Blade has been done and would be nearly impossible to top.

I mean, goddamn I hope so.

I seem to remember a cool little network of blogs that was struggling for years to find a devoted userbase and dozens of talented writers until a kindly old group of billionaires stepped in to help them out. And that little network of blogs, whom nobody liked, grew up to be... sold off piece by piece until maybe one …

The thing is, a company only gets sold to a PE firm if it’s already fucked up. So you’re kinda looking a sample set that’s already headed for failure.

I work in finance, and our firm sells companies to PE groups all the time. A PE-backed company is actually less likely to go under than a privately-owned one, because if it’s struggling then the investors can put more money in to support it (and have more resources for troubleshooting). Granted some of these groups…

Alamo Drafthouse has been in dire straits since being purchased by private equity firm Altamont Capital.

I went to a Leno taping. During commercials, Eubank had that place rocking. Then the show would come back and mellow jazz start and felt like crashing in to a brick wall.

Doesn’t the house band usually perform through the commercial breaks for the audience? I think that’s an underappreciated benefit they’re losing on top of everything else. Live music does something to the atmosphere of a place that recordings don’t - musicians interact with the sound of the room and the energy of the a…

Both of these presidents followed through on at least a portion of what they said they wanted to do before being elected.  Your mileage may vary on how successful you think either of them were.  

The good news is no one will be in gray jail. But G/O still owns all the user info, so everyone will need to create a new log in with their old user name.

That was the other possibility I was thinking of.

If we’re talking staff, let’s get Will Harris on Random Roles again

My account is permanently in the grays. Can that be fixed?

Heard.

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I don’t have a song selection in mind (I mean... “Tubthumping” got done already).  But hey, if y’all are hiring, toss Nathan Rabin an assignment or two.

“They’ll Need A Crane” by They Might Be Giants

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I have no suggestions, but this news makes me deliriously happy.