Publications always want eloquent letters! Seriously, you sit around in the office for ages twiddling your thumbs, and you punch the air when someone finally gets it.
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I thought letters to the editor had mostly died out in the age of the fucking online comments, which are rarely coherent, let alone eloquent. When they are eloquent, it's pearls before swine.
I once got a letter published in the Batman comic in the 80s. It wasn't all that eloquent. But I was right. I told them to bring back the top-tier colorful villains people liked - Joker, Penquin, etc. I didn't say "Stop trying to make Hugo Strange happen," but it was implied. I don't recall what else I had to say.
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When I worked for theheart.org, we got comments under the articles. 99% were from actual cardiologists who used their real names, which was usually helpful on the scientific stories, but not always. There was one who insisted on using the handle "truthteller" which was exactly as obnoxious as you might imagine.
Needless to say, perhaps, any article that discussed how much cardiologists at teaching hospitals get paid was not received in the same spirit of open-minded scientific inquiry. And there is occasionally some sexism and racism comes up in discussions of how doctors are trained and mentored.
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I usually don't feature music journalists or DJs in my monthly round-up of musicians who have passed away, but Neil gets featured in the January In Memoriam -- and he would have featured even if he had not been a musician as well.
https://halfhearteddude.com/2024/02/...-january-2024/
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Taylor's 2014 article on Britpop is always essential reading:
https://thequietus.com/articles/1509...versary-review
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- Apr 2023
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- Ardiles/Villa/Hoddle era Spurs. Otherwise a casual fan of the game. Like when Bohs/Celtic do well.
- Chocolate covered Oreos. There, I said it.
I think they were pretty keen on New Model Army and The Wedding Present in the 80s.
But you can't be liking too many things if you want to be setting the scene.
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