Joe Coscarelli

Foster Being Foster

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:51:00 -0400

————— Forwarded message —————
From: Foster Kamer
Date: Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:12 PM
Subject: i need you to call me
To: Joe Coscarelli

office: 212-475-1900. we have the opportunity to do something very exciting.

And so this thing started. Tony came over to my desk, asked me if I had anything, and that was the first thing I did when he walked away.

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I owe him many thanks. This isn’t the whole story:

(Disclosure: Kamer worked for Gawker from May 2009 to March 2010, when he left to come to the Voice. In late June, Page Six beckoned to him for an interview; he wasn’t offered a job. Coscarelli has written one blog post for Gawker, which Kamer published on his last weekend there.)

youngmanhattanite: Congrats to Foster and Joe on their first...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:32:21 -0400

youngmanhattanite:

Congrats to Foster and Joe on their first cover story. It’s about gossip.

The joke is not even in the tags.

fek: The incredible talents of Zach Baron, everyone.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:28:04 -0400

fek:

The incredible talents of Zach Baron, everyone.

Really, Don't Call It a Comeback

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:03:43 -0400

Really, Don't Call It a Comeback

"I wish the little 2-D Julia was my 'Indian In The Cuboard.' I'd make an easy chair out of a ring box, fasten it to the front of my bike, give her a pen cap full of whiskey and off we'd go." -FIONA APPLE

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:57:00 -0400

"I wish the little 2-D Julia was my 'Indian In The Cuboard.' I'd make an easy chair out of a ring box, fasten it to the front of my bike, give her a pen cap full of whiskey and off we'd go." -FIONA APPLE:

housingworksbookstore:

This Fiona Apple blurb is one of the best blurbs I’ve ever read.

Pretty Boy Swag

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:15:13 -0400

Pretty Boy Swag

I just want to say that Gucci Mane’s latest mixtape, Jewelry Selection, has the best title....

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:42:00 -0400

I just want to say that Gucci Mane’s latest mixtape, Jewelry Selection, has the best title. Hearing DJ Holiday say it over and over — the joy that brings me — is almost worth all of the screaming on the tape. Everyone knows Gucci can be incomprehensible, but turning that around and using your own pronunciation quirks in a pun is golden.

His last album was called The State vs. Radric Davis; his upcoming record is called The Appeal.

That said, I do wonder why Gucci is even bothering to put out an album. The old model will never work for him. What will work is selling “NO DJ,” high-quality versions of his mixtapes online.

ANYWAY, I HEARD THAT THE KINGDOM COME I HEARD IS NOT THE REAL...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:04:43 -0400

ANYWAY, I HEARD THAT THE KINGDOM COME I HEARD IS NOT THE REAL SHIT. OR THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE MIXING SOME CAM BEEF IN WITH THEM GRIMEY-ASS CRATE AND BARREL CUTS. WELL, AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT THE INTERNET TOLD ME.
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I’M JUST ONE IRISH-JEW IN THIS FUCKING COLD WORLD, DUN. YOU COULD MAKE A RAP OPERA WITH SHOWBIZ & AG AND THAT STILL WOULDN’T DIG YOU OUT OF, “WE HAD TO SPLIT UP LIKE BEN AND J-LO.” DID YOU SCRIBBLE THAT SHIT ON A COCKTAIL NAPKIN AT SOHO HOUSE IN 2002!?!!? DID YOUR BOOTLEGGER JUST GIVE YOU COPY OF JERSEY GIRL!?!? THERE’S A WAR GOING ON OUTSIDE, B!
IF THIS SHIT ABOUT THE FAKE LEAK IS TRUE, I HOPE IT MEANS YOU’RE DROPPING THE “MILKSHAKE (FIRE ISLAND REMIX)” USHER SHIT. THAT SHIT IS FELONIOUS.
BY THE WAY, HDNET IS UP A POINT AND A HALF. HOLLER AT YOUR E-TRADE WEED CARRIER. YOU FUCKER.

Never has the line "I don't wear tight jeans like the white boys/But I do get wasted like the white boys" had so much resonance.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:03:48 -0400

Never has the line "I don't wear tight jeans like the white boys/But I do get wasted like the white boys" had so much resonance.

A Photographic History of 'Hipsters' on MTV

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:31:39 -0400

A Photographic History of 'Hipsters' on MTV:

MTV is trend-hopping, make no mistake, but they’ve always played a role in bringing “hipsters” — of varying stripes and levels of authenticity — to the masses. Though they’ve accidentally gotten it right a few times, they’ve consistently contributed to a mainstream misunderstanding of What Makes a Hipster. Through the years, it looks a little something like this:

Look at what you’ve made me.

MLP Face > Cam Face, but barely.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:03:58 -0400

MLP Face > Cam Face, but barely.

Small Black- Photojournalist For working, on repeat. [MP3]

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:46:54 -0400

Small Black- Photojournalist

For working, on repeat. [MP3]

Lil Wayne on the U.S. Open

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:59:52 -0400

Lil Wayne on the U.S. Open

Well!

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:14:09 -0400

Well!

DAD. MOM!

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:13:00 -0400

DAD. MOM!

Specialer and Specialer

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:52:00 -0400

greetings. i am an exceedingly hard-working professional writer looking for a personal assistant, who majored in literature, with a passionate appreciation for the written word, how hard authors work . my books are ny times best sellers. the genre that i work in is epic true crime in all its varied forms.

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you also, absolutely, must be able to take perfect rapid dictation. in that i am wheelchair bound, these days i dictate my books, so herein lies the importance of a very fast typist— minimum of 100 words per minute. if you do not meet this qualification, please do not apply for this job. it really is a must.

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my books are often made into films and so you must be able to readily deal with noted directors, actors and film producers.

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because of health reasons, i move to south beach miami,

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and you must be able to come with me and my wife laura, from nov 1 to the end of april. then back to the big apple where we continue to work. i pay for lodging, travel, and food. we live right on the beach and south beach is very user friendly.

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it would be a plus if you spoke spanish.

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you positively must be able to commit to this job for at least 2 years. ours will be a rather personal relationship and it is a difficult thing— getting on the same page.

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i live in the west 80s.

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please send all email responses to lola72073@aol.com

“We on that Norman Mailer shit.”

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:06:26 -0400

“We on that Norman Mailer shit.”

life: This bull turned on the crowd. See what happens next....

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:10:09 -0400

life:

This bull turned on the crowd.

See what happens next. It’s not pretty — and hopefully everyone injured is all right — but what do you expect when you train a wild animal to be extra vicious?

Chris Rock said something similar about tigers…

"Open-toed sandals with chancletas with jeans on?”

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:48:52 -0400

"Open-toed sandals with chancletas with jeans on?”:

No homo, no phobo

FMK

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:53:32 -0400

ferrrn:

nyt mag on 20-somethings/ ny observer profile of tao lin/ nyt standards editor on ‘hipster’

Fuck everything.