Published by Tony at May 7, 2008
So, about that Oklahoma Gazette article.
Yeah, that’s a cover story about our little web site. Yeah, the Gazette must be running out of things to write about. Needless to say, it is a little strange to see things we said in black and white print, and reading people like Kelly Ogle and Lauren Richardson (people we see on television!) talking about us is sufficiently freaky as hell.
We don’t have much to add, but frankly are pretty discouraged about the whole thing. Where are we at in society today? Are you kidding me? An article on The Lost Ogle? That’s why we don’t read the newspaper! Because it’s garbage. And the editor who let that come out is GARBAGE!
(please pick up your copy today)
Category: The Lost Ogle and The Oklahoma Gazette.
Published by Patrick at April 21, 2008
So, I stumbled across the graphic below at OKGazette.com. Apparently, it is an ad/link that promotes the newspaper’s free online classified section.
Unless you’re really naive, you may have noticed that The Oklahoma Gazette decided to use an image of an old farmer holding a big white “For Sale” sign in front of a questionable looking crop to promote it’s free online classifieds. Now…I’m not sure if the Gazette’s Web Developer has a great sense of humor (and a lot of pot for sale), or if this was just another passive aggressive attempt by the staff to show the people at Look at OKC the stuff they continue to get away with, but what I do know is this:
If the Gazette is supposed to be cool and alternative, couldn’t they at least use modern stock photography?
Anyway, because I’m so handsome, I’m not going to bother answering that philosophical question. Instead, I’ll just point you the picture of the farmer turned realtor at ClipArt.com. I’ll even give you a link to the image collection that the picture came from. If you’re lazy and don’t feel like going to ClipArt.com, I posted some of the better ones–along with some local businesses and the people who could possible use them–after the jump. And I did this because I’m handsome.
Continue reading ‘The Gazette needs new stock photography…’
Category: The Oklahoma Gazette.
Published by Patrick at April 10, 2008
Sometimes when I’m feeling a little obnoxious at work, I’ll take a Gazette, open it to the back page where all the “massage parlors”, “personal lines” and “escort services” advertise, circle a phone number, and then lay it on a coworker’s desk while they are away in a meeting or just flirting with the girl in HR. Then I’ll hope and pray that the boss walks into the coworker’s office to drop off some files, sees it, and uncomfortably walks away. Pathetic huh…
Anyway, thanks to the editors of the Gazette, this obnoxious little task has just got whole bunch easier. I no longer have to go to the trouble of opening the newspaper, grabbing a sharpie, and circling 972.AHHH. Now I can just place Oklahoma’s favorite alternative weekly on their desk, walk away, and know that my work is done. Thanks guys!
P.S.- Do not try this with Look at OKC. They don’t let these businesses advertise. Prudes.
Category: The Oklahoma Gazette.
Published by Patrick at November 19, 2007
20. Have Maggie Carlo fight Amy McRee in a bikini oil wrestling match on pay-per-view.
We know that Amy McRee looks good in a bikini. And we are pretty sure that Maggie Carlo would look good in a bikini. But we are 100% sure that Amy McRee and Maggie Carlo would look amazing in a bikini oil wrestling brawl. This idea must be added to the book.
Continue reading ‘Oklahoma Initiative Ideas: 20-11′
Category: 100 Ideas, Amy McRee, Hinder, KREF, Lauren Richardson, Maggie Carlo, Mark Rodgers, Mick Cornett, Oklahoma City Media, Oklahoma City Radio, Oklahoma City Weather, Oklahoma Politics, The Daily Oklahoman, The Oklahoma Gazette and The Sports Animal.
Published by Patrick at October 29, 2007
Here’s a quick review of what we are doing. Last January, State Speaker Lance Cargill created some weird thing called the Oklahoma 100 Ideas Initiative. Here’s how it was described:
The 100 Ideas initiative will change the way business is done at the State Capitol. Instead of legislation originating from lobbyists, special interests and government employees, this initiative seeks ideas from the private sector and from citizens across the great state of Oklahoma. Once the initiative is complete, the top 100 ideas will be published in a book and presented to the Oklahoma State Legislature.
Since we are citizens from the “great state of Oklahoma,” we decide to contribute our own 100 ideas for the initiative. But since we’re pretty sure that Speaker Cargill and his friends won’t put any of them in his book, we figured it would be better to share them here over the next few weeks.
P.S.- Please note that unlike our Top 100 Oklahoma Embarrassments, our 100 contributions are not “ranked” in any way. And if you have any ideas that you would like to see on our list, send us an email. We may include it!
Continue reading ‘Oklahoma Initiative Ideas: 50-41′
Category: 100 Ideas, Basketball in OKC, Danny Williams, KREF, Oklahoma City Media, Oklahoma City Radio, Oklahoma Politics, Sports, The Daily Oklahoman and The Oklahoma Gazette.
