First of all, the commenters were driven away by the style change and what appeared to be less and less of the genius input of certain someone(s).
Secondly, support isn't from readership, it's from sponsors, which in the last days weren't being asked to support the site, and when they finally were asked in a last ditch effort, they preferred to place ads in the Deadwood Edition, which was then yanked because it was "too little too late".
Lastly, "scenes" are a matter of experience. There's still tons of great music and art in this town. You're probably just too old for it any more. ;-p
Which is why no one is going to be willing to put in the hours to be told "no" to online advertising. And it's not smart to hire the entire staph based on the hope that someone will be willing and able to do it - that's what I meant by salaries.
"Find a student intern to fine tune your Adsense draws. Get rid of those electronic cigarette ads!"
Selling advertising, especially online only advertising is VERY difficult to do. I could go on, but I won't because I shouldn't.
Your other ideas sound fine, but they would have to invest in all of those salaries and then *hope* that the ad revenue came through? That's a pretty risky gamble.
I agree that cutting Phil and Gavon loose was not cool, but neither was slowly muzzling them into conformity. Now they're free, pretty much anything either of those two do would be awesome.
You know what's crazy? I saw several pieces of Gavon's on the headline of LJW.com, the place you would think that he'd get hated on the most, but no, they loved him too!
This show was AMAZING!! The cast does an incredible, incredible job. This is not an easy piece to pull off at all and they do it. I was totally taken in. I forgot it was Misty on stage, I forgot there were even actors in front of me and that's saying a lot for a play that is so highly symbolic. It really was a visual poem. Had this not been done in the right manner it could have been incredibly cheesy, or pretentious or even just plain flat, but this cast managed to bring it alive. It was real, it was heady, and it made me sad.
There are so many things I wish I could say to Sarah Kane. To tell her she's amazing, she's special, to comfort her and give her hope and I can imagine the number of people who attempted to do just that before she took her own life.
Sunday Gravy, Nine Millimeter Optional
I'm going to have to get myself a cast iron skillet. We're in the market for new cookware.
March 5, 2011 at 9:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Best of Lawrence is back and we want your help
Wait, is lawrence.com starting to get un-lame? Guess I'll have to wait and see...
I agree with townie, there needs to be a shopping category for clothing, jewelry, etc.
November 29, 2010 at 1:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editors' note: Unfortunate changes in lawrence.com staffing
First of all, the commenters were driven away by the style change and what appeared to be less and less of the genius input of certain someone(s).
Secondly, support isn't from readership, it's from sponsors, which in the last days weren't being asked to support the site, and when they finally were asked in a last ditch effort, they preferred to place ads in the Deadwood Edition, which was then yanked because it was "too little too late".
Lastly, "scenes" are a matter of experience. There's still tons of great music and art in this town. You're probably just too old for it any more. ;-p
June 21, 2010 at 4:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editors' note: Unfortunate changes in lawrence.com staffing
Which is why no one is going to be willing to put in the hours to be told "no" to online advertising. And it's not smart to hire the entire staph based on the hope that someone will be willing and able to do it - that's what I meant by salaries.
June 19, 2010 at 1:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editors' note: Unfortunate changes in lawrence.com staffing
"Find a student intern to fine tune your Adsense draws. Get rid of those electronic cigarette ads!"
Selling advertising, especially online only advertising is VERY difficult to do. I could go on, but I won't because I shouldn't.
Your other ideas sound fine, but they would have to invest in all of those salaries and then *hope* that the ad revenue came through? That's a pretty risky gamble.
I agree that cutting Phil and Gavon loose was not cool, but neither was slowly muzzling them into conformity. Now they're free, pretty much anything either of those two do would be awesome.
June 18, 2010 at 11:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editors' note: Unfortunate changes in lawrence.com staffing
Not gonna happen.
June 18, 2010 at 10:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editors' note: Unfortunate changes in lawrence.com staffing
You know what's crazy? I saw several pieces of Gavon's on the headline of LJW.com, the place you would think that he'd get hated on the most, but no, they loved him too!
June 18, 2010 at 10:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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I text it like this: ..l., So that works. ;)
June 18, 2010 at 10:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Some will call this self-indulgence . . .
This show was AMAZING!! The cast does an incredible, incredible job. This is not an easy piece to pull off at all and they do it. I was totally taken in. I forgot it was Misty on stage, I forgot there were even actors in front of me and that's saying a lot for a play that is so highly symbolic. It really was a visual poem. Had this not been done in the right manner it could have been incredibly cheesy, or pretentious or even just plain flat, but this cast managed to bring it alive. It was real, it was heady, and it made me sad.
There are so many things I wish I could say to Sarah Kane. To tell her she's amazing, she's special, to comfort her and give her hope and I can imagine the number of people who attempted to do just that before she took her own life.
GO SEE THIS PLAY!!
March 5, 2010 at 10:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Save the best for ‘Lost’
Phil, it is SO good to have you writing. Seriously. Awesome job.
February 2, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )