June 14, 2001
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Screw a reporter, get a ticket to a soldout show with the Material Girl. That's what a German web site is offering to Madonna fans. Does this smack of base exploitation of fans or is this merely an off-kilter publicity stunt?
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Actually it sounds like something that would be more or less par for the course for Madonna...
posted by DiplomaticImmunity at 10:23 AM on June 14, 2001
posted by DiplomaticImmunity at 10:23 AM on June 14, 2001
I'm shocked that they still have to put scare-quotes around "hits."
posted by kindall at 10:23 AM on June 14, 2001
posted by kindall at 10:23 AM on June 14, 2001
in case you speak german: here is an article about that web site. i've never been bothered to figure out what they are doing, but it appears to be some kind of "subversive" prank yellow press thing. correct me if i'm wrong.
posted by arf at 10:43 AM on June 14, 2001
posted by arf at 10:43 AM on June 14, 2001
scare-quotes? those qualify as "scare-quotes", how? how do you define that term? - rcb
posted by rebeccablood at 10:44 AM on June 14, 2001
posted by rebeccablood at 10:44 AM on June 14, 2001
Woohoo!! One giant step for the third estate!!! (Most of us can't get laid any other way.. ~GRIN~)
posted by Perigee at 11:04 AM on June 14, 2001
posted by Perigee at 11:04 AM on June 14, 2001
I'd gladly have sex with a record executive if they promised to make Madonna dissapear off the face of the Earth.
For some reason, she forgot to leave after her fifteen minutes should have been up.
posted by bondcliff at 11:20 AM on June 14, 2001
For some reason, she forgot to leave after her fifteen minutes should have been up.
posted by bondcliff at 11:20 AM on June 14, 2001
That's fourth estate Perigee. The rest of us, except the "A-list" of course, are the third.
posted by Octaviuz at 11:42 AM on June 14, 2001
posted by Octaviuz at 11:42 AM on June 14, 2001
Damn, why didn't I get a hookup like this when I used to work for a media website? I've even got a german name...
posted by SpecialK at 12:22 PM on June 14, 2001
posted by SpecialK at 12:22 PM on June 14, 2001
Damn, why didn't I get a hookup like this when I used to work for a media website?
If you work for a media website, you only get to have cybersex.
(another rim shot)
Damn, I'm on fire today.
posted by jpoulos at 12:30 PM on June 14, 2001
If you work for a media website, you only get to have cybersex.
(another rim shot)
Damn, I'm on fire today.
posted by jpoulos at 12:30 PM on June 14, 2001
Does anybody know the etymology of "scare quotes"? I never understood that phrase. Am I supposed to be scared of the quotes? Do the quotes indicate the speaker is scared? What's so scary about quotes anyway?
posted by jjg at 7:24 PM on June 14, 2001
posted by jjg at 7:24 PM on June 14, 2001
Just as a scarecrow is not actually a crow, so scarequotes are not actually quotes.
... No, I have no idea.
posted by kindall at 10:21 PM on June 14, 2001
... No, I have no idea.
posted by kindall at 10:21 PM on June 14, 2001
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