Somber silliness is part of what made this show a Whole Thing last year, sure, but only a part, a third at best, and the other two pieces of the Triforce—Matthew McConaughey’s superhuman ability to make goofball nihilism sing and a credulous, super-jazzed online mob vying to conspiracy-theorize the whole shebang to… Read more
"who was disinvited from speaking on a Gawker Media-sponsored panel for sending a reply-all to other speakers he had not yet met that simply said 'die'"
Hey James—Your book was a major source for a post I wrote for Gawker about the history of Chevy Chase's assholedom (thanks, by the way!). What's the best Chevy's-an-asshole story you've heard, and do you have any theories about why the guy is such an asshole? Read more
Kyle, Brian Burghart of Fatal Encounters has been trying to put together a very similar database for a while. I'm inviting him to the page with this content, since you guys should get in touch. Read more
Hey Dickey—hate to correct a big Time magazine reporter here but the company you refer to as Blogwire Hungary Szellemi Alkotást Hasznosító Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság is now known as Kinja Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság. It is a separate company from Gawker Media, a Delaware-based limited liability corporation. Read more
Wow, no mention of Clam the psychic clam's psychic and correct prediction of the match outcome? More bias journalism from the hacks at Crapspin. Read more