It’s been covered ad nauseum on the internets, so I’m not … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Music | Tagged Balk, emo, Gawker, Leonard Cohen, minutiae, navel-gazey, the minor fall the major lift | Leave a comment