This month Hamilton Morris sizzled out the proverbial gate with his first column, an expose on Spice Gold. Then the Financial Times writes this (ours came out in print first, but they put theirs online before we did). About a month after we ran our story about the Welsh Virgin Suicides-like death craze, Vanity Fair comes out with a “web exclusive” on the very same thing. We know some people are needy these days, and we’re not one to make fun of have-nots. But the media at large isn’t supposed to be a charity case, taking ideas from some kind of donation bin. Last we checked, we weren't a soup kitchen.
yeah, but i can't complain about the financial times covering spice. when else are you going to see a three-tiered burning doob on ft.com? never is when.
Posted by: spicer | 02/03/2009 at 15:37
Buh-huh. Who cares? You came first so pat your own back and move on.
Posted by: Mozilla | 02/03/2009 at 16:05
I think it's your penance for ripping off those sterling wits at Loaded by having Jamie Taete steal and reassemble Amy Winehouses broken fishbow.
http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/02/amy-winehouse.html
Posted by: turbo | 02/03/2009 at 16:29
to me this says the writers at the other pubs are fans of vice but don't think their audience is. whatever happened to the dos and don'ts copycat? who's the brilliant editor that thought that blatant ripoff would slide?
Posted by: magazine mash-ups | 02/03/2009 at 17:12
that is a bit awkward-- shame, shame vanity fair
Posted by: anonymous | 02/03/2009 at 19:29
breaking news FT: sandy borales just got a new g1 tele.
Posted by: | 02/03/2009 at 20:00
that financial times article is unreadably boring, and i mean that literally, as in i could not read more than a few paragraphs.
Posted by: get toasty | 02/03/2009 at 23:03
I might be baetnig a dead horse, but thank you for posting this!
Posted by: Kerryn | 04/04/2013 at 16:52
A bit surprised it seems to smilpe and yet useful.
Posted by: Jaylene | 06/04/2013 at 13:51