Secrets of the City

Wow.

Ugh. New Times.

I have yet to see anything they couldn’t fuck up, and with style.

Style?

If by style he means pleated pants, then absolutely.

Ok, so why is Perry really leaving? And why did Thorn get fired from the Current?

Okay, so who’s gonna take his job? I know exactly who I want, and he’s even sorta looking for a job.

If I had any say in the matter, I’d offer the job to Mark Baumgarten.

This is all Monica Moses’ fault.

Word is Perry wants to get back to his city by the bay. Best of luck, Steve…don’t stop believing.

hey tom, is it too late to buy it back?

Baumgarten? Blech.

It’s been a real Journey for Steve.

Without naming names, someone I know used to be the editor-in-chief of the Omaha Reader. Hint. Hint.

Actually, I’d be surprised if they didn’t fill the position internally. I’m sure Tortorello or Beth Hawkins could do the job quite well.

He’s squeezin’ …..and he’s pleasin’ …..another!

I do wonder what the philosophical problems have been with the new owners. As a reader, CP has seemed to be pretty much the same as before the ownership switch. Perhaps that’s because Perry fought the man.

you guys all seem to know each other. i wish i had cool, connected friends to do coke with.

just sayin.

Hate to see Steve Perry leave. When City Pages is on its game, as they were on the recent daily journalism series, no one is better.
But I think Steve’s city by the bay is Truro, Iowa.

This just in: Kevin Hoffman, managing editor of the Cleveland Scene, will be the new CP editor.

we’re collecting cleaveland’s detritus now? the twin cities are pretty low on the ‘cool scale,’ it seems.

how long until we’re the ‘mistake on the falls?’

Wow, Hoffman just came steaming right into that job, moments after Perry had announced he was leaving. I, for one, look forward to the Cleveland Steamer.

Hopefully Scene has improved since my tenure in Cleveland. Back then it really WAS the Cleveland Steamer.

Wow. . . Cleveland HAS a scene? (I’m not from there, either.)

Dude’s 30.

Fuck. I’m surprisingly old for this game.

When we were listening to Nirvana, he was grooving to NKOTB.

as a 30-year-old, i take exception to that last comment.

besides, nkotb ruled.

Who’s going to replace Steve Perry?

Steve Augeri?

Don’t Stop believing

I wonder if there’s any way to stop the Journey jokes.

Anyway, since it only took hours to dash my hopes, I’ll say that the person I was hoping would get offered (and would want) the job was Hans Eisenbeis.

I’m mostly typing that so Hans shows up and calls me a fool.

If Steve Perry really wanted to stop the Journey jokes, he could have called himself Steven Perry. I mean, my real name is Carrottop Sparber, and I wan’t having that.

well, given that you have nothing on top to even be colored carrot, i doubt the veracity of your story, sir. have at you!

Attempted embargoes on Steve Perry jokes are fruitless, Rex. People who grew up in the ’70s or ’80s find them as endlessly funny as toddlers find their own farts. You can’t say it doesn’t make sense.

Yrs,
George Clooney

Attempted embargoes on Steve Perry jokes are fruitless, Rex. People who grew up in the ’70s or ’80s find them as endlessly funny as toddlers find their own farts. You can’t say it doesn’t make sense.

Yrs,
George Clooney

It’s a Yiddish word meaning “Coin Purse,” jerk.

I thought the yiddish for coin purse was schmeckle.

And Steve Perry jokes are not nearly as funny as double posting. We will now go our separate ways.

Good.

So, think we’ll get any visual art coverage with a new editor?

Rex: It’s no good. I know even less about Cleveland than Steve does, I’m afraid.

Maybe they’ll hire Neal Schon to replace him.

Reminiscent of the Michael Bolton saga in Office Space…

“There was nothing wrong with my name, until I was about 12 years old and that no talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys!”

visual art coverage? good luck.

toot toot.

Not to name names, but there is a local newsweekly that does fine arts coverage every single week.

Cough*Pulse*Cough.

Steve Perry’s screen name still links to City Pages.

I rode in the same elevator with Journey’s Steve Perry once in NY.

Very short fellow.

I’ve always appreciated Steve’s willingness to hire unexpected people to fill writing/editing positions and then actually working to develop those talents — something that doesn’t seem to happen as much as it should these days.

Also, who would have guessed that in a span of — what, less than two years? — City Pages, the Strib and the Pioneer Press would all have new owners and new editors?

Oh, and I’ve heard some interesting stories about the guy from Cleveland and how that paper is run. The only thing I will share is that he apparently is a fan of the Twins.

Ross Valory?

Unbelievable!

And with that, Max rose from his seat, and for the first and probably last time, gave bud a standing ovation.

I’ll cop to the fact that I had several Jouney cassettes, a 3/4 sleeve Journey baseball shirt and used to play the Journey video game in my pre-and-early teens, but I must admit that I had no idea of the name of the bass player. Congratulations to bud jr?

Thank yewwwwwww!

And with that, Max rose from his seat, and for the first and probably last time, gave bud a standing ovation.

I’m tearing up over here…so beautiful…so beautiful…

I should look at Pulse again. I stopped reading it after it came out as the writing was sooooo awful. Maybe it’s gotten better.

I ask for so little.

And yes, I have Don’t Stop Believing and Oh Sheery on my hardrive.

Recommending the guy who was shit-canned by The Rake just shows that the City Pages did right by declining your rather delusional offer to take over, Rex.

Go make t-shirts; you’re not needed here.

Real professional, “sparky”.

Go make t-shirts; you’re not needed here.

That so wins Put-Down of the Year.

But wait, did you just try to imply that I wanted to “take over” City Pages? Me? Whahahahahahah, that’s funny!

Wow. You’re looking for a new gig, Hans? Who knew?

“Wheel in the Sky” = Journey’s “metal” song. Talk amongst yourselves.

“City Pages, the Twin Cities’ largest alternative newspaper, is a weekly, but change at the top of its masthead took only days.”

Worst lede ever.

is there any relation between the author of that article and the mayor?

also, I bet the strib people loved the swipe at the local print media situation in there too.

Somebody tell the new guy that Ohio is closer to Michigan than Minnesota is.

I grew up in Michigan, and some of those insipid Keillor jokes about Iowans could apply to how we felt about Ohio. In Ann Arbor they used to say that in order to get to Columbus you needed to go south until you smelled it, and then head east until you stepped in it.

That’s hilarious. Go Blue, I guess.

Well, it just goes to say, that everybody drops the stick at some point and move on to other goals, and after hanging with my mom, I realize that the most impotant thing is taking care of your family once you have one, because you can’t turn back so deal with it, beothches!!! mine will come soon, and then I will be lampooned

great, now I’ll be singing Wheel in the Sky all day long.

I grew up in Michigan, and some of those insipid Keillor jokes about Iowans could apply to how we felt about Ohio. In Ann Arbor they used to say that in order to get to Columbus you needed to go south until you smelled it, and then head east until you stepped in it.

I’m from Michigan, too, and can confirm the validity of the state-to-the-south comparison and the Columbus comment.

So, think we’ll get any visual art coverage with a new editor?
»» Submitted by Saloth Sar at 2:53 PM on January 23

CP will have to can its managing editor, hire an actual arts editor, and have an internal change of heart before we’ll get any visual arts coverage.

Is it a coincidence that the article was posted on January 22, Steve Perry’s (Journey) birthday??