Controlling the mystery
Despite all of the shitty things I say about newspapers and the industry, I have to admit – people still love having themselves in print. I haven’t convinced myself that it’s a permanence thing, but the effect is undeniable.
Examples? Of course.
Last night, after the taping of Urban Jacksonville Weekly, I had the paper put a big refer to our show, complete with a screen shot, on page A2. I didn’t tell the other UJW guys, because frankly, I didn’t think they would care. At 7:05pm, I received this text from friend and co-host Joey Marchy:
“We’re on A2 of the TU! I grabbed a paper and tweeted that.” And he did.
But hey, don’t worry, I’m not going all traditional MSM on you. I still know that newspapers are dying and that they often deserve that death. What I am saying is this- when appropriate, we need to control the mystery of print. There’s a power there and it can help.
I just had my most brilliant idea yet this hour. Rather than create my own site where I can post my thoughts and feelings, I will simply start writing blog posts on other sites. I will become a blog parasite! I will feed off of your robust site traffic in order to gain my own following. It’s the internet the way nature intended it to be.
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I saw Hangover today. It was funny. Other people with time and money should also go see it. Bye bye