High Brow Gangster Bloggin'

Some high brow bloggers follow in the tradition set forth by our forefathers Biggie and Tupac and argue about East Coast vs. West Coast. They do not hold back. Insults that manage to include the C-Span network and the word 'tubular' in the same paragraph deserve to be shared...

Some Highlights:

"LA is actually the biggest book-selling market in the country. When I moved here from NYC, my friends made fun of me, and told me I'd have nobody to talk to. My smart friends knew differently. Last week, Elizabeth Spiers came to two LA writer gatherings -- some of the intellectual duds in attendance were: Mickey Kaus (Slate/Kausfiles.com), Cathy Seipp, Michael Isikof (of Newsweek), Gabriel Snyder, Emmanuelle Richard, Heather Macdonald (of City Journal), Scott Kaufer, Alan Mayer, Ned Zeman, Matt Welch, and Jill Stewart. I don't believe the word "tubular" was uttered once, but I'll have to check the C-Span transcript."

"But as for the book market, buyin' ain't readin'. I know producers who buy multi-copies of the best sellers and then scatter them, artfully, at home,at the office, etc."

"Well, that's where you kind of have it wrong. Elizabeth Speirs is not a real writer, she's a hack who worked her social connections in New York to land a blogging gig (which she's about to ditch to write gossip elsewhere). This little blogging gig in turn hoodwinked an increasingly low-standards driven media to into believing she has a clue and actually allowing her to write for money at print publications. The very fact that she responded to the jabs at her on this board proves, not that she's good down to earth sport, but that inside she 'knows' she's a hack and must explain her hack writing. Talented writers are good enough not to have to come back and explain their jokes. She is, ironically, a joke."

--Thanks Weisblogg