mar 14and yeah im half way through it + am like jon, dont know enough abt the situation to judge it, it is really interesting that the general gist of the article is that ppl were freaking out a lil too much
― just sayin, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean, ppl were right to freak out, but also, everyone involved was doing a really really good job working on it (including bp)
― just sayin, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I read this article as a bizarro companion to the Haggis/Scientology piece.
― Esteban Buttezface (Leee), Sunday, 27 March 2011 04:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
read that Haaretz piece- loved it.
― gr8080, Monday, 28 March 2011 07:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
everyone should read this rodrigo rosenberg article
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/04/110404fa_fact_grann?currentPage=all
― johnny crunch, Monday, 28 March 2011 13:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
david grann is the best
― max, Monday, 28 March 2011 13:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol that piece is some serious through the looking glass type shit
― ice cr?m, Monday, 28 March 2011 14:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
i was referring to the hollywood therapist one FYI
― ice cr?m, Monday, 28 March 2011 14:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
tho i am v much looking forward to reading the guatemalan conspiracy, i have it open in a tab all rtg
― ice cr?m, Monday, 28 March 2011 14:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
that piece is great great
― iatee, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 02:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
btw i will sendspace u nyer articles that are subscriber-only
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 02:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is otm
― em.pty HOLD (Lamp), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 02:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
tellin you guys, david grann is the shit, i highly recommend his collection of nyer stories from last year
― max, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 02:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Sherlock-Holmes-Madness-Obsession/dp/0385517920
^^ that. Top 3 Grann:
The Chameleon: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/08/11/080811fa_fact_grann?currentPage=allThe Mark of a Masterpiece: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/07/12/100712fa_fact_grannand of course Trial By Fire: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann
Also recommend Lost City of Z, which is less wow but still really interesting.
― misty sensorium (Plasmon), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 03:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh yeah. I'm really bad at paying attention to who writes what, but those 3 articles were all amazing.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 04:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
I kind of love the New Yorker these days. Used to stan for Harper's but the only thing I've enjoyed reading in that recently was Vollmann's piece on the homeless people he associated with in San Diego. The New Yorker is bringing it with regularity.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 05:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
er, Sacramento
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 05:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
which is probably a much sadder place to be homeless than San Diego
lol the art authenticator one was so R U SERIOUS sweet read xp
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 05:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i didnt realise the same dude wrote all 3 of those articles! that art one just got crazier + crazier
― just sayin, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 08:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
haven't read that one yet but "the chameleon" was pretty insane, i should check out that book
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 13:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Finished the Rosenberg article -- WOW.
― farting in the shower - C/D (Leee), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 04:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
love the anna faris profile from this week
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 05:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
ANNA FARIS PROFILE!!!!???
― gr8080, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 05:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/11/110411fa_fact_miller
Is this piece any good?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 16:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
i remember the one about the chameleon! these articles are amazing.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 16:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
yall need to hop aboard the grann-wagon with me and plasmon
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 16:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
i went on a grann-spree last week
ordered that book too
― gr8080, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 17:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
the texas arson thing was so :(
I remember reading the chameleon one but I forgot what happened in it
― dayo, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 23:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
anna as claire on six feet under wouldve been nuts
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 23:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah texas arson thing was awesome, looking forward to re-reading it when my copy of the book comes.
learning this was a little bit of a let-down tho: http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/2009/10/willinghams-last-words.html
― gr8080, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 02:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
i wish grann had used the whole quote but this is BS:
Now that is a way different exit picture than the one Grann painted for us. Not only were Willingham's very last words the diametric opposite of the high-toned, religious sentiments Grann led us to believe were the very last, but they bear on one of the most difficult things to comprehend about this case -- motive. Why would a father intentionally burn up his baby girls?Well, as incomprehensible as it seems, we know that some fathers do kill their young children, and anger at the mother is one common reason. If that tirade was directed at his ex-wife Stacy, as the reporter who was there believed it was, it helps fill in the motive.
Well, as incomprehensible as it seems, we know that some fathers do kill their young children, and anger at the mother is one common reason. If that tirade was directed at his ex-wife Stacy, as the reporter who was there believed it was, it helps fill in the motive.
yes all of granns meticulous reporting and evidence for innonce, proven wrong by the profane rantings of a man condemned to die
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 02:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
max otm
― gr8080, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 04:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
2/3rds of the way through the Rosenberg article. Holy shit. All I want to know is when is the Tony Gilroy movie version coming out?
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 18:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, that Rosenberg article was an amazing read.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah, again grann lives up to the cliche "stranger than fiction"!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
I meant to read just a couple of pages of the Rosenberg article at lunch and wound up finishing the thing in one go. The magazine is on an incredible roll. I wonder if its circulation and subscription figures have remained steady; I'd imagine it hasn't lost much of its urban liberal base.
― Hey Look More Than Five Years Has Passed And You Have A C (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
Woah, those last words. Talk about changing tack halfway through.
Yeah. The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man -- convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for 12 years for something I did not do. From God's dust I came and to dust I will return -- so the earth shall become my throne. I gotta go, road dog. I love you Gabby. I hope you rot in hell, bitch; I hope you fucking rot in hell, bitch. You bitch; I hope you fucking rot, cunt. That is it.
― Pop is superior to all other genres (DL), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
think it's noted in this thread but $50 or so for a year's subscription is a ridiculous deal. and i don't even take advantage of the online archives very much.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
I got the "educator's discount" last August: $32 then.
― Hey Look More Than Five Years Has Passed And You Have A C (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
you monster
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol that quote is killing me... lord, why have you forsaken me? ride or die bitch fuck cunt booger.
― ℳℴℯ ❤＼(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Hey Look More Than Five Years Has Passed And You Have A C (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, April 6, 2011 3:39 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
im pretty sure theyve risen since remnick took over; the really amazing figure is that the mag has a resubscribe rate of near 90%
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
that rosenberg article is insane
had read the chameleon and the art piece before, the arson was new but had never really picked up name of author
need to renew my subscription
― H in Addis, Thursday, 7 April 2011 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
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$25/year for the last 2 years, suckers
― gr8080, Thursday, 7 April 2011 06:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
but i get them 3 or 4 weeks late, even the newstands here get them a week ahead of me somehow
― gr8080, Thursday, 7 April 2011 06:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I get the "my mom buys me a subscription" discount.
$0/year for 8+ years
― dan selzer, Thursday, 7 April 2011 06:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's how to live.
― gr8080, Thursday, 7 April 2011 07:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
UK sub is something like £120 (or maybe $120, I forget which) but still worth it.
― Pop is superior to all other genres (DL), Thursday, 7 April 2011 09:23 (2 years ago) Permalink