Slog - Comments on The Stranger's Official Sunday Afternoon ColumnTM (Brought to You By Condo Advertisements with Questionable Grammar) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1 Earlier this week, we got an email from someone named Doug/Schatzi, which is, alas, not someone with a slash in their legal name (wouldn't that be marvelous?), but someone named Doug who works at a place called Schatzi Marketing. He wrote: Hi there, my name is Doug Perkul and I am the former AP at SPIN Magazine. Together with Sundance Award Winner Stefan Nadelman, we created a new literary site called Lit Mob (http://www.litmob.com). Now, before you start to yawn, please note that this is not like what is currently online--the site is more like Pitchfork in that it focuses... Copyright 2008 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:29:48 -0800 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:06:01 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by brian so, it actually IS just like pitchfork

]]> brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112709 Life Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:57:12 -0800 Comment by meggers So what is the relationship between litmob and Schatzi? Is litmob merely an extension of the marketing firm, created as an advertising mechanism? Or, has this Doug fellow become his own customer? Are the two actually completely separate ventures?

Totally agree with your thoughts on "authentic." It's quite a loaded bit of punctuation, eh?

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]]> Rob / Rudolpho's http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112722 Life Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:17:15 -0800 Comment by litmob does look wretched, but... is the Sunday Afternoon Column (TM) really in a position to cast aspersions on unnecessary choices of narrative point of view?

]]> litmob does look wretched, but... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112735 Life Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:03:27 -0800 Comment by Blog Buddy Ooooh!! You mean [insert artist name here] doesn't just make music, they read too?!! Now I love [insert artist name here] even more because of this "authentic" connection. I had no idea [insert artist name here] and I had so much in common!! I think I'm going to be in their "Top Friends" section on myspace after this heartfelt message on how [insert author name here] *TOTALLY* changed my life.

]]> Blog Buddy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112743 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112743 Life Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:39:15 -0800 Comment by Comment Deleted COMMENT DELETED: Sock Puppetry

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]]> Comment Deleted http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112836 Life Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:12:55 -0800 Comment by dammit, do it now. Please fix your title. "Brought to you BUY Condo Advertisements..."??? This is not LJ.

]]> dammit, do it now. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112893 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_strangers_official_sunday_morning_co_1#c1112893 Life Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:10:43 -0800 Comment by doug perkul Wow, glad to see that you guys are such big fans of the site! We have received wonderful feedback thus far and appreciate the press!! As for Schatzi, this is my day job (how many of us out there toil with a 9-5 so that we can pursue other pursuits?). We hope that you enjoy the site - please visit and feel free to leave feedback.

Best wishes,

Doug Perkul
Publisher

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