Slog - Comments on Audience Review Revue http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue In the issue of The Stranger that disappears tomorrow, Tao Lin reviews his audience at a recent reading in Seattle. He doesn't review the people in the crowd so much as defeat them. Reading Lin's audience review reminded me of all the other writers who've come through town on book tour and reviewed their audiences for The Stranger. Here, for your Tuesday-afternoon reading pleasure, are links to all the audience reviews we've ever run in the book section. Enjoy. Jonathan Ames "My mind, at times, was elsewhere. Where it was, exactly, I can't tell you." Paul Collins "I was... Copyright 2008 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:48:53 -0800 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:13:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Meagan I included the following message when forwarding the Tao Lin piece to a pal:

"This is the best thing I have ever read."

]]> Meagan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787486 Arts Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:12:34 -0800 Comment by Nay I adore these pieces! Seriously. I think they're my favorite feature.

]]> Nay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787519 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787519 Arts Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:57:44 -0800 Comment by Brad WOW! These pieces are great. I have never seen them before.

]]> Brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787527 Arts Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:04:51 -0800 Comment by mr. ryan Cool --

and from James Frey:

"The traffic was fucking horrible, and, for whatever it is worth, was the worst I have seen in any city in the country, including San Francisco, New York, and L.A."

So he's not ALL fiction, at least.

]]> mr. ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787591 Arts Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:04:00 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Did James Frey actually go to the reading or did he make it all up?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/audience_review_revue#c787592 Arts Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:04:30 -0800 Comment by christopher Frizzelle Funny, Keshmeshi. But we sorta beat you to it. After the Frey thing exploded, and the Smoking Gun did their investigation and put out their thing about how Oprah had been had, we did a parody of the Smoking Gun's investigation.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=26557

A very earnest reader read that and BELIEVED it. Wrote to us to say he was very grateful for us coming clean, etc, but that there was just one inaccuracy: Portland DOES have an airport, he said. I didn't reply to that email...

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