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Too Slack, Cynical, And Disaffected To Fight

May 22, 2008 By Robert Lanham

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Gawker day editor Alex Pareene has an hilarious rebuttal to my article posted on Radar. Here’s my favorite line:

Years later, none of us are entirely sure why anyone claimed to enjoy the sounds Eddie Vedder makes. Perry Ferrell. Christ, what were drugs even made of in the 1990s?

In my defense, I always fucking hated Pearl Jam and Jane’s Addiction and I wasn’t too keen on the criminally overrated Nirvana for that matter. (If you want to embarrass us bring up Trent Reznor).
Anyway, my article’s primary intent was to frame boomers for hypocrisy and favoritism. Sure, I take lots of shots at Millennials along the way, but come on, a little friction is par for the course in an article about generational angst. Historically speaking, the boomers were criticized. Gen X was criticized. The Millennials are now getting their turn. It’s a rite of passage. Radar came up with the title “Generation Slap: A Call to Arms Against Millennials.” It was a smart move on their part since it attracted lots of attention. But if you go back and read it, you’ll see that most of my venom is reserved for boomers and with a media that credits Millennials with our achievements. And come on, who doesn’t think Of Montreal is retarded for doing this. Now get off my lawn…. I’m trying to read an antiquated little thing known as a book.

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Upcoming New Yorker Panel: Politickled

May 20, 2008 By Robert Lanham

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Generation Slap

May 15, 2008 By Robert Lanham


I have a new article on the Millennials over at Radar.

Millennials are younger. Healthier. They got to do anal in high school. They think updating a spreadsheet while posting to a Twitter account about gossip on perezhilton.com is an essential corporate skill…. An egregious example of generational bias lies in Gen X’s stigma as the “MTV Generation,” a title that was always intended as a pejorative. … Ironically, when applied to the Millennials, who are similarly affected by the Internet, possessing a short attention span becomes an accolade. They just call it multitasking.

Check it out here. I suppose I’ve incited a bit of generational warfare.

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Real World Deja Vu

May 15, 2008 By Robert Lanham

Rumors are spinning that MTV’s The Real World is coming to my neighborhood. Ironic, since we parodied this very topic on FREEwilliamsburg.com back in 2000 and were served with a cease-and-desist by MTV. am New York quoted me today on the story.

The Web site FreeWilliamsburg.com even ran a parody of a “Real World: Williamsburg” back in 2000. Robert Lanham, the site’s founder and author of “The Hipster Handbook,” says MTV’s choice of Brooklyn as the next “Real World” spot proves it’s behind the curve in terms of what’s hip.
“What seems absurd is that MTV is seeming to be discovering Williamsburg 10 years after everyone else did [if the show is set in Billyburg, as rumored],” says Lanham.

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Sloane Crosley: I Was Told There’d Be Cake

April 9, 2008 By Robert Lanham

My buddy Sloane wrote a book. (Yeah, that Sloane). It’s really really funny, so go out and buy it now. Here’s what Jonathan Lethem says about it:

Sloane Crosley is another mordant and mercurial wit from the realm of Sedaris and Vowell. What makes her so funny is that she seems to be telling the truth, helplessly.

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