http://www.theawl.com/
New to me blog that is apparently supposed to be better than other blogs? The writing sure seems better, and the comments are actually worth digging through.
Does anyone else read this? Thoughts?
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, 11 January 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i read it all the time
― ke$nan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 January 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
its better than about 99% of blogs out there, partly because a lot of smart, talented people write for it, partly because the bar for blogs is not particularly high
― max, Monday, 11 January 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i literally read five blogs total, and they are one of them
― ke$nan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 January 2010 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
unless leak blogs count, but i don't really "read" leak blogs
What are the other four?
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, 11 January 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't you read music blogs for work? Or are you just talking about non-music stuff?
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, 11 January 2010 15:46 (fourteen years ago) link
other five actually:
gawker, gothamist, village voice sound of the city, nymag vulture blog and brooklyn vegan
― ke$nan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 January 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
most music blogs i just follow on twitter to see what they're talking about since i don't want to accidentally give them traffic
― ke$nan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 January 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i wish whenever you opened the awl, it autoplayed this youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIoNaAs-KGg
― ke$nan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 January 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't blame you for not wanting to give a lot of the music blogs traffic. This is the newest story on Stereogum right now:
Blonde Redhead Score Dungeon Masters • The moody New York trio wrote the score for Keven McAlester's Dungeons & Dragons documentary The Dungeon Masters (2/2, Amazon VOD). Affix your elf ears and check out the trailer, nerd.
For music blogs, my Google Reader tells me I'm subscribed to . . . Simon Reynolds's blog, Last Plane to Jakarta, Tom Ewing's Tumblr, nabisco's Tumblr (which isn't really a "music blog"), SFJ's New Yorker blog, and Sound of the City. Recently removed everything else, because it was a total waste of time.
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, 11 January 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Why is Gawker so popular? The writing?
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, 11 January 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
no, the pictures
― max, Monday, 11 January 2010 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
i think it's the HTML coding actually
― fella, cutie (s1ocki), Monday, 11 January 2010 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks.
I'm not super familiar with Gawker. Just curious why a lot of people praise it.
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, 11 January 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
definitely the pictures and html coding
― max, Monday, 11 January 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the rss of it
― harbl, Monday, 11 January 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
generally classic, 'updates on black people twitter' DUD
― A B C, Monday, 11 January 2010 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i do think its kind of interesting/noteworthy that some writer over at a hueg blog is obsessed with "black people twitter" enough to provide updates to a bunch of media nerds
― ke$nan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 January 2010 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i thought this referred to What This Awl Means.
― Maria, Monday, 11 January 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
kstreetteam
― velko, Monday, 11 January 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not super familiar with Gawker.
lmao
― velko, Monday, 11 January 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I've read some Gawker posts, and I've read a little about it, but I haven't followed it as closely as I've followed other publications. I sincerely wanted to know why Gawker is so popular and seemingly well-regarded, because I don't know.
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, 11 January 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
ks, check out this thread: KILLFILE 2.0
instant ignoring of irritating posters (requires Firefox and some plug-ins)
― living like the Na'vi will never happen (HI DERE), Monday, 11 January 2010 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
New layout.
― kshighway (ksh), Thursday, 4 February 2010 04:22 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm.. i love the awl, but.. k why are the headlines at the top on a black background & then over top of the pictures? it's hard to read them..
― kicker conspiracy (b. favre ha ha) (daria-g), Thursday, 4 February 2010 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
how did this get so popular/successful so fast?
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 February 2010 05:00 (fourteen years ago) link
did it? seems like it's been around a minute.
― goldblapp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 February 2010 05:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, I've kind of wondered why "Black People Twitter" hasn't caught on as like a 'thing' among message boards
― goldblapp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 February 2010 05:47 (fourteen years ago) link
a 'meme'
i feel like i remember seeing it right after gawker linked to its existence & it already had some serious looking ads & stuff -- idk maybe i'm wrong, i only peruse the site occasionally even tho it's def really good
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:01 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/what-were-black-people-talking-about-on-twitter-last-night
^^^^ makes me want to stab the blogger
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:05 (fourteen years ago) link
it's weird becuase... there is def a (predominantly) black culture on twitter that often takes over the site when it comes to trending topics. writing about it is obv very precarious & i respect that someone would even broach the subject because of everything that BLOGGING ABOUT RACE entails
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
jordan otm
i mean, """Black People Twitter""" (extea quotey fingers) or whatever it is, is kind of interesting subject. But there's pretty much no way to talk about it without sounding like a racist or a dipshit.
