RTP-area local music and culture

[Brian Russell <brussell AT ibiblio.org>]

Wow now that is journalism! Truly the funniest thing I have read in 
weeks!
Thank you for sharing!
-B

> "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:
>
> > >
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Sue S.
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:03 PM
> To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
> 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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