RTP-area local music and culture

["Todd Morman" <tmorman AT nc.rr.com>]

"Offbeat humor." I love it. As in, writing about fucking his fiancee in the
back seat of a Ford Expedition, maybe? That's what got Dan Neil fired from
the N&O in 1997, anyway. Here's how the Toronto Star's auto writer described
that incident in a 1998 paper about the "Painful Symbiosis" between the auto
industry, consumers and the car press:

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When a writer doesn’t please an advertiser, “justice” can be swift and
harsh. DanNeil, a former writer for the Raleigh News & Observer was shown
the trap door aweek after he “described sexual congress with his fiancée in
the back of Ford’slargest sport utility on New Year’s Eve” (62). Careful
readers of what became known as the “F*** in a Truck” story found out that
he liked the Expedition pretty well, too (62). Positive review or not,
readers were offended (though given Neil’s previous writings, they shouldn’t
have been surprised), but more importantly, so were local dealers who were
advertising the hot-selling Expedition. Pull him, they told the N&O’s
advertising guys, or we’ll pull out. Dan got the boot.
 >>

todd sure the Indy will write about this not sure they'll get the juicy
parts right morman

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[mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Sue S.
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Subject: Re: Dan Neil Makes Good


Dan won! From the press release:

 10.  CRITICISM

  For distinguished criticism, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).


Awarded to Dan Neil of the Los Angeles Times for his one-of-a-kind
reviews of automobiles, blending technical expertise with offbeat
humor and astute cultural observations.


Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Nicolai Ouroussoff
of the Los Angeles Times for his versatile architectural criticism
that stretched from his hometown's new Disney Hall to the rubble in
Baghdad, where he pondered the ancient city's resurrection, and Inga
Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer for her passionate and insightful
architectural criticism that, through clear, elegant writing, was as
accessible to the ordinary reader as it was to the expert.
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