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Two LitBlog Obituaries: Trick With A Knife & Big Other
[Throughout the week we’ll be posting a series of literary obituaries, as as we well know there are many things literary at the knell of death. Observe. – ed.]
Trick with a Knife (February 23, 2010 – October 25, 2010) Trick W. Knife passed away peacefully in relative obscurity after a long bout between editor P.H. Madore’s various schizophrenic personalities, all of whom accused one another of nepotism. Born out of envy, it garnered in its heyday approximately 110 hits a day, despite its one-dimensional reactionary posts and inadvertently ironic “anti-gossip” gossiping. The bereft contributors wish to express mild dismay, tempered with relief that they don’t have to write there anymore, and can go on to do what they do best, namely, torturing small animals behind high schools from which they barely graduated. Trick Knife is especially survived by contributor Nathan Tyree, son of a bitch. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to P.H. Madore, so that he may acquire camouflage high thread-count sheets, and even more server space subject to his misdirected use. Committal Services at Holy Shit Cemetery will fortunately be private.
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Big Other (October 11, 2009 – October 25, 2010) “Online forum of iconoclasts and upstarts focusing its lens” on various cultural detritus, Big Other, led by editor/hair-stylist John Madera, dies at puberty after struggling for relevance, permanence, and a site design. Born Small Brother, its default WordPress template theme is “Mistylook,” which may serve to explain the misty look in Madera’s eyes, having seen many of his contributors migrate to HTMLGIANT, who offer a larger and more immediate readership. Big Other’s allusions of being a giant “other” alternative to HTMLGIANT was not subtle enough, though just passive-aggressive enough for the latter’s editor, who received the former’s inception with subdued enthusiasm. With an average of 3 – 5 comments per post, the Bulimic Other has little to barf up, save the disjointed syllables such comments are comprised of. A memorial service will be held at some local bar at which Madera’s fusion rock band Mother Flux will perform their elegy “G-string in A sharp.” The contributors request donations to the Alzheimer’s Foundation, quickly, before they forget who they are.
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I’m an angry person.
We don’t seem to be dead http://trickwithaknife.com/
Oh, and don’t call me a son of a bitch unless you want to get together and toss fists. You can call me a bastard, though.
I still love you Jimmy
I really have to shit, but the bathroom is full.
This looks like a good place.
http://trickwithaknife.com/?p=1022
This reminds me of the famous time The Literary Club sat around and wrote obituaries for Oliver Goldsmith. He later wrote obituaries for each of the members, far wittier than those they had written for him.
i can’t believe you guys are taking this seriously
You know you’d be sad if nobody did.
Also, it’s possible that people don’t comment so much on Big Other because of how overwhelming some of the posts are. I’m thinking of AD Jameson’s tendency to make a claim and then support it with every single piece of evidence for this claim to be found either on the internet or in the writings of Shklovsky. The thing is, he talks like that, too. It’s pretty impressive/phenomenal/terrifying.
I wasn’t. I kinda enjoyed it. You should have linked us and BO, though.
Careful.
Sorry. I should have said it. I’ve said it before. TWaK is my idea. Paul made it possible. It isn’t dead though. It went dormant for a bit due to strictures in my personal life and our contributors not being forced to contribute. It is alive, and starting to jump again.
Way Freudian is the typo “mean weak.”
I’ll buy that you’re more virgin than slut, but I don’t know ya.
Pretty sure it was Mather.
Pretty sure it was Mather.
Thanks, you twit. Now give me a light to set the jolly roger off for fuck’s sake. It’s getting dark around this place and I still haven’t found the nudey pics Billi Jo Butler (sister to the Hon. Master of Ceremonies Blake) sent me last week.
Thanks, you twit. Now give me a light to set the jolly roger off for fuck’s sake. It’s getting dark around this place and I still haven’t found the nudey pics Billi Jo Butler (sister to the Hon. Master of Ceremonies Blake) sent me last week.
all hail the giant, our literary blog news slash weird things overlord.
htmlgiant is the walmart of litblogs.
Probably not.
nice
nathan if you really thought my comment was nice you would have clicked ‘like’ but as you did not you are a liar and a cheat. you disgust me. good day to you.
