It seems like the majority of bloggers are divided into two camps on The Huffington Post:
- Some have decided to dismiss it out of hand, and criticize the shit out of it. Though they won’t admit it, I think it comes down to petty, childish jealousy.
- Others just don’t care one way or another, and it’s not even on their radar.
Until this morning, I was in the second camp. I took a look the day it launched, and though the newswire was pretty good, I was unimpressed, and didn’t think THP had anything relevant to offer me . . . then I read this fucking awesome post by Robert Evans:
The two walk into my bedroom. Me? My feet still in cement
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Book or movie?
Well, the book is great, but you’ve got to hear him perform it. So if you could only pick one, I’d get the movie.
I think the sheer lack of comments since 9:04 am may give a clear indication that most of us are not quite sure what the hell you are talking about.
Though with this particular post, you may have achieved a new world record for the largest collective group to have simultaneous perplexed looks on their faces.
….where’s that dam number for Guiness Book….
Just bustin’….I’m use to just reading your posts, being entertained and then moving on. Too much brain power involved in this one. Such is the plight of the MTV generation
I’m confused too, as to what you are talking about.
Though the intro for me to Huffington’s blog is mind blowing.
But I can’t find the Evan’s posting?
Really makes your head explode. . . .
Ummm, that didn’t cum out right. . . .
Somebody, turn on the damn lights!
:’)
Noted.
Gratitude.
I agree with evalucent. I have no clue what you are talking about Wil.
“\Wil ….and didn’t think THP had anything relevant to offer me . . . then I read this fucking awesome post by Robert Evans:”
Does your wife know you are planning a threesome? 😉
I suppose I speak for all WWdN readers when I say…
*blink*
The Huffington Post, IMHO, is one of the best things to come to the web in a long time.
The concept, as I understand it, was to create the ultimate antithesis to the Drudge Report.
And how can they miss if Walter Cronkite and Larry Gelbart are both columnists for THP?
Rock on, Arianna!
Ok… Wil’s post makes much more sense if you RTFA.
Oops.
Oh my.
Wil, you are the first person I have ever encountered that thinks Bob Evans rocks. I have a large respect for a man who was once married to Ali McGraw (and a larger respect for the man who stole her away), but I can’t say I have ever looked at Evans with anything more than amusement. He’s a shameless self-promoter, and more than a little nutty.
I gotta recommend adding the Huffington Post raw feed to your RSS reader (Sage on Firefox, for me). If you’re online often enough, it provides amazing content. Jim Lampley is particularly good.
I hope it’s a success, because I love it, though I have no idea what their business model is.
I gotta recommend adding the Huffington Post raw feed to your RSS reader (Sage on Firefox, for me). If you’re online often enough, it provides amazing content. Jim Lampley is particularly good.
I hope it’s a success, because I love it, though I have no idea what their business model is.
Posted by: tim at May 17, 2005 11:56 AM
There’s also LJ feed for livejournal users at huffington.
I suspect they covered pretty much every blog on the internets.
Well, I hate to sound like an idiot on here, but I’m a bit lost too. This huffington post thing is supposed to be a big deal? Why?
I went there and it just looks like a regular news site. What gives?
If there’s something everyone else is interested in and finds cool then gosh darn it I wanna jump on the bandwagon too and follow the rest of the sheep!
::sarcasm:: But seriously, anyone? Importance of this webiste? Anyone?
No offense Wil, but WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Put it in words where we can all understand! Sorry. Got carried away. But really what are you talking about. Don’t understand. Anyway. *HUGS* and lots of em.
Laney
p.s.- you are lookin good!
Robert Evans is a legend in his own mind, AND in Hollyweird. He’s over the top to be conservative.
I think Wil totally dug his post, because of the way he wrote it, [one of those writer things, huh?] and he just wanted to share his excitement/appreciation.
As for Ariana Huffington’s new blog central station… the hype is because she’s one of the more well known political “analysts” out there and she’s got politician and celebrity friends that are gonna be posting to her site. [big whoop to me, but others are excited at the possibilities. That’s fine.]
Ummmm maybe a bit tooooooooo much cold medication? =)
Jesus, people. Ain’t that hard. You want a Wil-Decoder Ring? Here you go.
Wil was reading The Huffington Post. He used to be blase about it, but then he read a Robert Evans post, which he quoted above.
He said he loved how Evans wrote, and compared it to Willam Burroughs, but he goes on to say that as much as he loves to read Burroughs’ work, that Burroughs’ work comes MUCH more alive when the author reads it himself, which Wil heard on Interzone.
And if you like what you read of Robert Evans’, up there, then Wil suggests you watch The Kid Stays in the Picture.
THSitP happens to be an auto-biographical film on Robert Evans, the head of Paramount studios that brought the film company back from the brink of death in the late 60s, early 70s, with films like Rosemary’s Baby, the Godfather, and Love Story.
It’s a pretty good biography, really well done, but whether it’s all fact or heavily dosed with self-agrandized fiction, that’s another argument. As a film with an unreliable narrator (a la Edgar Allen Poe’s Tell-tale Heart, where you can’t really trust ’em), it’s a fucking hoot, ‘cos Evans narrates it in his gravelly, seedy, fuck-em-all kinda raspy voice. The whole film’s him telling his stories about who fucked who and how good he is at fucking everyone else in order to make his films.
Pretty fun.
So. That’s what Wil was getting at. Here’s a tip: When something’s disjointed, go the fuck back and re-read it, and do a little math in between the lines. ‘course, it helps to know who Robert Evans and William S. Burroughs is.
Yes, I tend to be this arrogant and blunt all the time. If you like it or not, you can come and tell me so.
http://thelastditch.blogspot.com
(I really hate it when people make it sound like the writer is the one failing, when it’s really just the reader being a bit ignorant of the subjects and too unfocused to get what’s being said.
It’s insulting to someone who’s making the effort to try and convey something they feel excitement or moved about, and that’s what Wil was trying to do. Being a writer, a real writer, requires a lot of courage.
Don’t shoot them the fuck down. It’s rude. If you don’t understand what’s being said, maybe you shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that the author’s done a bad job. Often, that IS the case. This time, it is not. It’s purely you.)
Thanks to those who explained it politely. I don’t think anyone was accusing Wil of being a bad writer. I think we were all expressing our lack of interest (well, piqued now) in what the huffington post was.
Oh well. All cleared up now. But I think those of us who didn’t understand could have done without the swearing at us. Thanks anyway.