18 novembro 2002

CULTURAS IN VITRO
Will the real Bill Wyman please tune up? No journalist likes to get a letter threatening legal action, particularly one on creamy watermarked stationery bearing the imprint of a swanky Park Avenue law firm.
"It has come to our and our client's attention..." "...seriously misleading... unauthorized..." "...cease and desist..." "...your course of conduct..." "...the commencement of legal proceedings..."
The author was Howard Siegel, of Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn, of New York City.
As I read Siegel's letter more closely, I was shocked to see that the "cease and desist" part had to do with me using...
My own name?
[19.11.02] I'm the Other Guy No matter how copious my output, distinctive my tone or personal my material, people assume I am the droll, self-effacing 77-year-old two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who retired in 1998 after 36 years as a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page.
Will the real Jeff Stryker please rise: For The Man Who Was Born With a Porn Star's Name, Life Can Feel Like You're Being Stalked by a Preternaturally Endowed Sex God.