tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449295960339969891.post5118226416410471322..comments2023-09-27T03:13:40.470-06:00Comments on rocky mountain holla: "Hey, That's Not an Alt-Weekly!"vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332193731327572249noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449295960339969891.post-75559829758078107642007-11-19T06:56:00.000-07:002007-11-19T06:56:00.000-07:00Oops. Looks like the end of my comment was truncat...Oops. Looks like the end of my comment was truncated.<BR/><BR/>I'm all for the kind of work done by alt-weeklies, I'm just saying that the "alternative" pose has worn thin.Daniel Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345523692624991411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449295960339969891.post-75305389747724011482007-11-17T09:43:00.000-07:002007-11-17T09:43:00.000-07:00Honestly, I was just being a smart-ass, but since ...Honestly, I was just being a smart-ass, but since Vanessa decided to be so damn thoughtful, I guess I should respond.<BR/><BR/>More than anything else I find it amusing that Richard feels a need for such a rigid (and often picayune) set of criterium for joining the club. It reminds me of high school -- if you don't wear exactly the right uniform, you can't hang out with the cool kids. (And how, Daniel Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345523692624991411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449295960339969891.post-83352874317349602212007-11-15T09:40:00.000-07:002007-11-15T09:40:00.000-07:00Dan raises a concern that hasn't been discussed fo...Dan raises a concern that hasn't been discussed formally at AAN conventions that I have attended (and over the past four years they've been many), perhaps barring board meetings, in which I have never participated, so I cannot say.<BR/><BR/>However, there are numerous independent alts that do expressly discuss their anxiety over the conglomerating effect. We are seeing this play out very bitterlyvanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332193731327572249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449295960339969891.post-49533537534495800952007-11-15T07:18:00.000-07:002007-11-15T07:18:00.000-07:00Hmm. So let's see if I understand this correctly. ...Hmm. So let's see if I understand this correctly. In order to be considered "alternative," you must strictly conform to an extensive set of detailed criteria? I guess that explains why so many of the most successful alt-weeklies are owned by the same <A HREF="http://www.villagevoicemedia.com/" REL="nofollow">corporate overlord.</A>Daniel Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345523692624991411noreply@blogger.com