yeah i love the way the author just kind of drops the superwoowoo lady into that piece
― discreet, Saturday, 18 May 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
i stopped reading that a page or so in because i was like i'm not even sold on this being a thing yet, do i really need to know all about these guys' extended family history, but should i go back?
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Saturday, 18 May 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
try reading it backwards
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 18 May 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
I unno, I didn't mind the family history tbh! Anyway it kind of pays off quickly in that it explains the initial eureka moment, and maybe how they were able to get their startup off the ground (still reading it atm).
― llama del rey (Leee), Saturday, 18 May 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Saturday, May 18, 2013 4:34 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
very frequently feel this way about new yorker articles
― flopson, Saturday, 18 May 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
yeah they could def stand to leave out the background info from time to time
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 May 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
u mad that's what i read nyer for
― gr8080, Saturday, 18 May 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
its sometimes illuminating but sometime not and like im just sayin feel free to switch up the format occasionally
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 May 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
a nyer story: zoom in, zoom out, childhood, factoids, factoids, think abt it
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 May 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
ya that was def something that i really loved about it when i first got into the mag, all the character profiles & the way they'd humanize the most obscure or even evil ppl... but sometimes i find it tiresome, idk like it's stretching out to cover up for less thorough reporting, describing in minute detail what the person was wearing to cover up for the short & shallow interview they're using
― flopson, Sunday, 19 May 2013 00:53 (ten years ago) link
I wish I were a humanities grad student and could make a thesis out of analyzing all NYer writing, ever, and determine what percentage of pieces had a physical description of someone and/or his/her attire as the second sentence.
― quincie, Sunday, 19 May 2013 02:06 (ten years ago) link
they don't print many photos; physical discriptions are important
― gr8080, Sunday, 19 May 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
they famously didn't print any photos until somewhat recently. for some reason 'no photos' was a point of pride for a certain class of publication - nyer, new republic, wall st journal.
― balls, Sunday, 19 May 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
the whole thing of setting up a story and then about 1/5 of the way in going "klaus dingeldore was born in a placid rhineland village in 1972. his father was a monkey keeper" is 100% just part of the structure of its profile pieces but i didnt really think the mushroom thing was going to be a profile piece but more of a science/product thing i guess. i guess i was less interested in hearing about the family history of a 28-year-old cool dude who has an exciting new form of styrofoam.
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:12 (ten years ago) link
well to be a little reductive it's supposed to be literary journalism, these aren't blog posts
― you are not a better writer than f. scott fitzgerald. you are not a b (k3vin k.), Sunday, 19 May 2013 13:00 (ten years ago) link
If y'all want to have some fun, dig up some ancient issues of the magazine, when every story was 30 pages too long and the mag from page to page looked like a cut-n-paste zine-quality design mess.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 May 2013 13:35 (ten years ago) link
I recall the multi-issue stories from my childhood, when mom and dad would argue over who did or did not throw out/lose/otherwise displace an issue before the other could read Part 1.
― quincie, Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
thank u 4 new dn slocks
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 May 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
there's more science in the article but it's a bit basic and ted-talky. best part is the lady in the excerpt leeeeee quoted and the angry man who teaches you how to invent stuff
― discreet, Monday, 20 May 2013 02:27 (ten years ago) link
i recommend the article about the crazy manhattan apartment sublet scam this week
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
i realized i basically subscribe to the new yorker for the true crime stories
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
vanity fair has really good true crime abt rich people
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
the koch bros/PBS thing was depressing, i saw that film (can't remember if i saw it in PBS or netflix) and it was decent muckraking but not very well executed.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:54 (ten years ago) link
Vanity Fair/Esquire/GQ/Wired/New Yorker/New York are all good for blue collar crime writing
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
do you mean white collar?
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
yeah, duh. i have no collar.
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
who will report on barechested crime
― you are not a better writer than f. scott fitzgerald. you are not a b (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
i like tshirt crimes
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
sweater crime
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
Backgammon article is pretty entertaining.
― llama del rey (Leee), Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
"COPS," usually.
― Josefa, Thursday, 23 May 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
this in the styrofoam mushroom article freaked me the fuk out
A student from Kuwait suggested a public-area surveillance device that would detect people with incapacitating depression; then professionals could intervene and stop suicides.
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 26 May 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
was wondering why these weren't showing up in my mailbox for the last few weeks but then I got a notice that my subscription has ended. My dad was paying for it so I guess I'll hassle him about it.
― 0808ɹƃ (silby), Monday, 27 May 2013 04:56 (ten years ago) link
the brief Kim Gordon profile was okay.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 June 2013 13:31 (ten years ago) link
Her dog's name is Syd Barrett!
― dan selzer, Saturday, 1 June 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
so now it's established both kim gordon & lorrie moore are riggins fans
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 June 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
It quotes an ilxor!
― Ou sont les Sonneywolferines d'antan? (Leee), Saturday, 1 June 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
George Packer on tech and politics is pretty awesome, which has a followup blog post. Does he always insert editorial asides into his political pieces/is he the only NYer contributor who does that, or does he save that treatment for libertarians?
― Ou sont les Sonneywolferines d'antan? (Leee), Saturday, 1 June 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
lemme guess, the bike in cleveland that yelled 'go back to art school, you faggots!' ?
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 June 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link
**biker
hey they have updated the digital/archive edition, sorta. higher res. still jpgs.
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Saturday, 1 June 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
Ripley piece is good
― Mordy , Saturday, 1 June 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
― Ou sont les Sonneywolferines d'antan? (Leee), Saturday, June 1, 2013 11:38 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah this was pretty crucial reading.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
ooh if it's a sequel of sorts to his libertarian billionaire one i'm looking forward to it
― k3vin k., Saturday, 1 June 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
http://observer.com/2013/05/things-fall-apart-in-the-unwinding-george-packer-aims-for-dos-passos-comes-up-sub-gladwell
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 June 2013 18:27 (ten years ago) link
biggest o_O of the gordon profile was that not only can j mascis afford to live in sonic youth's neighborhood, he was there first (and drives a lexus suv?!)
― discreet, Sunday, 2 June 2013 06:40 (ten years ago) link
George Packer on tech and politics is pretty awesome,
hoping his new book is this sharp
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 June 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
― discreet, Sunday, June 2, 2013 2:40 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
j mascis is from western mass iirc
― lag∞n, Sunday, 2 June 2013 13:35 (ten years ago) link
Mascis doesn't live in the same neighborhood...he lives across the river in Amherst, where he grew up.
― Hadrian VIII, Sunday, 2 June 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
we need an indie star map
― lag∞n, Sunday, 2 June 2013 14:10 (ten years ago) link