day 3 of the "i will blow you for genesis tickets" phenomenon

i'm not usually one to pat myself on the back for anything (HA!), but the mini internet buzz generated by the fake craigslist ad titled, "i will blow you for genesis tickets," that i posted on wednesday is truly the gift that just keeps on giving. for benefit of those who may be just tuning in, let's recap what's happened so far:

on wednesday afternoon, late in the day, procrastinating from writing anything, i found myself perusing craigslist to check on the availability of tickets to an arcade fire/lcd soundsystem show in october. in the course of my search, i noticed what i deemed to be an unusually high number of ads posted by people seeking tickets for genesis. i decided to post a fake ad from a genesis ticket seeker and then copy and paste it to my blog. having composed it rather rapidly, i was initially unsure of it's worth. i sent the link to the ad over to a friend and asked, "is this funny?" he insisted that it was so i went ahead and posted it. part of the ad read...

i'm sure that if you're someone who is in possession of disposable tickets for the genesis show at giants stadium on the 27th, you're getting inundated with offers for them. predictably, there exists a substantial and understandable demand for tickets at this point. genesis is, after all, the originators of moody, simple, keyboard-driven melodies. that's why they call themselves genesis...because it means "the beginning." in biblical terms mind you! who didn't get moist the first time they heard "invisible touch?" i sure did. i passed what felt like fucking zimbabwe through my cock when i first heard that song. so i'm sure you'll understand why i'm making the offer that i'm about to make for your tickets.

i will blow you, or a loved one of your choosing for that matter, for genesis tickets.

now, before i go any further, let me explain something...I'M NOT GAY! seriously, i bang broads all the time.

if you haven't read the whole thing, you can find it here...

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tix/432912540.html

or if by chance it's been flagged and removed you can read it in the original blog post here...

i will blow someone for genesis tickets

so then the thing was out there and floating around overnight. thursday came and it was still being passed around. new york magazine stumbled upon it and posted a piece on the "unspeakably filthy" CL ad on their daily intelligencer website. they wrote...

Sometimes, in New York, concert tickets are hard to get. So hard, in fact, that music fans are forced to go to great lengths to get them. As one Daily Intel reader noted, this seems to be the case for one die-hard Genesis fanatic who is desperate to gain access to tonight's show at Giants Stadium. So desperate, in fact, that he put up a post on Craigslist, artfully titled: "I Will Blow You for Genesis Tickets."

you can read the whole thing here...

the invisible touch

somewhere along the way, my friend that i had consulted with before posting the ad on my blog forwarded the link to the craigslist ad with a note that read, "check this out," to a number of people in his address book. fortunately or unfortunately, the link that i sent him was the one that craigslist sends to the poster of an ad, the one that enables the poster to edit or delete the post. fortunately, nobody that he sent it to took the liberty to do any edits or delete it altogether. what one person did apparently do though is they forwarded the link that they had received, the edit link, to jossip.com. jossip then posted something about the ad and remarked openly at it's hilarity, but in doing so pointed the finger of guilt at their tipster for having been the one that posted it.

they wrote...

Moments ago, an emailer alerted us to what looked to be a fake but undeniably amazing ad posted on Craigslist in which a man who emphatically insists he’s not gay (”Seriously, I bang broads all the time!”) claims he’s nonetheless willing to perform fellatio on another male in exchange for an opportunity to see a sort-of effeminate band perform live at Giant’s stadium.

you can read the full post here...

am willing to go backdoor in exchange for backstage pass

after jossip ran this i received word from my friend that his friend who had tipped jossip was embarrassed over the flap. i was, of course, more than willing to step forward and accept responsibility for posting the ad, thereby exonerating the tipster. so i contacted jossip and admitted guilt. jossip editor debbie newman responded with a list of questions for an interview. i answered all of them and sent them back to her. she then posted a piece titled "what possesses someone to post a fake ad on craigslist?" an excerpt...

