The Aspen paper isn’t going to cover the Kobe trial. There simply are too many ways to call this decision idiotic.
RIP Alexei Sidorov
He was a Russian newspaper editor, apparently murdered for getting too nosy. His predecessor was murdered too. Russia is the world’s second-most dangerous place to be a newsie, after Colombia.
When Mondo met Allen Ginsberg
Sid remembers the Beat legend. I was half captivated by the fact that I was hanging out with Allen Ginsberg, fellow poet, and half captivated by the photos and stories of Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. My heroes –…
Reserve your room at the ACES convention
I would advise friendly people to double up — it’s $125 a night and Houston’s hotel tax is a wallet-curdling 17 percent. Here’s the link.
Clay on the Copy Editor Code
Copy Massage, who collects dictionaries for fun, is working on his personal Code of Copy Editing. Stop by and help him add new stuff. A highlight: 3.) I will express my concerns. Copy editors do their job toward the end…
The life of a music writer
Simona Rabinovich at Media Bistro, on how music writers are like groupies: Despite the groupie’s lowly status among pretentious intellectual and hipster circles, both the groupie and the music journalist in truth share many traits, chief among them an insatiable,…