Podium now open to all
August 28th, 2008 – 4:30 PM by James LileksAs noted on twitter, everything at the Pepsidrome is being dismantled and carted away. The widescreen TV and Wii are gone; there’s no Diet Pepsi in the media spa (plenty of free beer, though, if Coors qualifies; yesterday a can bobbing in the melted ice water leaked, and the water actually got lighter). Grim men are walking around spooling up wire. I fear this will be like the last dispatch from the wireless room of the Titanic, but I’ll stay at my post as long as I can. Just call me Sparks.
The twitter feed, incidentally, has minor comments made about this event in between laptop internet access; you will see, among other things, the sight of Al Sharpton ascending an escalator. You need not log in or join anything to read.)
The interior of the Pepsidrome is returning to normal. The chairs are gone; the big risers on which 50+ cameras all captured the exact same thing are gone, and people are wandering around on stage without the necessary level of credentials. The very fact that they can wander unmolested is proof that the sharpshooters in the rafters have moved elsewhere, or decided to let us have our fun. A few days ago you could have been tackled for trying to get near the podium; last night you could have gotten shot if you rushed it. Today, with the action moved elsewhere, you can wander on up and have your picture taken from the podium.
Who could resist?
20 Responses to "Podium now open to all"
James,
I assume you’ll be covering the RNC as well, correct?
And your platform was?
Discount “Hummels for All” ?
The Strib obviously has money to burn if they’re willing to send Lileks to Denver. What a waste.
Too bad someone held a gun to “Mudshark”’s head and forced him to read this. (I won’t say “too bad they didn’t just shoot” because that would be negative)
I found Lileks’ (and Barry’s) observations to be fun and interesting, as always.
President Lileks,
Where is your seal? And we can now commence making the Lileks salute: A big “L” with thumb and forefinger against the forehead.
No offense, but you seem not to be so much making a point as staring at the tip of your forefinger. Did you get a splinter? Are you proud of the results of your one-free-finger-manicure coupon? Or did someone slip something into your Pepsi and you’re simply amazed, man, that you have a finger? A truly magical night; thanks for burning the Strib’s money. Now get home, and start it up all over again!
Crimeny, some of you people need to unclench various parts of you and get a sense of humor. Not every bit of coverage need be STERN, SERIOUS, AND IMPORTANT. There’s a million other ways to get that. I loved Lileks’s (and Dave Barry’s) offbeat, light-hearted stuff. Life’s too short to be so serious all the freakin’ time.
Lighten up.
That’s exactly what someone named Buchanan would say.
Your coverage was exactly what I would have expected from the Strib.
It sucked, and I feel like the time spent reading it is time I’ll never get back.
I feel a strange need to channel the brainwave of your standard-issue comment nay-sayer. . .
*channelling. . . channelling. . . signal received*
Boy, this sure sucked. This sucked a bowling ball through a hose. This is exactly what I’ve come to expect from sucky rags like the Strib. Not only did I waste my time reading this suckitude, I’m wasting even more of my precious and valuable, most awesome time actually commenting on how sucky it was. Which should tell you something about how worthless my time is, incidentally. So, to summarize, this sucked. Everything sucks. Especially leeches.
*leaving standard-issue comment naysayer channel*
Boy, I’m glad to be back! Coming from me, let me just say: great work, James! Between you and Dave Barry, you made yet another snorefest political convention worth following, if only for the bird porn.
That comment by Ryan Sucked. Never really cared for the name either. I would even go as far as to say the name Ryan sucks.
See, here’s why I read this guy. He is a brilliant humorist, but I get ticked at his snarky remarks about Dems (and even more wearied by the bootLileksers commentary). But then he posts this pic of himself and I just laugh and laugh and all my peevishness dissipates. Nicely done.
Nicely done.
You must try to get a pic of yourself behind the RNC podium as well. Vote Lileks, crossing all party boundaries when nobody is looking!
I’d like to see a picture of you behind Nancy Barnes……. naked.
I wonder if this process will be repeated by Lileks in his home town convention.
Much more local color I would think.
Wilson, let’s not make the fetching Ms. Barnes uncomfortable by proposing that Lileks strip and stand behind her for a picture. I mean, who wins in this??
I do, and I’m not concerned with any of you people. I think she deserves it in the rear from Jimbo.
Neoalec,
Boy, that was bright. Get a few more of those brain cells together and you’ll have yourself a party.
Lileks,
Missing the bleat, and the link from your site to the trib blog is pathetic. Will you be at the RNCC -Doric, Ionic, Corithian or otherwise? And finally, which do you think is Eno’s best “non-ambient”, solo record?
lol your name is Buchanan!