Scene Announces New Editor
Folks, I get lamer and lamer with each passing day. So it's time to announce what the Scene 3.0 will look like. Replacing me on July 1 will be Pete Kotz, the "alleged" editor of our sister paper in Cleveland, also called the Scene, which is being bought and merged with the other alt-weekly there, Free Times.
I know Pete from editors' meetings and conventions and can say unequivocally that he's a wonderful guy, a talented journalist and a good soul, if not the "dangerously handsome man" he claims to be. He has five kids, loves to "bust a phrase," holds dear the value of a great story, and prefers to chase his whiskey with beer. He's a rabble-rouser of the best sort whose wardrobe is even worse than Jeff Woods'.
He will no doubt complement the incredibly talented editorial staff here, all of whom know their beats and craft better than any in the city.
And with any luck, we'll swiftly get his caricature up here on Pith in place of mine.
Comments
RIP The Nashville Scene. Just another corporate newspaper with out of town masters.
Posted 06/22/2008 at 01:42:49 PMOK, but is he as handy with a semicolon?
Posted 06/23/2008 at 01:54:16 PMAwww, for Pete's sake! (Couldn't resist.)
Posted 06/23/2008 at 02:57:06 PMHumph.
Posted 06/23/2008 at 07:33:07 PMHe'll do well in the South.
Posted 06/24/2008 at 07:49:31 PMOr should I say, Hey Jimi. You been taking shots at him for years now even after he gave you a job. But he couldn't save you from your love of fiction. What's an editor to do? What till it blows up Stephen Glass/Jayson Blair style? Or push you out the door for the good of all involved? It wasn't a race thing, dude. You know -- and those in the know in Cleve know -- that he didn't punk your ass. He did you a favor. You're too loud and proud to admit it, but time's come to come clean. One day you'll look back and realize he did what you woulda done if you understood ethics. And if that day of enlightenment never comes for you, well my man, all the more proof he did the right thing.
Posted 06/25/2008 at 12:31:10 PMCan anyone tell me if the Scene was able to get approved to sponsor the Middle Tennessee Spelling Bee for Davidson County public schools? If so, I'd like some information.
Posted 07/27/2008 at 02:22:01 PM