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Your A-List: Best Local Blogger
A note of full disclosure: I used to be the co-editor of Austinist, and Craig is a freind of mine, so my opinions may be slightly biased. A note of even more disclosure: I never really edited Craig. Neither did my co-editor, Austinist head honcho Allen Y. Chen. One, it took a lot of commitment to carve out time from our regular jobs to read and edit 6,000 words about a night of debauchery or TC’s unruly neighbors. Furthermore, why would you ever want to edit or limit the brilliance that is Craig McCullough? Furtherfurthermore, Craig has a tendency to make up words (deliciously brilliant words), so the fact of the matter is, vis-a-vis editing, I may not even have known where to start.
Craig’s columns, posted under the title ‘Truesday’ (some of which may not be safe for work, depending on your office), have become one of the most read, recommended and discussed features in the three years of Austinist’s existence, and his love (and disdain for) the local music and arts scene, city government, self-destruction, and general cultural anthropological ramblings have left the interdigitubes, as Craig likes to call them, in these here parts a better place. Regardless of the title of Craig’s wonderful book of essays, ‘I Am an Idiot (But there is Nothing Wrong with You),’ the dude is no fool. Five it out, bro-ham.
Update: I had not checked the backlog of write-in votes, but have since added them. I apologize for the error. A nod of the cap to Rachel Farris of MeanRachel.com, who received enough write-in votes to finish 4th in the voting. Congrats.
Others receiving votes
- Austin Tidbits, 29 percent
- Michael Barnes’ Out & About, 11 percent
- Rachel Farris of MeanRachel.com (Write-in), 4 percent
- Harry Knowles’ Ain’t It Cool News, 3 percent
- Austinist’s Allen Y. Chen, 3 percent
- Matthew Odam’s The M.O., 3 percent
- Diane Holloway’s TV blog, 2 percent
- Austin Chronicle’s Earache, 2 percent
- Showlist Austin, 2 percent
- Kirk Bohls’ Bohl Games, < 1 percent
- Matt Dentler’s indieWIRE blog, < 1 percent
- Done Waiting, < 1 percent
- Kat Candler’s blog, < 1 percent
- Bryan Poyser’s Austin Film Society blog, < 1 percent
Write-Ins: Dancin’ Down Congress Avenue, Eugene Sepulveda’s Community Matters, Scott Henson of Grits for Breakfast, John Gross of Party Ends, Translucence, Random Neural Misfirings, Catchy Name, Eileen of In the Pink Texas, Pink Dome, Burnt Orange Report
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By MeanRachel
March 20, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
By “Best Local Blogger” do you mean “Best local blogger who is affiliated/connected with Austin360/Statesman?”
By Bob Hope
March 20, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
Your airbrushed mugshot to the left, above the little M.O. Bio looks like a pet obituary photo from a small town newspaper.
By M1EK
March 20, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this
That is mean.
By staff
March 20, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this
That’s Sprinkles to you, Bob Hope.
By adi
March 20, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
fudge yeah!
By Ray Chul
March 20, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this
Well MeanRachel, others know that it’s not easy to be a loser. I’m not sure if you’ve ever read or if you can even read the WINNER’s blogs. Regardless TC and his friends know exactly what it means to be a loser and we relish in it. That’s what makes us WINNERS everyday. TC writes impeccably, and I’ll give him crap when ever I please. Unfortunately, when it comes to writing, I can’t bash brilliance. Now that you are a public sore loser maybe you can grab a drink with the gang and we’ll teach you how being a loser makes you a winner. If not, I’d say take a writing class, but that’s not how TrueCraig does it. No matter how drunk he gets, the boy writes from his heart, so you’re hopeless darlin’.
BTW-I ask you to change your name, because I am Ray Chul and to many 100% mean. Your post came back as my words, honestly honey no one knows who you are. Try again, change the name and I promise to give you one vote next year. If not, beware ‘cause I’m on wheels….”
TruCraig Rulz I know it’s ret…
By Mean Rachel
March 20, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this
Ray to the chul,
I’m still learning how to lose. As a fellow Mean Rachel (sorry, not giving it up) you should know that we are not accustomed to losing.
I recant my animosity toward The Man and 360 given the fact that I now have a shout-out and a link. I still think it’s not fair that Barnes and other people getting paid to blog were all up on here, but whatevs.
I would luv to drink with teh winners!!11! Sadly I am on a 3 month vow of sobriety (don’t ask) until April 1. Then it is on.
And just so you know…I write from the bottom of my tipsy, embittered heart, too.
/don’t judge. //okay go ahead.
By Jenny
March 20, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this
I think Mean Rachel has a point. Is this a ranking of professional capitalistic blogs? I thought it was for blogs that were non-profit artistic endeavors? Because if so, then this contest is rank with nepotism. Some people have no class or style when writing biting commentary. If you must choose to show your sycophantic colors please do so with some ounce of integrity. Name calling and classless boasting of one’s barbaric drinking habits should be left behind once one has graduated high school or receiving their GED. Winning and losing is not the point of Mean Rachel’s commentary but highlighting honesty, justice, and sincerity within the rankings.
By MeanRachel
March 20, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
OMG, Jenny, whoever you are — will you be my blogwife?
Although…I feel a bit awkward, as boasting about my drinking habits was 90% of my blog for the last quarter of 2007. I never drank in high school so maybe it was delayed adolescence.
By Ray Chul
March 20, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this
MRach,
Woman, it’s safe to say that I wasn’t a true loser until I really became friends with the big winner.
Being a Rachel is one thing being a mean Rachel is done with true style. And now the pendulum swings, thank Willis no one I know reads this, Rachel anyone that writes publicly gets props from me. To commit to writing and using that art medium to express yourself, an honest Bravo extended to the 360 staff of coarse! Lady, being on that list is a great achievement and I’ll say the 3% have way more to be upset about than you, because even they voted for Craig. Craig is surrounded by intelligence, beauty, and mad style. He just takes the time to write it down, but hands down he does it better (hate to say this the BEST) than any of us every could.
Why is it so difficult to let it out to the hundreds of readers that I’m not mean : (
Rach today we celebrate Craig, but trust me you got people talkin’
I’m not allowed out anymore on April Fool’s, but when your ready for a meet-n-greet he’s NEVER hard to fine!
WORDS AND LOVE!!
Ray Chul
By truecraig
March 20, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this
For the record: I will gladly pay, anyone who asks, 100x all the money I’ve ever been paid writing for Austinist.
Actually, wait…
Look! That capitalist cash is already in your hand! And that, plus a sense of irony and you’ll have a classy high five!
By jenny
March 21, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this
Dear Mean Rachel, What does a blogwife do? I don’t clean underpants or do the dishes. And, the Austinist is a fine corporate organization that is part of the umbrella of GothamistLLC. For total earnings visit http://ak.quantcast.com/p-11lnUuPOz_qQQ
What I meant by capital is the structure of the blog’s delivery on the internet. They place ads and pay taxes. I know Craig does probably not see a share of the earnings at all, but he should so he can ask for a raise!
By Timo
March 23, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
Could you provide links to the winners? Grazie.
By ultra8201
April 7, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this
It’s funny!
Donewaiting is based out of Columbus Ohio! and the Austin Showlist isn’t even a blog?!
By Staff
April 8, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
The committee apologizes for the error, which was caught too late in the game.