Earlier today, we told you about a bogus Craigslist ad conservatively titled “I will blow you for genesis tickets.” Based on convincing circumstantial evidence, we incorrectly inferred that the author of the post—and the tipster who alerted us to its existence—were likely one and the same, and concluded that whoever wrote the ad had a disconcerting affinity for crap 80’s music and juvenile humor. As it turns out, we were only half right.

Thus, in an effort to restore our tipster’s good, albeit anonymous, name, we snooped around and managed to uncover the identity of the real poster. [Ed: Or, if you want to be “technical” about it, said individual graciously stepped forward, unmasked himself of his own accord and allowed us to ask him some impertinent questions about the whole experience.]

But who is he? How does he really feel about Genesis? And, once and for all, is he ambiguously gay? We get up close and personal with the “intellectually lazy” prankster (whom we’ve cleverly nicknamed the “Genesissy”) after the jump.

Who are you?
i’m just a guy. but i’m always out there, ever vigilant, always watchful, being pretty and telling lies, saving the world from itself, one starbucks latte at a time.

you can read the rest of the interview here...

what possesses someone to post a fake ad on craigslist?

and then of course there were some rather funny replies to the ad. i posted a few of them here...

some people are indeed willing to part with their genesis tickets for a blowjob from a random dude

finally, a post about the ad made it to the rant and raves board and brought out a few idiots, predictably. if you're curious, just go to the rants and raves section of the ny craigslist board and search under the key word "genesis."

my favorite of all of these "rants and raves" was this...

He's clearly gay. If the woman is gay, why does he continue to say, "I'll give you oral and your boyfriend a blowjob"? I don't really care, but I find it funny that he keeps insisting that he's not gay. For a straight guy, this thought doesn't even enter their mind. I don't even think he really gives a damn about the tickets!!!

Is this like a new trend or something? "Straight guy looking to blow someone." "Gay guy looking to blow a straight man." With women, it almost seems fashionable to talk about, "My experience with a girl."

i wonder what today will bring?


amy sedaris is the funniest woman alive

if you ever find yourself in need of a laugh, go to youtube and search under "amy sedaris." their is a wealth of video of her guest appearances on letterman, conan, leno, colbert, etc. she is, in my mind, the best talk show guest ever. the woman is just lethally funny. earlier this week she was the guest on the martha stewart show. hilarity predictably ensued. the video of her appearance is broken up into two youtube clips. they are below...




via four four


i see men in white coats in bill o'reilly's future

i have stated often that i truly believe that bill o'reilly is descending into madness. his behavior in the aftermath of the whole scandal regarding the remarks that he made about his dinner with al sharpton in harlem seem to back that belief. now marvin kitman, o'reilly's biographer, stated publicly on keith olbermann's show last night that he is of the same belief. the video of the interesting segment is not embeddable, but can be viewed here...


Is Bill ill?

kitman also had piece in the huffington post yesterday that was a very interesting read. an excerpt...

As the world's leading O'Reillyologist, a credential based on my having had 29 interviews with the man for the biography, it also has been suggested that I am the most qualified to explain his latest example of bizarre behavior.

No, I don't think O'Reilly is a racist. He is, however, an oaf, one of those unsophisticated guys who are slow in discovering the world outside the old neighborhood. He still lives a cloistered life not far from the block he grew up in Nassau County. He isn't one of the broadcasting men about town in New York, like Rush Limbaugh who hangs out at 21. O'Reilly's idea of fine dining is still taking the family to Nathan's on Hempstead Turnpike.

What amazed me about the whole ridiculous episode is that he was taking out Al Sharpton or anybody to a restaurant. O'Reilly is one of the more awesomely frugal people in the history of TV journalism. Although he makes more than 50 million dollars a year, when he goes out to lunch with his childhood friends, he still makes them split the check.

One mitigating factor in the alarming meltdown aspect of the story is that he seemed to be putting the dinner at Sylvia's on the Fox News expense account. In the 29 interviews I had with O'Reilly we never once shared a meal.

here's the link to the full article...

get thee to harlem

have a great weekend!