will write for cash...
...or kicks n' giggles. This morning, Shiv/Shill/Shine extended unsolicited copy-editing services and rewrote Context Clothing's online blurbs. Context's site is pretty slick and functional, and a great deal of care seems to go into the graphic presentation of their wares. Yet the accompanying text ranges from endearingly hyperbolic, but sloppy--to cosmopolitanism run back and forth through babelfish a few too many times. Perhaps there are typos on our post, too. Do point them out.
Disclaimers/Disclosures:
- I wrote the intro, which was initially inspired by Kenneth Burns' first few lines in "pedalling with Just Coffee." I didn't have the energy to see the homage further.
- One of Sh/Sh/Sh's founding members shops @ Context and likes it.
- The blurbs were written by the progenitor of the original fall fashion guide. He can't imagine spending more than $4 on a pair of jeans
- Pics were all lifted from Context and cropped and shrunk to 150 X (something close to 150), which we believe to be well within the bounds of Fair Use doctrine. Especially as it pertains to parody/satire.
- We have a text file of straightforward fixes for the entire "catalog," which we'll freely share if anyone cares to inquire.
3 comments:
I once volunteered to copyedit the Willy Street Co-op newsletter, for similar reasons. But then I flaked out. Thanks for the homage.
I once toyed with the idea that editing the MCC newsletter, and moving it online, was a viable platform from which to launch a media empire. Or find a job.
I forgot to apply, "run for election", however such things worked.
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