So Would Anyone Notice if We Brought in Doug Yule to Blog In Our Place?
A Current columnist describes the experience of cleaning houses in Ann Arbor (remember Ann Arbor? A little town in Michigan, just like Saginaw and Grand Rapids, that we sometimes write stuff about at this here weblog?) “I’m not a happy camper,” her boss, a Jordache-wearing martinet declares. “You’re not dusting my U-M knickknacks well enough.”
Oh yeah, and there’s a Josh Steichmann piece about blogs in the issue too, where we’re quoted making some kind of specious comparison between blogging and that old chestnut about everyone who listened to the Velvet Underground starting their own band. Also appearing in the story were Goodspeed, blasting the news judgment of the Daily; George Hotelling, discussing narrowcasting; and Steven Cherry, issuing a general call for bloggers to “get off their ass and do something.”
I just stood laughing in the rain.
posted by Dan on May 29th, 2004 at 10:06 amIt’ll be online soon, with links.
posted by js on May 29th, 2004 at 12:07 pmAt Current, we fear the interweb.
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Why limit the call to get off their ass and do something to most everyone?
posted by Anonymous on May 30th, 2004 at 8:29 amThis is a total nonsequitur, but AAiO, if you know the person behind the Dear Greer blog you linked to a while ago, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE encourage her to start writing again — it was hilarious and my favorite blog for about 3 weeks.
posted by Dale on May 30th, 2004 at 6:22 pmI don’t know who writes it. I was just doing a random Technorati search for “ann arbor.”
As for getting off one’s ass, well, I’m a big proponent of staying on one’s ass and sneering non-constructively, but I thought I’d pass along Mr. Cherry’s remarks.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on May 30th, 2004 at 9:34 pmI was just talking with a friend about Ann Arbor. Both of us agreed it was a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there. Cept’n both of us live there now. I describe it a Bubble of Non-reality. so much so, that when I am here, I tend to get stuck here. When I lived in Ypsilanti, or Detroit, I would drive everywhere. Yea to the Midwest Disyneyland… booo…
posted by Mark on June 1st, 2004 at 2:40 amI’ve lived in Ann Arbor for 22 years. My wife hates the U, and the general Ann Arbor snootiness, and Ann Arbor drivers. I like it for the U, the snootiness just rolls over me, and since I started commuting to Detroit daily, I hate the Detroit drivers.
Oh yeah, I love the Art Fairs. I actually take vacation days from work, invite various relatives to stay at our place, and make sure I see everything. So shoot me.
Ann Arbor is 100 square miles surrounded by reality, and frankly, I like it that way. It gives me some place surreal to come home to. There is hardly anything finer than lounging on the roof of Palio’s with my wife and a couple of friends, and pitcher of Sangrias.
posted by theoldmoose on June 3rd, 2004 at 9:06 amThis kind of brings out the contrast … If you are a total of 22 years old or just don’t have a bunch of cash, Palio is generally out of the question. Porch couches and house parties are the quality of life issues. Probably why people don’t mention Birmingham, MI and Athens, GA in the same sentence too often.
posted by A Different Jon on June 4th, 2004 at 3:08 amWho’s Doug Yule?
posted by Anonymous on June 4th, 2004 at 7:08 amif you guys hate ann arbor so much……………why don’t you move away?
posted by me on June 5th, 2004 at 11:58 pmobviously, you are new to this site. it’s been explained many times in the past. check out the archives.
posted by harpy on June 6th, 2004 at 11:30 amAAIO might not exist if it weren’t for all the belly achin’.
If AAIO was about anywhere other than A2, it wouldn’t be about how over rated A2 is. For instance, if AAIO were located in New York City it would be NYCIO.
posted by mucho gusto on June 6th, 2004 at 10:45 pmIt seems that lately, anyway, AAIO barely exists. What’s up, AAIO? On vacation? I always forget how students get to abdicate all responsibilities in the summer…I can’t wait to go back to school this fall!
posted by c-loh on June 7th, 2004 at 9:37 amTaste of Ann Arbor was fun yesterday. Amadeus justly won best of show for desserts.
Speaking of sangria, I’m making my own for the first time– it’s chilling in the fridge as we speak. I can’t wait to try some for breakf– er, after work.
I too miss AAIO, and Arbor Update is just no replacement for Goodspeed thus far. And my blog is just plain boring.
Or, I could just go play outside.
posted by Brandon on June 7th, 2004 at 9:28 pmToo lazy to link it, but the Daily reports that Madstone Theaters at Briarwood is closing up shop. This, of course, comes swift on the heels of the theater’s glorious write-up in the New York Times earlier this spring (too lazy to link that too). Now that Madstone’s gone, where will the bobos take their babies to watch movies?
posted by Boris on June 7th, 2004 at 10:06 pmTop of the Park.
posted by Brandon on June 7th, 2004 at 10:23 pmHello
this is the Current Columnist referred to in the May 28 update
Interestingly, that bitch of a woman lived in the dirt in Dexter, not in Ann Arbor. Which makes me even more sick to my stomach. She was trying so hard to be like the snooty assholes in Ann Arbor. I guess it’s the effert that matters, aye?
By the way, I am now the official enemy of snooty white rich assholes in Ann ARbor. Last night I was humiliated at Top Of the Park by the usualy suspects, 50 something elitists all in their uniforms of big flowered shirts and khaki pants, for the last time. After trying to be friendly and recieving only disapproving glares, I’m working on an essay about my experiences there. I just moved to Depot Town in Ypsi after 20 years as an Ann Arbor resident and I”ll never go back. Not until those fuckers are gone.
Love,
posted by Charmie Gholson on July 4th, 2004 at 2:40 pmCharmie
Very nice and interesting posts. Thanks again!
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