Slog - Comments on An Aside of Frey's http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys In the issue of Vanity Fair with the stupid Miley Cyrus bullshit photos, there's also a stupid James Frey bullshit interview. It's an incredibly fawning piece, and the writer adores Frey's upcoming novel, Bright Shiny Morning. Here's some of Frey's James Dean-like behavior: Frey has fetishized breaking rules for as long as he’s been alive. On a casual level this makes him endearing. He routinely addresses women, even ones he barely knows, as “dude,” and he might break the ice with a stranger with “Yo, what the fuck’s up?” At the age of 38, he still makes crank calls. Sometimes... Copyright 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:16:01 -0800 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:02:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by brett he should go on a book tour with augusten burroughs and lee siegel.

]]> brett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008843 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008843 Books Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:20:15 -0800 Comment by inkweary Practically every teenaged boy in America routinely adresses women as "dude". This counts a notable?

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008867 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008867 Books Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:33:27 -0800 Comment by infrequent an immature 38 year old male. woah.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008884 Books Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:43:06 -0800 Comment by Greg Definitely sounds like a loser whose only notable accomplishment was that he wrote a couple of books.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008916 Books Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:06:00 -0800 Comment by Marty Wow, prank calls AND a speedo? Now there's a rebel.

I know it's a slow news day and we all have ADD, Slog, but seriously, this AND a National Enquirer piece about Obama cheating?

]]> Marty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008958 Books Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:27:35 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways not sure who's more irritating, this fucktard or the idiots who believed all the nonsense in his "memoirs"...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008965 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1008965 Books Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:09 -0800 Comment by pastrychef At least this is being sold as ficton from the start!

]]> pastrychef http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1009534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1009534 Books Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:31:55 -0800 Comment by infrequent i guess he was right though -- his life is way more interesting when he's lying about it.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1009628 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/an_aside_of_freys#c1009628 Books Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:36:35 -0800 Comment by infrequent @7... months later we'll find out that this one is actually based on facts!

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