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Gazoo at da Voice

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« on: March 14, 2005, 08:40:26 PM »
Dan: (mutters something unintelligible yet profane)

Jorge: Was that Spanish?

Dan: No, that was the sound of frustration.

Jorge: Oh, then it was Basque?


I love this place.
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Re: Overheard at the Voice tonight
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2005, 08:49:20 AM »
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Dan: (mutters something unintelligible yet profane)

Jorge: Was that Spanish?

Dan: No, that was the sound of frustration.

Jorge: Oh, then it was Basque?


I love this place.


haahaaaa!!
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Re: Overheard at the Voice tonight
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2005, 08:59:18 AM »
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Dan: (mutters something unintelligible yet profane)

Jorge: Was that Spanish?

Dan: No, that was the sound of frustration.

Jorge: Oh, then it was Basque?


I love this place.


That's great, is Jorge actually Spanish as opposed to Latin American?
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2005, 10:07:42 AM »
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Dan: (mutters something unintelligible yet profane)

Jorge: Was that Spanish?

Dan: No, that was the sound of frustration.

Jorge: Oh, then it was Basque?


I love this place.


That's great, is Jorge actually Spanish as opposed to Latin American?

I think he's Dominican -- just quick on the draw.
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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2005, 05:15:18 PM »
Thread revived for another bit of Voice humor: We were talking about revising our Style Guide (mostly derived from Chicago, with some exceptions), and I suggested calling it ...

wait for it ...

the Comma Sutra.
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« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2005, 06:11:01 PM »
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Thread revived for another bit of Voice humor: We were talking about revising our Style Guide (mostly derived from Chicago, with some exceptions), and I suggested calling it ...

wait for it ...

the Comma Sutra.


OOOooooo...that's good.

May I use that if the occasion ever arises?
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2005, 12:38:45 AM »
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OOOooooo...that's good.

May I use that if the occasion ever arises?


yes, i'm salivating over it, too. I think that's how I will refer to Gaz from now on: J.M., creator of the Comma Sutra.
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2005, 12:56:38 AM »
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Quote from: "Gaz at da Voice"
Thread revived for another bit of Voice humor: We were talking about revising our Style Guide (mostly derived from Chicago, with some exceptions), and I suggested calling it ...

wait for it ...

the Comma Sutra.


OOOooooo...that's good.

May I use that if the occasion ever arises?

It's all yours, friend.
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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2005, 07:33:47 AM »
Gaz --- another article on Barry Zito, shutterbug:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/14/SPGKDD81Q11.DTL
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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2005, 08:24:46 AM »
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Gaz --- another article on Barry Zito, shutterbug:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/14/SPGKDD81Q11.DTL


Interesting piece, too bad they couldn't have done this in time for Memorial Day.  Also seemed kind of odd that they included photos of Zito from 2002 and 2003 -- makes this all feel like a marketing campaign of some sort, "building the brand of Zito" in the community.  Something's going on, and I don't know what it is.
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« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2005, 08:52:21 AM »
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makes this all feel like a marketing campaign of some sort, "building the brand of Zito" in the community.  Something's going on, and I don't know what it is.


or maybe making him him look less like a left-coast flake, which will be helpful if he gets traded to someplace like Atlanta.
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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2005, 08:58:01 AM »
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makes this all feel like a marketing campaign of some sort, "building the brand of Zito" in the community.  Something's going on, and I don't know what it is.


or maybe making him him look less like a left-coast flake, which will be helpful if he gets traded to someplace like Atlanta.

If that were the case then they'd show him lugging around dumbbells instead of a guitar.  But the glowering "patriotism is one of his interests!" tone in the opening lends credence to selling him to middle America.

Why a SF paper wants to sell middle America on Zito remains a fascinating question to me, though.
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« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2005, 07:24:24 PM »
Two great lines from tonight's issue close:

1.

Dan: The cover's in!
(we look at the cover: an article on Mike Bloomberg as the "Colossus" of the mayoral race has Bloomie rendered as the Jolly Green Giant.)
Jorge: Why is he the Jolly Green Giant instead of a Colossus?
Phyllis: Does the Jolly Green Giant smoosh people?

2.

Dan, proofing an article: What?!  I dehyph'd 'multi-culti'!  I know I did!
Phyllis: Ward CQ'ed it.  He said it looked like an eggplant dish.
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« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2005, 07:24:51 AM »
Well gang, it's happened: Village Voice Media and New Times have agreed to a merger.  You can read about it at villagevoice.com or at gawker.com.  Meetings today to discuss the implications -- of course, not being a proper employee, I wasn't invited to the "real" meeting, and must make do with a fill-me-in meeting with the copy editors afterwards.  This isn't going to go down well.
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« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2005, 09:55:10 AM »
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Well gang, it's happened: Village Voice Media and New Times have agreed to a merger.  You can read about it at villagevoice.com or at gawker.com.  Meetings today to discuss the implications -- of course, not being a proper employee, I wasn't invited to the "real" meeting, and must make do with a fill-me-in meeting with the copy editors afterwards.  This isn't going to go down well.


We feel your pain, bub :cry: The NY Times is reporting the story too -- a friend just emailed it to me.
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