Call Marge, Re: horror

November 19, 2004 6:30 AM

Planet Simpson. An author's-eye look at the warts-and-all business side grind of book publishing, complete with a FedEx horror story, Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood being asked "So…do you sing, or do you play an instrument?", and the immortal interview question "Doooode: which character on The Simpsons is the hottest?" (Note: one mildly NSFW photo on the main page).
posted by The Card Cheat (7 comments total)

Also, have a look at this to get an idea of why you can't depend on a publishing company to competently promote a book on the web.
posted by The Card Cheat at 6:39 AM on November 19, 2004

Am I just spoiled, or is that main page eyeball gougingly slow to load up?
posted by Balisong at 6:50 AM on November 19, 2004

It's slow, yes, but I'd say the site's wallpaper is doing the eyeball-gouging thing.

Would it be a really sad thing to say that Anyone Can Play Guitar was written about my friend Matt?
posted by scruss at 7:13 AM on November 19, 2004

why you can't depend on a publishing company to competently promote a book on the web

Oh Jesus that's bad!
posted by Turtles all the way down at 8:16 AM on November 19, 2004

scruss: Yeah, and Thom can play "I am the Resurrection" all the way through, I understand.
posted by abcde at 9:59 AM on November 19, 2004

abcde: Even the end bit.
posted by jokeefe at 10:53 AM on November 19, 2004

the FedEx story had me wondering if they've got FAX up there in Canada yet...
posted by salsamander at 10:53 AM on November 19, 2004