Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'ryanschreiber'
March 20, 2006
Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man. Houstonist is no stranger to megachurches or stripmalls or mega-strip-churchmalls. The children of Houston are under assault by unknown forces as this week a playground......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse"February 17, 2005
Looks like Torontoist has peeved off the wrong person this week: PitchforkMedia's Editor-in-chief Ryan Schreiber did NOT appreciate our swipes at his Arcade Fire interview in this week's Mixtape, and said as much in email. But not to worry, Mr Schreiber ended up changing his site's content, as per our request. And in his defense, Torontoist might have stretched the charge of "stealing" a little far. But those on well-read media sources like Pitchfork or......
Continue Reading "Drama Alert: Torontoist Irks Pitchfork"February 16, 2005
Over the past few weeks on Le Mercredi Mixtape, Torontoist has constructed several successful straw-man arguments, made a few ad-hominem attacks, and may have actually thought up some valid criticisms. But since there's too much free music and disparaging remarks to speak of this week, Torontoist abandons our essay format in favour of a more economical point form: - Did Pitchforkmedia steal excerpts from our interview with the Arcade Fire and then use them in......
Continue Reading "Guess Who's Out of Their Element Now? Mixtape"January 13, 2005
Indie try-hards Pitchforkmedia resume their extensive music coverage today, back with a new site design after a lengthy holiday break. The introductory message from founder/editor-in-chief Ryan Schreiber appears to reaffirm the site's commitment to independent music, for the "music fans who're rightly seeking an alternative to the limitations of commercial radio and MTV." But when the 'alternative' site called Destiny's Child "the most thrilling thing on pop radio" and named their new single "pretty good"......
Continue Reading "Welcome Back (You Know You Like That)"