Gelf Magazine examines the “best worst blurbs” of 2008, where a movie ad blurb totally mangles the reviewer’s intent.
The best: “Heather Newgen, Comingsoon.net: ‘The first great romantic comedy of the year.”
Gelf’s take: We were unable to find Newgen’s review of the film online…’”
…at an old job, I was able to listen to music and wear headphones, and so I stormed through the backlog of This American Life episodes. And it’s true as a former Nashville resident, I greatly appreciate the perspectives that the Nashville Scene often brings.
Those two loves come together with a recent Ira Glass interview the paper did. The explanation of politics and media made the most sense to me, with Glass breaking his “objective” to explain his political viewpoint and craft a story out of it.
After Punk Planet and No Depression, Harp goes down. I’m sure there are countless others as well. As someone in publishing, it looks like we’re losing our physical realities to completely digital ones. I think magazines will last for awhile, it probably will force them to up the ante, not necessarily with their articles, but creative graphical presentations–to really push the art form of what a magazine can be.
