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| benj clews |
Posted - 09/02/2008 : 19:45:07
Now there's an announcement I didn't expect to be making anytime soon. We didn't get the cover sadly- some guy called John McCain wangled that, but I got the final paragraph in a piece on short reviews (page 41) which ain't bad going, I reckon. |
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| Beanmimo |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 17:41:48
Well who ever was on the cover well done for the recognition Benj you deserve all you can get for this fun filled four worded site of yours. |
| RockGolf |
Posted - 09/05/2008 : 16:42:32
Doesn't "Ruddy McCain" sound like the name of a Hoot Gibson character from a 40's Republic western? |
| benj clews |
Posted - 09/05/2008 : 16:14:31
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
Bingo! It is in the Sept 1 (Obama cover) issue of the U.S. and Canadian Editions.
Weird- I got ruddy McCain  |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 09/05/2008 : 15:49:12
Bingo! It is in the Sept 1 (Obama cover) issue of the U.S. and Canadian Editions. |
| benj clews |
Posted - 09/05/2008 : 15:19:34
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
This is great news, benj. I know this has already been asked, but have you noticed a spike in hits since the article?
Nothing substantial sadly. Perhaps Time readers don't use the internet or something 
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On the downside, I can report that the Sept. 5 Canadian Edition of TIME does not carry the Haiku Nation article. Perhaps it was sacrificed for the 6-page article on the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) by Richard Corliss. I guess you could say that Canadian readers were (S)TIFFed.
Perhaps it was the previous issue- I bought it Tuesday and here in the UK we tend to be somewhat behind on US periodicals. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 09/05/2008 : 14:47:29
This is great news, benj. I know this has already been asked, but have you noticed a spike in hits since the article?
On the downside, I can report that the Sept. 5 8 Canadian Edition of TIME does not carry the Haiku Nation article. Perhaps it was sacrificed for the 6-page article on the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) by Richard Corliss. I guess you could say that Canadian readers were (S)TIFFed.
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| BiggerBoat |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 14:00:54
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Originally posted by benj clews
I'm guessing nobody's picked up the print edition as there's also an image with the piece where we get 'Robot goes nuts, bolts' in there too.
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George W. Bush (2000 & 2004)
He's won TWICE???
Yeah, although there was a suggestion that the votes might have been rigged the first time... |
| benj clews |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 13:03:42
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Originally posted by R o � k G 0 1 f
Here's the link & the article:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1834674,00.html
Also, check out the audio link if you haven't already for more fwfrs. |
| benj clews |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 12:58:12
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Originally posted by BiggerBoat
I think they (Benj?) chose two of the best reviews. The tense/intense/in tents one is genius, regardless of what anyone says, mostly because of its accessibility/general appeal factor. And spaniel tap is just as good but relies on the reader having a degree of film knowledge to really get the joke.
I'm guessing nobody's picked up the print edition as there's also an image with the piece where we get 'Robot goes nuts, bolts' in there too.
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Incidentally I had a little look at Time Magazine's 'Man of the Year' award. Some interesting past recipients including:
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George W. Bush (2000 & 2004)
He's won TWICE??? |
| BiggerBoat |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 12:48:45
Excellent work Benj, your family must be very proud. Nice succinct interview too. I think they (Benj?) chose two of the best reviews. The tense/intense/in tents one is genius, regardless of what anyone says, mostly because of its accessibility/general appeal factor. And spaniel tap is just as good but relies on the reader having a degree of film knowledge to really get the joke.
Incidentally I had a little look at Time Magazine's 'Man of the Year' award. Some interesting past recipients including:
Gandhi (1930)
Hitler (1938)
Stalin (1939 & 1942)
Churchill (1940 & 1949)
Pope John XXIII (1962)
Richard Milhous Nixon (1971)
Nixon and Kissinger (1972)
Ayatullah Khomeini (1979)
Ronald Reagan (1980
George W. Bush (2000 & 2004)
Vladamir Putin (2007)
Benj Clews (2009?)
Not quite sure what qualifies you but from that list I'm assuming it's either something very good and pure or something very evil and nasty.
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| Yukon |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 12:33:24
Cool! Congrats Benji.
I think it's time you started work on FWFR: The Book. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 07:10:50
Way to go, Benj! |
| Salopian |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 01:19:35
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Originally posted by Se�n
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by R o � k G 0 1 f
"Tense. Intense. In tents"
Great. They quoted the most overrated review on the site. 
No way, that's one of the best.
It deserves about ten votes. Although I've voted for most top 100 reviews (many with regret in the end, as the vast majority are highly overrated compared to numerous other reviews on the site), I've never voted for that one. Apart from the fact that that sort of pun is very well-trodden (viz. patience/patients), the main issue is that it is masquerading as a three-way pun when it is really only a two-way one. Tense and intense are etymologically linked and in the context of the review and the film mean essentially the same thing. |
| Sean |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 01:00:01
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by R o � k G 0 1 f
"Tense. Intense. In tents"
Great. They quoted the most overrated review on the site.
No way, that's one of the best. |
| Sean |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 00:59:22
"Three words never seemed like quite enough," he says. "Five felt like overkill."
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