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Friday, October 3, 2008
The Cranky Copy Editor — October 3
Posted by Anthony Salveggi on Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM
What I'm pissed off about today:
That it's a busy-ass Friday. And we're shorthanded. Again.
Katy Perry. Her smirky, smug lyrics. The offensive self-commodification of her toy line. The knowing, ironic, hyper-girly facial expressions that say, despite being so damn beautiful, she's just one of the boys. While looking like a blow-up fuckdoll. The winking, atrocious fashion sense that I'm sure has a deep social significance that's already been addressed in some undergraduate student's thesis. Allow me: “Perry simultaneously subverts traditional female gender roles while empowering her own femininity by appropriating vintage, retro pinup kitsch as filtered through a candy-coated Technicolor dream world.” And a Japanese anime wet dream. Lisa Loeb, you’ve officially been out-Hello Kitty'd.
The weekly appearance of “myriad” in at least one piece of copy that crosses my desk. Not since Brian Ries squeezed the life out of “preternaturally” a couple years back has a word been so overused and abused.
Requests to add songs to the Friday Dance Party after I've already started playing it. Can't do it. So don't ask.
The fact that there's a Saw V coming out. And that there are sick assholes out there who get off on a movie series that revels in finding new ways of gruesomely offing people.
Orlando Cabrera's bush-league move of kicking dirt toward Rays pitcher Grant Balfour just because he didn't lob him a meatball over the fat part of the plate.
This headline on MLB.com: “First foray into playoffs a win for Rays.” OK, I get it: Yoda now writes for Major League Baseball.
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I wasn't really pissed off at anything today until I read your list and saw that there is a Saw V coming out. WTF?! When is Hollywood going to get it? Gross is not scary. It's just gross. But then again, Hollywood does get it because there exists an audience for a gross, disgusting slaughter fest like the Saw movies. And THAT really pisses me off!!!
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Saw V is allegedly the last in the series. In which case the next "Hostel" will have to satisfy the bloodthirsty hordes.
Feel free to kill myriad myriads whenever they pop up, which, you're right, they do, like weeds. Sorry about the shorthandedness.
Fun in the pool. You know. Something to float on while catching some rays and z's.
now i see the reason for the wrath... my suggestion, get a better program that allows you to add content on the fly for the dance party... what you got is the digital equivalant of an eight track.
When creating a Dance Party playlist becomes a hassle, you know it's time to pass the torche. Plenty of folks would be happy to take over for ya. ;-)
Creating the list isn't a hassle — though it is getting tougher. No, it's dealing with delinquent requests. But ask anyone who's ever requested songs, and I always write them down for inclusion for next week's playlist. I'm most munificent like that. One exception is Jamie's requests. I will not play "Plush" or the theme song from "The Greatest American Hero." And if you're intimating you'd like to take over Dance Party, you may need to clear it with Ham Gravy.
I think we should trade off each week. That'll give us some variety of selections, spice things up a little. And I'm sure Gravy won't mind ...
Alright Leilani, you convinced me to pass the baton. I'll do Dance Party this Friday, and then it's open to whomever wants it from here on out. 33-35 songs is usually about what you'll need to go from 4 to 6.
There's not a snowflake's chance in hell I'll ever get my hands on said baton, is there? Pantera, anyone? \m/
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