Help the L.A. Times comes up with a new name for their arts blog.
Here’s a story you’ll never see on C-Monster. And thank god.
If you’ve been reading C-Mon for the last 24 hours, you know that the L.A. Times just debuted a brand spankin’ new arts and architecture blog called Culture Monster, which needless to say, smarts. In thinking about the whole ridiculous situation this morning, I realised that either one of two things happened:
- The L.A. Times is trying to achieve some measure of blog credibility by coming up with a name that echoes my ridiculous online enterprise. If they were really smart, however, they woulda ripped off the names of blogs who have been doing this way longer and way better than me: AFC, Looking Around, MAN, Art to Go, Winkleman, to name but a few…
- The L.A. Times didn’t know that C-Monster.net existed when they decided it would be a good idea to have an arts blog. Which leads me to believe that finances are so bad at the Times that their reporters don’t have access to the Internet.
In the interest of helping the Times fix this terrible oversight, which I’m sure they will remedy very soon (as in any minute), I’m hoping that everyone can pitch in and help them come up with a new name for their blog. C-Monster.net Rome correspondent San Suzie has already come up with a couple of suggestions:
- LALApalooza
- Culture Impostor
My two cents: anything that doesn’t involve the letter “C” closely followed by the word “Monster.”
Post your ideas in the comments section below. I’ll make sure that my colleagues at the Times hear all about ‘em.
xox, C.
There is only *ONE* C-Monster.
BTW, thought you’d enjoy this:
http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2008/09/the-writings-on-the-wall.html
awesome. i think i’m gonna have to put this in tomorrow’s digest. i’m so glad that god is bringing donuts…
Not to keep pimpin’ my own shit, but also do czech out:
http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2008/09/someone-buy-me-one-of-these.html
Beers soon?
Culture Confidential
Load of F-Arts
Yeah you’d think they would have at least copied a good name
Isn’t Tony Pierce in charge of the blogs over there? Didn’t he feature your pictures on LAist a few times?
http://www.laist.com/2007/04/22/size_doesnt_matter_tell_that_to_the_porno_burrito.php
oh thank you for that. i think my case is made.
Hmm… it seems like a debate, or a true fight, is in order. I mean if you are both “monsters” then there should be an open battle. I think a battle battle to the death would be good — I mean you’re both freaken’ monsters. Winner take the name and the other has to back down.
Right now my money is on C-Monster; you certainly are bringing the steam so far. But maybe the LA Times will take out the dumb and try and beat you down right quick. I mean, how do they not know about C-Monster?
The Hollywood Distorter
or how about just Douchebags R Us?
Culture Vulture
Culture Shock
High Culture
The Melting Pot
Culture Basin
I don’t know, perhaps something clever like “L.A. Times Arts Blog”?
http://wfreese.wordpress.com/
I tried posting these helpful suggestions to the OTHER C-monster, but to no avail:
Modern Art Notables
Looking Around and About
Culture Boooy
Two Coats of Poop
Artopiates
The Other Edward Winkelman
@ Agent Lover and Jeffry Cudlin:
I think you guys may have the winning entries….
In the meantime, I few more ideas for the folks at the L.A.T., so we might speed this process along:
Culture Biter, cuz that’s what they are…
Culture Muncher, which has good alliteration
All Culture, West of the 5 (because, let’s face it, that’s all they cover.)
The 101, in case they want something all hip-like; kinda like the 411, but local.
Culture Jam, culture instead of traffic. Very L.A.
LAartes
LA Cultural
Sprawl
LAX
(Subtitle: Why Not Just Rip Off the Best Title We Could Find)
C-Blockers
How about:
M-POSTER.net
Culture Shake (earthquake territory, get it?)
LAter
Tail o’ the Pup
Norma Desmond
TtownA
CuLA
LaLo
gHOSTtown
sea-muenster
Ooh-
I got another one:
(I mean uno mas)
SI-MONSTRUO.net
A couple more
and then I promise to knock it off:
CC-MONSTER
MINISTRYofCULTURE.net
MINICULT
LAcult.net
don’t knock it off! keep ‘em coming!!
Hi. I think you missed this. Just FYI, so you know I’ve got yr back. Regina http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/art/archives/149593.asp.
thanks so much, regina!
Okay let’s try:
monkey-C/monkey-DO
or better yet:
C-monkey
or, on an entirely different note:
C-hegemony