― goldblapp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:08 (fourteen years ago) link
would maybe like to have a thread on it just for the clusterfuck that would ensue
― goldblapp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i'd be lying if i said that i hadn't sent text messages today that ended with #deadwrong4that
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:11 (fourteen years ago) link
"Black People And Jordan Twitter"
― goldblapp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i'd be lying if i said that i hadn't sent text messages today that ended with #deadwrong4that― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, February 4, 2010 1:11 AM (42 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, February 4, 2010 1:11 AM (42 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I mean there's no way to win being a white guy and sending one of these because it always comes off as a)[MAGAZINE NAME REDACTED]-style try-hard swagger-biting like some white guy reviewing a Blaq Poet alb w/ "DAG THIS RECORD IS HOT ROCKS FIYAAAAHHHH" b)hipster irony like some white guy writing MAKE A BABYMAMA SLAP HER BABYDADDY on his denim jacket with white out (i live in brooklyn and have seen this for real)
― goldblapp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:16 (fourteen years ago) link
well, i was being ironic, slightly -- it's a funny phrase
my texts were about basketball
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:24 (fourteen years ago) link
but you know, if you're on twitter all day like i am, it's -- imo -- hard for those trending topics to not seep into your thinking & not become part of your daily interneting & not come up in conversations b/w people who are also on twitter all day
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:25 (fourteen years ago) link
it's a weird thing to broach in a serious manner
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:26 (fourteen years ago) link
the awl took off pretty fast b/c the editors are former gawker editors & so are most of the writers, so they already had a following and a lot of contacts i suppose. i like it though.. only interested in maybe 1/4 of the content, personally
― kicker conspiracy (b. favre ha ha) (daria-g), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i honestly dont think it took off fast
― goon baby goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 February 2010 07:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't understand why you keep insisting this unless you're under the impression that there was some secret underground Awl site in existence for a couple years before it got "launched" because it was linked everywhere the day it opened because of balk/choire's connections.
― everyone kills people (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Thursday, 4 February 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
the awl, more like the ball... sac
― max, Thursday, 4 February 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently supposed to be better than other ballsacs
― velko, Thursday, 4 February 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
great autostart video ads guys
― there are tons of lame posts with your login underneath: write a book! (ksh), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
solid blog, but really?
― there are tons of lame posts with your login underneath: write a book! (ksh), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
heh
― i live in brooklyn and have seen this for real (iiiijjjj), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/psa-these-autoplay-ads
― ksh, Friday, 26 March 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
A classic from the Straight Dope:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/608/is-it-true-men-can-suffer-penile-fracture
Favorite section:
Frequently the victim suffers the injury while kneading his member in order to reduce an erection, a technique that in my experience usually has the opposite effect. One moron "awoke during the night with a desire to urinate," whereupon he "hit his erect penis with his hand in order to alleviate this desire." Other reported causes: rolling over in bed, hitting the bedpost, getting caught in your pajamas, falling out of a tree, being thrown against the knob of a motorcycle saddle, and so on.Fracture always occurs during erection, making you wonder what some of the victims were up to. Consider one case involving a 38-year-old ranch hand. "The (medical) history was vague and difficult to obtain," the reporting physician writes. "The injury had occurred in the corral. It was impossible to get the exact details … His family was of the opinion that he had been kicked by one of the horses." Tell it to Catherine the Great, buddy.
Fracture always occurs during erection, making you wonder what some of the victims were up to. Consider one case involving a 38-year-old ranch hand. "The (medical) history was vague and difficult to obtain," the reporting physician writes. "The injury had occurred in the corral. It was impossible to get the exact details … His family was of the opinion that he had been kicked by one of the horses." Tell it to Catherine the Great, buddy.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
Cecilia K Corrigan recently wrote about horses and ponies for the show "Luck." Now, she has a twitter.
i wonder if she has a cat named Princess Bunny Buttons
― some dude, Monday, 12 March 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.inquisitr.com/25536/broken-penis-cases-triple-in-jamaica-due-to-daggering-dance-craze-video/
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
can a moderator please change thread title to *2012 rolling broken penis thread*? thanks.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
it's taking me a really long time to read because I am tabbing away every 2 sentences and grimacing in horror
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
3 weeks, 5 days a.i.Since I can’t do much, we get creative. I’ve never given “the shocker” before, but it seems to be working great, for both of us. “I really like you,” she says afterward.