Published by Patrick at October 26, 2007
As you hopefully know by now, the Gazette and Wayne Coyne are putting on
the Ghouls Gone Wild Parade through the Downtown and Bricktown
streets tomorrow. Our “sources” with The Gazette claim that the parade will
be a happy good time. They even gave us some good reasons to go. Here’s some of what they said:
There will be Jedis. There will be blood. There will be beer.
The Flaming Lips are leading the festivities.
Bloody schoolgirls
Ghostbusters
Rollergirls
ZERO former Miss Americas or astronauts
Amy McRee in a pink bikini*
*unconfirmed, however Lauren Richardson will be doing her on-the-spot interviews. I’m doing my best to bring my own soft-serve ice cream dispenser
Another thing that’s fun about the parade is seeing Wayne Coyne turn into some well oiled PR machine. He’s presented the Seven Day Forecast on the Channel 25 morning show and even dropped an f-bomb at the dedication of Flaming Lips Alley in Bricktown.
But what’s weird is that he sold his soul and did an interview with the Oklahoman.
Perhaps amazed that Wayne would actually give the interview, NewsOK
went insane and published about 5,000 pictures from the Q & A session at LOOK
at OKC. I went through them, picked out the better ones, and gave them some poorly
written captions. I did this because that’s what we do with this “Fun With Pictures” thing. Check it after the jump.
Continue reading ‘Fun with Pictures: Wayne Coyne’
Category: Fun with Pictures, Lauren Richardson, The Oklahoma Gazette and Wayne Coyne.
Published by Patrick at October 18, 2007
The other day, Clark, Tony and I were at The Lost Ogle headquarters debating what costumes we should wear for the Gazette’s “Ghouls Gone Wild” Halloween parade. Clark wanted to be a baseball player. Tony wanted us to dress up like Devo. I thought a costume based upon people or things related to Oklahoma seemed like a good idea.
Check out ten of these ideas after the jump:
Continue reading ‘Oklahoma Halloween Costume Ideas’
Category: Amy McRee, Gary England, Jenni Carlson, Mike Gundy, OKC Advertising, Oklahoma City Media, Sports and The Oklahoma Gazette.
Published by Patrick at October 1, 2007
Last January, State Speaker Lance Cargill created some weird thing called the Oklahoma 100 Ideas Initiative. Here’s how it was described:
The 100 Ideas initiative will change the way business is done at the State Capitol. Instead of legislation originating from lobbyists, special interests and government employees, this initiative seeks ideas from the private sector and from citizens across the great state of Oklahoma. Once the initiative is complete, the top 100 ideas will be published in a book and presented to the Oklahoma State Legislature.
Since we are citizens from the “great state of Oklahoma,” we decide to contribute our own 100 ideas for the initiative. But since we’re pretty sure that Speaker Cargill and his friends won’t put any of them in his book, we figured it would be better to share them here over the next few weeks.
After the jump: Ideas 90-81 Continue reading ‘Oklahoma Initiative Ideas: 90-81′
Category: 100 Ideas, BBJ, Hinder, Oklahoma City Media, Oklahoma City Porn Stars, Sports, The Daily Oklahoman, The Oklahoma Gazette, The Sports Animal and Wayne Coyne.
Published by Patrick at June 15, 2007
Last night, while reading the Oklahoma Gazette, I noticed a buried blurb that mentioned The Original Varsity Sports Grill on NW63rd and Western is closed. This sucks, because The Original Varsity was pretty much the best sports bar in Oklahoma City. For the last 6-years, a group of friends and I would gather at its doors at 10:30am on the first day of March Madness to secure a prime spot in the TV pit. We’d then drink a ton a beer, eat too many nachos (you could add spicy chicken at no charge) and watch basketball all afternoon and evening. They even had an Elk Hunter game. Now those happy days are gone!
I, as an astute and gracious individual, can think of no better way to honor The Original Varsity than by voting it as “Best Sports Bar” in the Oklahoman’s Reader’s Choice Awards. Think of how great this would be! Oklahoma’s most read and most horrible newspaper would have to honor a closed restaurant in one of its Reader’s Choice categories!
Maybe next year, instead of trying to rig the Oklahoma Gazette’s Best of OKC publication, we should focus on destroying the Oklahoman’s Reader’s Choice Awards. Everyone hates the Oklahoman, so getting participation from the entire Oklahoma City web community (including theinnerwebs.com) should be easy. Of course, when you look at some of the categories and their choices (AOL makes an appearance as the “Best Internet Provider”, Parasite Turner Falls is a choice for “Best Tourist Attrraction”), you have to wonder if the thing is already rigged. Maybe Ed Kelly, Jenni Carlson (or even the Oklahoman’s Ass Pub) can tell us.
Category: Best of OKC, The Daily Oklahoman and The Oklahoma Gazette.
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