Albom: 'Bron Voyage

[BigDog]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/COL01/706030722

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/COL01/706030722

Here's hoping this doesn't turn into a "release the hounds."

This is really long -- 50" -- but one damn good read.

Nice read.

Now, before I settle on that rating, someone needs to confirm seeing him there.

 

[slappy4428]

Right out of the Albom playbook.
Find a seemingly witty phrase, repeat it, throw in some observations, repeat, come up with another mantra....


And the sheep love it.

 

[JR]

Right out of the Albom playbook.
Find a seemingly witty phrase, repeat it, throw in some observations, repeat, come up with another mantra....


And the sheep love it.

I stopped reading at the second "bron voyage.

Guy is the literary equivalent of nails on a blackboard.

The Rod McKuen of sportswriters.

 

[slappy4428]

But more importantly, he will disappear for the better part of the next two months until the local NFL club comes into camp.
No more Pistons, no more Wings, Tigers are fading....
I smell book tour...

 

[JR]

I smell another 128 page piece of Candy Floss.

 

[Blitz]

Lesson to potential book writers:
Find your niche audience of sheep and concentrate on selling your product specifically to them
Finally, count your money

Not everyone is as introspective and "on the inside" about Mitch and so many other journalists as we here seem to be.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Right out of the Albom playbook.
Find a seemingly witty phrase, repeat it, throw in some observations, repeat, come up with another mantra....


And the sheep love it.

No joke. People still rave over his books. One of these days, maybe I'll find out why.

'Bron Voyage. Nice headline, maybe worth using once in a story. But its usefulness has already been driven into the ground. Thanks, Mitch.

 

[jgmacg]

First sentence. "As the pass came loping..."

Was it "loping" in the paper, too? Or was it "looping?"

Is this simply a transcription error made when the story was posted to the website? Or does Mr. Albom - and his copy desk - not actually know what the word means?

We went through this a couple weeks ago on "epithet" vs "epitaph" as well.

lope (lōp)
intr.v., loped, lop·ing, lopes.

To run or ride with a steady, easy gait.


Mitch Albom: Victim of circumstance? Or enemy of language?

 

[Left_Coast]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/COL01/706030722

Here's hoping this doesn't turn into a "release the hounds."

This is really long -- 50" -- but one damn good read.

Nice read.

Now, before I settle on that rating, someone needs to confirm seeing him there.

Well, it WAS a Saturday night, same as the Final Four, so those doubts are well-placed.

 

[JR]

Lesson to potential book writers:
Find your niche audience of sheep and concentrate on selling your product specifically to them
Finally, count your money

I guess what bugs me most is that Mitch's books seem so, well, "market oriented" rather than genuine pieces of writing.

Now, before anyone misinterprets this, every non fiction writer has to have a clue about the market he/she is writing for. Doesn't mean you have to pander to them.

Mitch is the ultimate best-selling author.

A simple message delivered in short sentences that require no thought.

 

[SockPuppet]

If Mitch typed "looping" and a copy editor changed it to "loping" then there's a desk opening in Detroit.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

A simple message delivered in short sentences that require no thought.

You're right.
Hard to argue.
He still fabricated.
'Bron voyage.


8)

 

[Write-brained]

If Mitch typed "looping" and a copy editor changed it to "loping" then there's a desk opening in Detroit.

That and someone copy and pasted that stupid "Bron Voyage" line in there about five times more than necessary ...

 

[Sam Mills 51]

If Mitch typed "looping" and a copy editor changed it to "loping" then there's a desk opening in Detroit.

No, no ... Carole Leigh is now spreading her wisdom near the Bay Area.

 

[SockPuppet]

Said it before and will say it again ... Albom's rep as a newspaper sports columnist is WAY overrated. A 50-inch game column? WTF? Most columnists are limited to 18 to maybe 25 inches. This effort on the Pistons' final game needed to be cut in half. Less sizzle, more steak. What doesn't get in the paper, save it for your book, you Big-Earred Midget.

 

[JR]

Mitch gets 50 inches because he's Mitch.

And you could substitute "Mitch" for any high-profile writer/columnist in most papers, I'd imagine.

 

[slappy4428]

If Mitch typed "looping" and a copy editor changed it to "loping" then there's a desk opening in Detroit.

No, no ... Carole Leigh is now spreading her wisdom near the Bay Area.

But as I said -- they've had a falling out. The Dwarf and his wife, Snow White, are no longer fond of Carole Leigh.. seems she "didn't do enough to protect him" during the Final Four flap...

 

[Left_Coast]

If Mitch typed "looping" and a copy editor changed it to "loping" then there's a desk opening in Detroit.

No, no ... Carole Leigh is now spreading her wisdom near the Bay Area.

Yes, getting ready to cut her new newsroom by 25 percent.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

If Mitch typed "looping" and a copy editor changed it to "loping" then there's a desk opening in Detroit.

No, no ... Carole Leigh is now spreading her wisdom near the Bay Area.

But as I said -- they've had a falling out. The Dwarf and his wife, Snow White, are no longer fond of Carole Leigh.. seems she "didn't do enough to protect him" during the Final Four flap...

I guess the Alboms don't seem to realize that almost any other editor who actually cared about journalism would have fired him, regardless of APSE awards, radio shows and readership.

Understanding that this is obvious, but someone had to say it ...