Slog - Comments on Steen Resignation Rumors True http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de It is official: A. Birch Steen has resigned as The Stranger's public editor. Keck conveys the news in Mr. Steen's corner of tomorrow's paper. I will miss the old curmudgeon; his copy was flawless and he never missed a deadline.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:47:09 -0800 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:15:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Joh Steinbacher is getting lazy?

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857666 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:57:47 -0800 Comment by rubyred Hasn't he "resigned" before? He'll be back after he gets back from

Fat Camp
the Rush Limbaugh Center for Painkiller Addiction
Thailand

]]> rubyred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857670 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:00:52 -0800 Comment by Aislinn It's really cute to keep pretending that he was a real person.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857684 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:08:03 -0800 Comment by ecce homo He was the only thing keeping the Stranger afloat.

Now it's just going to be the 'mos and ho's...

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857688 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857688 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:09:21 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways He IS a real person in the hearts and minds of those who REALLY do believe in him...

don't be Grinchin' on my H. Birch Steen, Aislinn!

Next thing you know, you'll be sayin' that Savage isn't real.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857702 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:14:12 -0800 Comment by Fnarf He resigned in the paper two weeks ago! Only thing in the paper worth reading. I'll miss the old coot's reminiscences about JFK and, Christ, FDR, probably.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857709 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:18:41 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn I was on vacation.

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857727 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:27:25 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @5: No, I would never say that Savage isn't real. Because he is real. I've seen him, even, on TV, and in person at Hump. I don't go about making wild claims on individual's existences. This one is pretty well substantiated.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857732 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:30:22 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV That's not really Savage--it's just some guy in a costume!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857738 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:32:01 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage That guy at HUMP? Just another graduate of the Dan Savage Clown College. Noted alum Ecce Homo graduated earlier this year with top honors.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857754 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:38:47 -0800 Comment by NaFun RIP A Critical Overview. Week after week, the best column in the whole damned paper. It's all downhill from here. Guess he was too old to make the jump to the blagosphere.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857766 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857766 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:42:55 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I'm still trying to figure out what became of T. Herman Zweibel.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857782 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:49:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Maybe he enlisted to go die for King George in Iraq?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857783 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:50:30 -0800 Comment by Will in 98103 Sadly, his cranky columns were getting closer and closer to being accurate. And I agree that often, especially in recent months, they were the most entertaining reading in the paper.

]]> Will in 98103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857791 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:53:52 -0800 Comment by eclexia @12, T. Herman Zweibel was launched into outer space by his robot nemesis cleverly disguised as his long lost son several years ago. I think it's in the archive.

]]> eclexia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857813 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857813 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:07:00 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop My heart is broken by this news.

"A Critical Overview" is second only to "Last Days." And, of course, my all-time favorite Stranger feature, Charlie Chong's short-lived column. RIP.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857824 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:26:48 -0800 Comment by Joh @3

It's not Dan. It's Bradley, writing with his off hand. Or typing one handed. Or masturbating to my hot pictures. Or whatever.

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857935 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857935 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:58:50 -0800 Comment by Monty A. Birch Steen was a sexy, sexy Public Editor. Sexy, sexy, Public Editor.

And that's what I'm trying to show you about.

]]> Monty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857947 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857947 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:22:25 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Mr. Tin got T. Herman Zwiebel *and* A. Birch Steen?

Curse you, Mr. Tin!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c857962 Housekeeping Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:04:44 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Hmmm... an anagram of "A. Birch Steen" is
"bash enticer".

fits pretty well to me.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858044 Housekeeping Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:04:12 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Well of course Dan has low paid impersonators going to bar openings and low rent indie events...he's a busy man and doesn't have time for that low-quote shit. He has to conserve his energy for skeet shooting with Bill Maher and cocktail parties with Anderson Cooper, (grwwl!)

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858156 Housekeeping Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:23:23 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV A. Birch Steen can also be an anagram for "Beaten Chris"--possibly a clue as to Steen's real identity, or ultimate fate!

Who on the Stranger staff is named Chris?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858186 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858186 Housekeeping Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:39:19 -0800 Comment by Arsenic Beth Can't be he, Sir.

]]> Arsenic Beth http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858193 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858193 Housekeeping Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:42:04 -0800 Comment by Jiberish first thing i turned to in the paper

]]> Jiberish http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858320 Housekeeping Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:21:28 -0800 Comment by Ethan Scribe He will be missed.

]]> Ethan Scribe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night_de#c858459 Housekeeping Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:15:28 -0800