Talk About a Turkey
What am I thankful for this glorious day in November? I'm thankful that, after receiving the dismal excuse for paperwork that Pajamas Media first sent out when trying to recruit bloggers to their venture, I took one look, said, "Uhm, no" and tossed it into the trash.
Seriously, there's something the matter with OSM Pajamas Media, and it's not just their lack of a business plan. If you announce on your Main Page that you'll have people covering an event "live", well, shouldn't they actually be there, like, LIVE -- at the event?
Case in Point: "BLOGJAM: Thanksgiving Day Coverage, Live!", where a phalanx of bloggers attempt their best Mystery Science Theater 30000 impression of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (though Mystery Science Theater 3000 managed to distinguish itself by being clever, witty and fun, three words I would hesitate to employ in description of PJM). I know it probably seems gauche to point out the obvious, but while they may be "a"-live as they're tapping away at their keyboards, they're certainly not "live" on any scene, or in any stretch of the imagination.
Oh, wait . . . imagination. I see -- it's "live" in the sense that all the little words get posted to the PJM site the absolute moment that they flow, uh, "live" from the minds of such luminaries as Jeff Goldstein (the self-described Andy Kaufmann of bloggers . . . *giggle*). Hmmm, isn't he the one that not-so-live blogged the Republican National Convention? And also not-so-live blogged the OSMtm Launch Party? Ah, it all becomes clear now. It's his schtick, like Carrot Top and Gallagher, or the guy that plays the guitar in his underwear in Times Square.
Yeah, that kind of schtick.
No wonder Matt Drudge never links to bloggers.
I guess this is what the mainstream media is alleged to have been dreading all along -- the launch of a bunch of Conan O'Brien benchwarmers who sit in front of their televisions and rely on MSM news coverage to provide them with enough material to eventually compete with and ultimately replace MSM news coverage.
*scratches head*
Even one of the participating "live" bloggers, Madeleine Simon, stated that the imagination quotient emanating from various quarters of the PJM-isphere's "Thanksgiving Day Live!" blogging event was, well, read it for yourself: "Yayy, it's the real parade. You guys are boring." She then beat a hasty exit.
Smart move, Madeleine.
UPDATE:
As usual, Laurence Simon gets right to the point.
UPDATE 2:
I never thought I'd be linking Laurence Simon and Professor Bainbridge one right after the other, but here's another opinion of the portal formerly knows as OSMtm: "At the risk of descending to a level of crudeness to which this blog rarely goes, the only phrase that comes to mind is 'circle jerk.'"
Ouch! That sizzles.
UPDATE 3:
OMG! Pajamas has their new logo up. I burst out laughing when I saw it.
As one fellow blogger said to me: "Have they made a good move, even by mistake?"
Uhm, no.
P.S.: Wizbang had a much better idea for the new logo.
OFF TOPIC:
And speaking of Jews (well, at least our own lovable Laurence Simon), I offer for your holiday entertainment this amusing account of "Forbidden Love", featuring two young Israeli school girls, a wayward pigeon and Avian Flu at Jewlicious, one of the tastiest blogs on my blogroll.
OFF TOPIC 2:
Okay, like, this is genuinely funny (a smart skewering of Fahrenheit 9/11). Pajamas Media? Who needs them?
Comments
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, HC. That first one in your montage for this post says all that needs to be said about the cheezy, hokiness of the "Open source" gang: Just another bunch of looters who prefer to steal art and ideas, rather than money, because they've lived off others so long they don't see anything wrong with it and their brains have gotten flabby.
Posted by: Ted | November 24, 2005 4:19 PM