WRESTLING ELEPHANTS

By Jamie Brisick

I MUCH PREFER THE DIRECT APPROACH

Nothing more vile than the narcissistic fame-monger posing as a humanitarian or an environmentalist. Nothing more passive-aggressively disgusting than the mass email that begins “Sorry for the mass email,” then invites you to some gig or gallery opening or movie premiere, followed by “Bring your peeps.” Or the blog post that pretends to be op-edish but is in fact an advertisement for, say, a new book called “The Eighties at Echo Beach,” dripping with red-hot photos and available on Amazon for the low, low price of $21.50—

http://www.amazon.com/Eighties-at-Echo-Beach/dp/1452104891/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318534835&sr=8-1

People can be so full of shit.

October 13, 2011