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Who ever called John Hughes a rebel?

Thursday, September 28, 2006

7190 CommentsWho+ever+called+John+Hughes+a+rebel%3F2006-09-28+09%3A49%3A33Michael

My dearest wife pointed me to this article in Slate “revealing” that the movies of 80′s teen-angst king John Hughes didn’t really really encourage rebellion. The article goes on to suggest that Hughes’ movies were actually an expression of Reagan/Bush-era materialism and absolutely supported the status quo. Finally, the writer posits that the sky is [...]

This just in: Stephen Colbert has a pair

Monday, May 1, 2006

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As many of you know, I spent much of my twenties trying to get things that were actually funny broadcast on television and published in magazines. This is relatively impossible when you’re dealing with a large-scale outlet like The New Yorker (for which Jon and I wrote pieces) or SNL (for which Jon and I [...]

The Stutts Deed

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

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The New York Times’ recent report on student sex magazines, somehow neglected to mention the granddaddy of them all, The Deed, published by students at world-famous Stutts University. Started in 1969 as an underground comic, The Deed has been many things in its long life, including “a radical journal of Wymmyn’s Liberation” and “The Thinking [...]

You all might as well know…

Thursday, October 30, 2003

3670 CommentsYou+all+might+as+well+know...2003-10-30+15%3A47%3A00Michael

…that I have a soft spot for Hugh Hefner. First of all, he ran his college humor magazine (at the University of Illinois, called I believe The Shaft–but maybe that’s just too perfect). Second, in the 50s and 60s, he was a real champion of comedy and cartooning–and he remains a proponent of jazz. All [...]

Same old skin?

Monday, June 30, 2003

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As some of you may know, Playboy is trying to appeal to a younger audience. So, over the last few months, they’ve switched editors, moved to New York, and rejiggered the editorial content. The first issue of this new breed is coming out soon–the Chicago Tribune took a look at an advance copy and gave [...]

What are your favorite magazines?

Thursday, June 12, 2003

2730 CommentsWhat+are+your+favorite+magazines%3F2003-06-12+14%3A26%3A00Michael

The Chicago Tribune asked its writers this question, and here’s the list they came up with. There are plenty of old warhorses, but the list is worth reading for the surprises. I can vouch for #1, Cook’s Illustrated–or, rather, Kate can. And I was glad to see the British music magazines Q and Mojo get [...]

Interesting Interview with Kurt Andersen…

Friday, April 25, 2003

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is here (it’s dead as of 2011, but it’s on Kurt Andersen’s Wikipedia page, so maybe it’s not really dead?). Down near the bottom they talk about why American magazines are so terrible, which as any reader of this blog knows, is because they make their money by pleasing advertisers, not by pleasing readers. American magazines [...]

A new National Lampoon magazine?

Wednesday, January 8, 2003

1640 CommentsA+new+National+Lampoon+magazine%3F2003-01-08+17%3A21%3A00Michael

In something scientifically designed to drive me insane, the New York Observer has an article about Rugged Land publishing’s recent attempts to resurrect National Lampoon as a print magazine. (Previous to this, they were planning to do everything BUT a magazine.) I’m dubious that Harvard Lampoon (which forced the 1998 shuttering of J2′s dreadful version, [...]

Barry News from Britain, and other publishing crap

Tuesday, October 8, 2002

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First of all, sales for Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody continue to climb; the book’s still at #10 in the London Sunday Times HB fiction list. The redoubtable Simon also tells me that we’re going back for a five-figure reprint (#3), so Kate and I are flying high. I was surprised to see the [...]

“Alfred–get it? Alf-RED?”

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

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Our favorite rabble-rouser, Jon Schwarz, found this article in Counterpunch, detailing J. Edgar Hoover’s obsession with MAD Magazine. One guess–he loved it, right? Ehh, not quite. Anyway, it’s must reading for any current or recovering readers of MAD. You were more important than you thought! Just when I lose faith in satire’s ability to discomfit [...]

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Posts Tagged with "Magazines"

Who ever called John Hughes a rebel?

This just in: Stephen Colbert has a pair

The Stutts Deed

You all might as well know…

Same old skin?

What are your favorite magazines?

Interesting Interview with Kurt Andersen…

A new National Lampoon magazine?

Barry News from Britain, and other publishing crap

“Alfred–get it? Alf-RED?”

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