Oregon Media Insiders

....START smoking a briar pipe?

Matt Davis

I didn't really get it at the time either. But the character was a cross between Ron Burgundy and Maurice Leblanc's: "Arsene Lupin—A genteleman thief." Except he wrote recipes which usually ended in threesomes. And smoked crack in an old-fashioned pipe. The blue lycra ski outfit was supposed to imply a degree of Roger Moore-esque worldly sophistication, except he wore it the whole time, even in the kitchen. So it got sweaty and covered in flour. The rabbit-fur cravat got covered in food, too.

Matt Davis

It's "Zusman" not "Zussman." I'd think a so-called media insider might catch that kind of detail.

It's sad to watch the continuing decline of Willamette Week. I'm not an "insider" but I'm guessing that the success of Portland magazine has to be sucking up a huge amount of display advertising dollars. And Craigslist is taking away their classifieds and personals money.

There's been a noticeable decline in investigative reporting as they shift to "sex sells". Yeah, like we need more cover stories on strippers.

Found this via http://www.blogrefs.com/topic/portland by the way.

Meanwhile, the Merc is down to 55 pages a week...

WW had Dan Savage years ago, and ditched him. Sounds like they're trying to make up for lost time.

thanks for the link...Malice in an interesting person--let's hope WW doesn't water her down(too much).

Julian
PdxPipeline.com

Say what you want to about Dan. He can be bombastic, and at times trite, but he is ALWAYS amusing.

http://blacklistpdx.com/go-ask-malice (NOT work-safe)

i wasn't very impressed. She can write, but nothing sparky. The key to a sex column is humor. I didn't find her column very humorous.

OTOH, I *do* wish her luck. I long for the days that WW would show their fearless nature. Alas, I think those days may be long gone.

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That's hilarious!