“Good to hear, Mrs. Thatcher.”
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
I just finished it my god
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
do we have a daggering thread?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4CzFrjw8KY
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
rolling the awl/jamaican dance crazes/broken penises
― goole, Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
the awl's piece on the haggerty/olive garden thing was A+, but I haven't read much else on the site
― the prurient pinterest (Hurting 2), Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
I got a broken penis, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
thanks 4 sharing hurting
― max, Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
u are welcome, I will try to review more websites in a similar style
― the prurient pinterest (Hurting 2), Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
do a whole bunch and then it can be an n+1 feature.
― s.clover, Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
the site is impressive. the homepage is fashioned in a tuscan blogsite style.
― the prurient pinterest (Hurting 2), Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://thebillfold.com/
― markers, Thursday, 5 April 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Not super familiar with that.
― boxall, Thursday, 5 April 2012 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
boxall
― buzza, Thursday, 5 April 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
the billfold and wirecutter are really good, hope they keep adding stuff.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theawl.com/2012/07/north-michigan-pasty
as a native of the upper peninsula of michigan this angers me for reasons I cannot fully articulate. plus lutefisk is not finnish.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
"internet hipsters"
― boxall, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
:)
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
This article has made me feel a little violent.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
these guys do some good stuff imo
― just sayin, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 00:43 (eight years ago) link
they do, although I feel like it's a tough market for them, trying to be sort of the anti-clickbait "content" site in a very clickbaity world.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 02:27 (eight years ago) link
also it looks to me like they've completely changed their format relatively recently? And it kind of sucks?
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link
have they?? i havent noticed
― just sayin, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 03:20 (eight years ago) link
and yeah i know what you mean, but it seems like they're doing ok! there was some profile somewhere recently talking about it?
― just sayin, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 03:22 (eight years ago) link
it looks weirdly bloggy/tumblry now and I don't remember it being like that
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 03:22 (eight years ago) link
so . . . what happened with the hairpin?
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 October 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
yeah what the hell
― polyphonic, Friday, 30 October 2015 21:22 (eight years ago) link
http://observer.com/2015/10/the-hairpins-editors-are-leaving/
We reached out to Choire Sicha, the co-owner and co-founder of The Awl, to find out what’s going on. Mr. Sicha did not clarify very much at all.“Why would we tell anyone! That’s no fun,” he replied. “We were going to make it into a fantasy sports betting site but instead decided to start a heavily funded bloodwork lab—but for women. High-end commercial phlebotomy, with a feminine touch!”
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 October 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
forks otm
So what’s happening? We’re actively planning what The Hairpin should be next, in a way that pays tribute to its legacy.
http://thehairpin.com/2015/12/this-holiday-season-at-the-hairpin
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 December 2015 02:11 (eight years ago) link
over/under on rejoining the Denton machine?
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 12 December 2015 04:57 (eight years ago) link
sounds like the worst possible outcome for both parties tbh
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 12 December 2015 05:11 (eight years ago) link
http://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2013/11/shutterstock_26447485-390x285.jpg
http://www.theawl.com/2016/02/job-open-again
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
the aw(fu)l
― flopson, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theawl.com/2016/03/new-awl
― ive seen enough Good Wife episodes (s.clover), Sunday, 13 March 2016 05:29 (eight years ago) link
http://digiday.com/publishers/medium-brings-publishers-including-awl-hairpin/
― de l'asshole (flopson), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
Still curious about what the hell happened to the Hairpin.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:59 (eight years ago) link
With Laura Olin folding her Awl newsletter, I rediscovered this beautiful/crushing issue - should resonate with a few of us on ilx:Songs as time machines
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 29 September 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
rip
https://www.theawl.com/2018/01/awl-ends
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
That's a damn shame.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:47 (six years ago) link
boo
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link
well, you have to give them credit, they gave it their awl
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
Awl things must pass iirc
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:32 (six years ago) link
these puns are.., awlful
― flopson, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
awls well that ends well
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
why is this hairppenning?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 00:08 (six years ago) link
this sucks, obviously
that said, the "now who will publish young writers and outsiders" takes are kind of weird because the awl* has always been as new york media insider as one can possibly get without literally being an email backchannel
* less so the hairpin, sometimes, depending on the era
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 05:36 (six years ago) link