"Man oh man, 'Dr. Menlo.' Now there's an alternative blog. Kindness to animals, Seattle anarchists, nudism galore, SubGenius, anti-Bush black propaganda, jeez louise, Doc, that thing sure is happenin'." --Bruce Sterling, Schism Matrix
"Dr. Menlo is one smart guy, with a sharp eye for images sacred, profane, and in between. Sometimes the doctor riffs on them, sometimes he leaves you to connect the dots." -- Killing the Buddha
Wow, I can't believe I haven't seen this before now. As always, words fail at news like this. I was a huge fan of John Cieciel's work, and I never knew he had anything to do with News of the Weird. Long before there were a gazillion blogs highlighting weird news or Keith Olbermann doing his own Oddball spin, there was Chuck Sheperd's News of the Weird from 1988. Now almost every news program or news website capitalizes on some aspect of weird news. [Coincidentally, when I ran a college paper in Washington D.C. in the early nineties I wanted to run the News of the Weird, but they had an exclusive agreement with the DC City Paper which disallowed it.]
I was always proud to be on John's link list. Spitting Image was always one of the best little literate corners of the internet; John's work was fun and funny and influential and he will be missed.
I think I can speak for all readers in thanking you succulent citizens of earth for all your great posts. Email me if you know of anyone else who would like to participate. [You, dear reader?] [drmenlo -at- gmail -dot- com]
Man, has this been a tough 7 years for progressives! Burnt out lefties lay left and right across this country, me among them. At least I still have my health. And Pagan. And a really great network of like-minded folk on the internets. If anyone has any ideas about how to improve American Samizdat, please don't hesitate to drop me a line. Thanks!
A lot of these are new to me, and I look forward to going back and checking them out. I'll be adding all these permalinks to the template; I found them through technorati and this referral page - if I missed a current link, please email me! Here are some additional link lists that I found that I'm on:
Again, if I missed anyone, let me know! I'm sure I missed somebody. Also, I have to do a separate list for people who link right to drmenlo.com. Thanks, again!
