Re: Query from Barrett Brown
Subject: Re: Query from Barrett Brown
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 5/4/10, 18:08
To: arathe <ARathe@manhattanmedia.com>

Hi, Adam-

In addition to the Flavor of the Month I sent you (and let me know that you received it if you get a moment), wanted to see if you or another editor would be interested in a short piece on 205 Knickerbocker, former site of Joe and Mary's restaurant where Carmine Galante of the Bonanno crime family was assassinated in 1979, and the amusing twist whereby the current owner, a middle-aged Puerto Rican and former correctional officer, has decided to make it into a cafe geared towards "you people, yuppies," as he told me this morning after accosting me on a walk. I figured this might be amusingly telling in terms of the gentrification that's going on in Bushwick, what with the old mobster hangout soon to be succumbing to this sort of thing. At any rate, he insisted on showing me around (this happens to me a lot for some reason) and filling me in on his plans for the hipster-targeted cafe.

Let me know if this interests you or if you can forward this to another editor who might be inclined to consider a short piece on this.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:02 AM, arathe <ARathe@manhattanmedia.com> wrote:
HI Barrett,e

We're always looking for contributors for Flavor of the Week, so please do sendlong. 

Take care,

Adam

Adam Rathe
Arts & Entertainment Editor
New York Press
79 Madison Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-284-9730

On Apr 17, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Hi, Adam-

This is Barrett Brown; I'm a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, Huffington Post, True/Slant, Skeptic, and the Skeptical Inquirer, and my second book is set for release this summer. Although I specialize in politics and media criticism, I've also done quite a bit else, having written for nerve.com, Hustler, Oui, and a few other sex-based outlets here and there. I'm also seeing Selena Leong, who wrote a piece for you under her pen name recently, and she gave me your contact info. 

Let me know if you'd like me to send along some ideas for Flavor of the Week, as I'd love to write a couple sex columns.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302




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Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302