Obituaries in American Culture Book

I work with the ex-publisher of spy but the bastard hasn't autographed it for me yet. when i was going to college at purdue in the cultural hell (well it was to me at the time) of indiana spy magazine was like a letter from the outside world. i had never left ohio and indiana not counting campgrounds so what the hell would i understand in a new york monthly? maybe 1/2 of the jokes? but the stylized layout and the tiny fonts were somehow a great comfort to me. the featured pieces aged very well. it was interesting and humbling to reread parts of the magazine that inspired me to write for two comedy newspapers. the description of the business side of spy magazine will be familiar to anyone who has worked at a silicon valley company run and ruined by demented charismatic geniuses.