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Thursday, September 29, 2005

All-Stars of Snark

Generally when most people hear the term "Supergroup," they cower in the fetal position for a fortnight as thoughts of so many failed efforts at collaboration between talented individuals race through their brains.

Regardless, I've ocassionally toyed with the idea of what my blogging Supergroup or All-Star team would be. Imagine a blog or publication where all your favorite sarcastic commentators joined forces to see who could out-snark whom. As such, I thought I'd present to you the bloggers whose sites are daily reads and routinely make me laugh out loud, a task which has become harder and harder as more losers have saturated the medium. These are the people I'd go to war with if comedy was in a fight for some odd reason.

Please don't be offended if you're not on this list - it doesn't mean I don't love ya, but caustic wit ain't everyone's bag. I also may not have been reading you for that long, or you may be a newbie. Additionally, this list is very New York-centric, which, if you know me, should be the worst surprise of your life. If you think you should be on here or I've missed you, I'm sure you'll let me know about it.

TIWDDN's 2005 Blogging All-Stars

Christie - This girl's output is astounding. Truly one of the first ladies of blogging.
Blagg - Always hilarious, and the inspiration for not one but two of my posts over the past week.
Bunty - Four words: Cancer is for pussies.
Roberto - White text on black background be damned, he'll make you laugh and destroy your vision.
Leslie - The ice in her veins is so abundant she actually radiates a blueish hue.
The IJC - No one is better at skewering a group so near and dear to my heart.
IW - Nothing's sexier than a sarcastic strumpet.
MT - Still a legend in my book, even if he's been disappointingly inconsistent these last few months.
Bob - One of the best in the game, and will undoubtedly one day eclipse the unexplainable popularity of Aaron Karo.
Zey - We miss you in NY, although I can only imagine Vegas will provide plenty of amusing shit to write about.
Megan - Taking the piss out of Hollywood, one psycho at a time.
Pete - One of the funniest motherfuckers you'll ever meet. We've been cracking each other up since junior high. Keep an eye out for "He's Peeing: The Musical" in 2009.
Sac - Because he's not in enough group blogs.
T-Chin - His wry yet subtle humor smothers you like a slightly overweight girl and any flavor of Tasti D.
Ellen - Someone's gotta police Denton, and this girl can snark with the best of 'em.
Joey - The first blog I started reading regularly, and still consistently excellent.
Steph and Annie Goldstein - They've turned mocking Stephanie Klein into an art form.
Nate - Updates way too infrequently, but hits it out of the park evey time he does grace us with a new post.
Krucoff - The rarest of the rare: a five-tool blogger (I'm not even sure what this means, but he seems to have his hand in a little bit of everything).

That's a funny fucking lineup if I do say so myself.

10 Comments:

Blogger The Assimilated Negro said...

yeah, yeah. harty-har. mmm I love blog-crackers mmmm.

Is there a negro in this group? Better make room son. I got ten-tools, and your girlfriend already knows about one.

I'll save you the domestic argument/violence and tell you about that "tool" right now ... fact is, I can crochet like a mofo.

holla

9/29/2005 11:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think you meant tool times five

9/29/2005 12:57 PM  
Blogger Manhattan Transfer said...

I'm coming back. Watch for it!

Thanks for including me on the list despite my slacking off the summer.

9/29/2005 2:30 PM  
Blogger Paige said...

I'm more snarky in person than I am on my blog, so I'll have to not feel bad and check those people out. I LOVE snark!

9/29/2005 2:40 PM  
Blogger industry whore said...

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel so validated and cool now. Not cool enough to get a fucking gawker invite, but still.

9/29/2005 4:18 PM  
Blogger Alex Blagg said...

IW - you're really broken up about that Gawker thing, aren't you?

thanks for including me. it's nice to know that being a self-righteous asshole can be so rewarding.

9/29/2005 4:43 PM  
Blogger spinachdip said...

I hope I didn't arrive too late for the circle jerk.

Anyway, thanks. This is the first time I've been compared to a slightly overweight chick. I'm tired of being compared to waifish model types.

9/29/2005 5:47 PM  
Blogger Angelina said...

whatevs.

anyway, everybody knows "snark" jumped the shark last october.

i'm just saying..

9/29/2005 10:55 PM  
Anonymous annabethgoldstein said...

now that we've officially retired...does that mean we lose our ranking?

10/04/2005 5:18 PM  
Blogger sac said...

Not-blogging has done wonders for my blogging career. I can't stop ruling even when I try.

10/05/2005 1:54 PM  

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