auf zur disko (10:29:59 PM): chuck eddy has been fired
auf zur disko (10:30:04 PM): new york is in mayhem mode right now
AnthonySEaston (10:33:39 PM): holy fuck
auf zur disko (10:33:45 PM): yeah
auf zur disko (10:33:48 PM): you didnt hear?
AnthonySEaston (10:33:56 PM): link, context, holy fuck, wow
auf zur disko (10:33:59 PM): it happened this evening
auf zur disko (10:34:03 PM): you can look at ILM
auf zur disko (10:34:06 PM): look at hte voice threads
AnthonySEaston (10:34:09 PM): i spent the day working on an essay
auf zur disko (10:34:14 PM): really really horrible
auf zur disko (10:34:16 PM): they told chuck
auf zur disko (10:34:22 PM): in front of a bunch of people at a big meeting
auf zur disko (10:34:25 PM): that his music section
auf zur disko (10:34:27 PM): was too pedantic
auf zur disko (10:34:29 PM): and too academic
auf zur disko (10:34:34 PM): and that he was fired, effective this friday
AnthonySEaston (10:34:46 PM): what the fuck did they want,
AnthonySEaston (10:34:49 PM): im going to yell
AnthonySEaston (10:35:22 PM): STUPID MOTHERFUCKERS, STUPID COCKSUCKING MOTHERFUCKERS, WHO BREED STUPIDIITY LIKE SLUGS BREED OTHER SLUGS, IN THE DARK DANK MUCK OF IGNORANCE
AnthonySEaston (10:35:32 PM): FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
AnthonySEaston (10:35:36 PM): AND ALSO FUCK
AnthonySEaston (10:35:38 PM): there
AnthonySEaston (10:35:43 PM): sorry to make you yell
auf zur disko (10:36:59 PM): yes i know
auf zur disko (10:37:04 PM): i cycled through all these feelings already
auf zur disko (10:37:08 PM): in the past hours
auf zur disko (10:37:09 PM): i am very drunk now
auf zur disko (10:37:14 PM): i went to the east village and got wasted
auf zur disko (10:37:22 PM): because i couldnt handle it
auf zur disko (10:37:27 PM): he was the editor who gave me my big break
auf zur disko (10:37:32 PM): he was the first person to publish me
auf zur disko (10:37:34 PM): in the village voice
AnthonySEaston (10:37:47 PM): it makes me really upset, because smart writers, and cogent writers, are being punished. he liked me, he didnt publish me, but he gave me a pazz and jop, and he liked me--he respected me
AnthonySEaston (10:38:05 PM): which was strange, this little fucker in a hicktown
auf zur disko (10:38:58 PM): yeah
auf zur disko (10:39:05 PM): i dont know if pazz n jop will exist much longer, to be honest
auf zur disko (10:39:08 PM): without chuck
AnthonySEaston (10:39:27 PM): can i be really selfish for a second
AnthonySEaston (10:40:53 PM): the only writing i do well is academic, i dont think its pedantic, but its smart and im scared that there isnt a place anymore for polemic, for rhetoric, for an opinon, for people who read
AnthonySEaston (10:41:02 PM): and chuck eddy was one of those last places
AnthonySEaston (10:41:42 PM): and you, dave queen, edd hurt, frank kogan, xgau, tosches, etc was part of this
auf zur disko (10:41:48 PM): yes.
AnthonySEaston (10:43:00 PM): what the fuck do we do
AnthonySEaston (10:43:06 PM): im jsut starting out, you have places to go
auf zur disko (10:43:11 PM): i don't know, anthony, i don't know
auf zur disko (10:43:16 PM): i'm as confused as you
AnthonySEaston (10:44:12 PM): do you have his private email
auf zur disko (10:44:47 PM): no i dont
AnthonySEaston (10:46:05 PM): next time you see him, tell him ill take any balls he needs to
AnthonySEaston (10:46:17 PM): can i blog this
auf zur disko (10:47:13 PM): i would think so
auf zur disko (10:47:20 PM): its public knowledge that hes been fired now
AnthonySEaston (10:47:47 PM): me and our conversation, brb