http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/06/24/130624fa_fact_macfarquhar
― Shannon Leeedles (Leee), Thursday, 5 September 2013 06:09 (ten years ago) link
I like picking up an old issue and finding an article I missed.
The March 4 issue had been sitting on my kitchen table since it first arrived and I just picked it up on my way out the door the other day. It has a really wonderful story about the local Newtown, CT, newspaper's response/coverage to the school shooting. Everyone in the story (and town, really) come off as decent, civic-minded, good people ("decent" here probably doesn't read as I'd intend, but I can't come up with a better word right now) who are doing their best to keep a sense of normalcy in what sound/reads like the prototypical New England American town.
I have to look up more of Rachel Aviv's stories, because she did a fantastic job of setting the scene, introducing everyone, describing the town, etc. Had me in tears by the end.
Unfortunately, it's subscriber only, but check it out if you can:http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/04/130304fa_fact_aviv
― john. a resident of chicago., Thursday, 5 September 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
civil forfeiture piece was crazy-- i expected it to be depressing but it was more enraging
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, 5 September 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's p insane
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 September 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link
the way that one sherrif was so convinced he was doing the right thing that he didn't even attempt to cover his own ass in a court deposition
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, 5 September 2013 22:36 (ten years ago) link
just the idea of scores of lawsuits that are (county w/e) vs. (some physical object) is so nuts to me, sounds like a bad joke
― goole, Friday, 6 September 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
kelefeh on msnbc isnt really anything groundbreaking but its a good read
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 6 September 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Jill Lepore's brief essay/review of the new Woodrow Wilson bio is a tentative (re)assessment of a progressive sumbitch.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 September 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
Shark piece was good. I (like everyone) am so used to saying "great white shark" that it was jarring to read something that simply referred to them as "white sharks."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 September 2013 22:13 (ten years ago) link
the panda article has to be the first use of "electro-ejaculation" in the nyer
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 September 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
theres also a good letter ref'ing the civil forfeiture article abt knowledge of the law against structuring cash bank deposits to avoid the $10k notification requirment & a client of his who lost $100K from proceeds she had kept in her basement for years and then put in various accts from her job @ subway??
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 September 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
Didn't Nicholson Baker use the phrase in his article on LCD screens?
― dan selzer, Saturday, 7 September 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
hm u know it was prob in the paul haggis scientology article my bad
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 September 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
It's all over the place. They're gonna change it to "Electro-ejaculation of the Town" in the new year.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 7 September 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
So: Claire Danes. Should I read this?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 September 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
not sure she posts here haha
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 September 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
ask jim franco
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 September 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
Claire Danes thing was OK. Was expecting a mention of the whole Billy Crudup/Mary Louise Parker saga.
― quincie, Saturday, 7 September 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
Stuff about her training as a dancer and how this impacts her acting was p interesting.
― quincie, Saturday, 7 September 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
I'm not a fan in particular but thought it was pretty interesting.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 8 September 2013 05:18 (ten years ago) link
want to start a thread about the article this week about the increase in the number of people who believe they are part of a truman show-esque reality tv show but it's a subscriber-only article
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 9 September 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
how long til they are available for cheapskates to read, usually?
that sounds cool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 9 September 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
i think most stuff just stays subscriber-only forever, via the online archives
it's pretty interesting but one of those articles i wish was longer. the broader context is about how the time and area where psychotics live affects how their psychosis manifests itself.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 9 September 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
I liked that article fine, but it felt overly familiar. Has the NYer been doing a lot of schizophrenia stuff or is that just me? They have definitely been hitting the "medical" theme pretty hard in the past couple of years.
― quincie, Monday, 9 September 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
yea i agree that article felt kinda bs/pedestrian idk
― johnny crunch, Monday, 9 September 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
fuck you guys
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 9 September 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
j/k lol
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 9 September 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, September 9, 2013 5:31 PM (2 hours ago)
dude the NYer is like the biggest bargain in the world, what is it like less than 2 bucks an issue for some pretty consistently top-shelf writing
― sing, all ye shitizens of slumerica (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 00:14 (ten years ago) link
just launched today on zinio too, if ur 'over' paper (been on newsstand for a while i believe).
― spring has sprung the grass is risible (haitch), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 00:52 (ten years ago) link
I just suspended my account till further notice. :-\ the back issues were becoming a physical hazard, or they still are because I am lazy.
― Shannon Leeedles (Leee), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 01:44 (ten years ago) link
if i haven't finished them after 2 months, i recycle them
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
my partner is still waiting for a "better deal" to renew. i'm like "better deal? it's almost free. just renew already."
or you could share...?
i haven't read the truman show article yet but it has been frustrating how abrupt the recent medical coverage has been. the one on the balkan kidney disease was kind of infuriating with how "talk of the town" it was, just blithe & condescending.
― awake the snorting citizens (discreet), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 06:43 (ten years ago) link
condescending?
― sing, all ye shitizens of slumerica (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 06:45 (ten years ago) link
they've been sending me 'renew now for only us$60!!!!1' emails, but i pay fifty bucks through itunes discounts, so
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 06:51 (ten years ago) link
"condescending" might be putting it too strongly, it's an instance of the house style (and some pretty obvious editing iirc) not being equal to a condition that is some kind of deep legacy of underdevelopment, poverty & war.
― awake the snorting citizens (discreet), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 06:56 (ten years ago) link
I liked the Balkan kidney disease piece, but I'm generally a fan of Elif Batuman's work so maybe I'm biased. I didn't find it at all condescending. The personal connection through her father made it more emotionally resonant I thought. It was kind of inspiring to read about these researchers who keep plugging away for decades on some obscure disease, but also kind of melancholy in its acknowledgement of the lack of answers.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
nyu prez sounds like a freak
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
hes super freaky
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
The hugging!
― quincie, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Truman Show article is interesting enough but it's obviously just there to convince me I'm not in a reality simulation so is a bit on the nose. Nice try though and the rest of the issue is impressively realistic.
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 14 September 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Saturday, 14 September 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
lol
― @twitizensforlemonlipbalm (schlump), Sunday, 15 September 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
is nobody mentioning the line in that piece where the guy's parents are like you have to PROMISE to go to rehab THE SECOND you get back from the three-day jam-band festival
― @twitizensforlemonlipbalm (schlump), Sunday, 15 September 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
haha yes
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 15 September 2013 17:44 (ten years ago) link
until then have a great time honey
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 September 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
lol s1ocki
― flopson, Sunday, 15 September 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
lol yes and then just briefly mention dad is a music promoter at the same festival
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Sunday, 15 September 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
bustle.com piece is hilarious
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 13:14 (ten years ago) link
would read the shit outta this site if it was just verbatim transcriptions of the guy's blue-sky-thinking business platitudes
― @twitizensforlemonlipbalm (schlump), Friday, 20 September 2013 00:06 (ten years ago) link