Re: Query from Barrett Brown

On May 19, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Yeah, I just used the pen name for the other one because I serve as a political activist/commentator and have a lot of conservative enemies so I don't want to alienate all my little liberal allies by associating myself with rape since I already go hunting and shit and that already hurts everyone's precious feelings. I'll put my name on everything else.

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:41 AM, arathe <ARathe@manhattanmedia.com> wrote:

Sure, let's go for it. Would you be willing to write this under your name, though? I'm being asked to use less pseudonyms.

On May 19, 2010, at 9:33 AM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Yeah, I did and saw some funny coming-of-age stuff when I was a kid and I've been meaning to exploit it.

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM, arathe <ARathe@manhattanmedia.com> wrote:

Usually FoTW is a first-person storyare you thinking about writing about your own experience with AOL chatrooms in 1995?

On May 19, 2010, at 9:15 AM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Adam-

Would you be interested in another Flavor of the Week, this time dealing with the nature and history of internet-prompted sexual relationships? Narrative-wise, I was thinking of writing about 1995 and the dynamic by which 13-year-olds suddenly had access to the entire pool of 13-year-olds across the city rather than girls at one's school, to say nothing of the proclivity for text-based interaction between adolescents to get right to the point. Let me know if this interests you; I'll try to make it amusing.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
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
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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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Barrett Brown
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Barrett Brown
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Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302