Meanie!
I clicked ‘like’ just now
you have redeemed yourself in the eyes of the giant
i have read too much freud. and i know nothing more because of it.
I’d say “Anything’s possible,” but reincarnation is pretty much impossible.
I’m an angry person.
The overwhelmingness of AD is overwhelming.
is my name really on the keyword cloud on that site?
Oh yes it is, a few lines above mine.
JUST BECAUSE A BODY IS LYING ON THE FLOOR DOESN’T MEAN IT CAN BOOGIE ANYMORE.
at least i am in good company
Holla!
I think Paul mentioned youin a post
you in
My fingers are dumb
I don’t buy it
Tyree, you son of a fucking bitch, please own TWAK.
Did everyone hear me?
TWAK IS TYREE’S DEAD CHILD, NOT MINE, AND I HAVE BEEN PERFORMING CPR FOR MONTHS.
Hey, though, Jimmy: this actually made me laugh a lot. Thanks.
Jereme: we are just hungry. And recently I declared that our better route would be to start stealing food than waiting for the fat bastards at HTMLGIANT to share what we let them borrow in the first place.
Dude, I’ve been through this before. Just relax and take the shit as it comes. And it will come. Play this song sometimes to remind yourself why we had to build our own home in the first place: http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Misfits/vXqSG
No, no, why the fuck would he do that? Just like when he retaliated against a post I had made at TWaK, he attacked me as a person and struck a real personal nerve in that way, for which he later apologized. He’s a fucking small worm of a man with no interest in an actually larger community. It’s the Steve Jobs approach to “community.”
I despise Steve Jobs, despite liking apple products
the only genuine competition in life is for pussy and pizza–everything else is just ego.
get over htmlg.
already.
serizlee.
If ever you are in Central Texas, go to Pizza Palace in Killeen. It is fucking amazing and the only thing I’ll miss about this shit-splat state.
With it, but who the fuck cares?
Oh man I just ran out of cigarettes and I’m flat-broke ’till Monday. This is gonna be a hell of a mean week for small Asians and basement-dwelling virgins.
I’m a small Asian, basement-dwelling virgin, and I’m not afraid of mean weak. Not even a little bit.
Jimmy, I like the piece you published in Requited.
http://www.requitedjournal.com/index.php?/ongoing/jimmy-chen/
Have been wanting to tell you that. Cheers, Adam
damn
Careful.
Sorry. I should have said it. I’ve said it before. TWaK is my idea. Paul made it possible. It isn’t dead though. It went dormant for a bit due to strictures in my personal life and our contributors not being forced to contribute. It is alive, and starting to jump again.
Way Freudian is the typo “mean weak.”
I’ll buy that you’re more virgin than slut, but I don’t know ya.
That song is great
Pretty sure it was Mather.
Thanks, you twit. Now give me a light to set the jolly roger off for fuck’s sake. It’s getting dark around this place and I still haven’t found the nudey pics Billi Jo Butler (sister to the Hon. Master of Ceremonies Blake) sent me last week.
Probably not.
I don’t think Freud would care about that typo actually. Now, if she accidentally typed, “mean penis,” then I think Freud would take note.
Thanks, Christopher. Freud is tossed around all too often by people who have read too little Freud.
Paul: It was a typo. I tend to hit “post” without double-checking. Read into it what you will.
Today I found my soul. It was hiding again.
Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better Nathan. I swear.
Also, no denial: have read 0% of Freud.
i like both pizza and texas. i am from texas.
i have read too much freud. and i know nothing more because of it.
An exception to the “everything is bigger” thing, I suppose. So far my answer had been, “especially the women and Wal-Mart Shopping Centers.”
My use of the word is more like “slipped and said what she actually meant.” Is there a better word for that?
In your next life, I hope you are born with some reasons to be angry.
I’d say “Anything’s possible,” but reincarnation is pretty much impossible.
The popular kids always win in high school.
talking doorknob
and the wannabes lose.
AD Jameson’s blog posts are like full-blown books. I don’t need no stinkin’ MFA. I read AD Jameson.
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