I've been reading this crew's work for, my god, 20 years, and I'm on board for 20 more and to hopefully recapture some of that sweet, sweet internet commuity of old. Also, Firsties.
Well, this felt like "band getting back together" moment, as much as launching Next Picture Pod did, so me figured it was good time to dust off old schtick!
Me actually talked to our dear Lord Viking recently! Me will see if me can persuade him to leave confines of Hellfire Club long enough to join us! But me have no idea who Elegant Victorian Lady, Rappin' Jake Sisko, or Taco Bell Bell were.
I must confess that I am somewhat overwhelmed at the notion that my rather meager writings were so fondly remembered as cause the erudite readership of that once august publication the Audio Visual Club Tribune Herald to pine for me to once more take to the pen and regale the public with my ludicrous amorous misadventures. As I am quite certain the statue of limitations for any crimes I may or may not have committed prior to my departure have expired I do not see any reason for me to not give the public that which it apparently desires.
While it may seem that our long-ago correspondence would be of little note after more years than me care to acknowlege, we live in difficult, dark era, with Spanish Flu felling paragon and scoundrel alike and prayers going unheeded; with employees of Sears and Roebuck forced to pass water into spitoon instead of taking moment's relief in water closet like civilized man; and President Harding scarely able to keep government out of hands of theiving jack-a-napes.
We all long for simpler era, when gentlemen could discuss latest pictures at local nickelodeon and exchange tales of blanket hornpipe over cigars and fresh-baked cookies like princes among men. Me hope to one day see such an age again, but in meantime, me content to sup on digestive biscuit and confer with dear friends.
Very excited for this! The Dissolve made a huge difference for my life and ever since it shut down I've regretted the lack of a publication with its (and your) vision.
Srsly. I don't know who any of you ppl are without your old Dissolve commenter names/avatars. And none of you know my 7 year old opinions on The Wolf of Wall Street!
Thanks, gang! We're going to work hard to make your experience on here as good as possible. We largely had carte blanche on The Dissolve, but zero people are looking over our shoulders on this. To be able to write directly for readers is an exciting proposition.
I can't tell you how excited I was to see this announcement on Twitter today. I've been following you guys forever. I'm curious to see how substack works out for y'all...as well as the other writers I'm following on here, which is a distinctly odd assortment.
I've been reading this crew's work for, my god, 20 years, and I'm on board for 20 more and to hopefully recapture some of that sweet, sweet internet commuity of old. Also, Firsties.
You did it! You misspelled "community," presumably out of excitement. But the flag has been planted. Thank you!
*deep sigh* .... yes, yes I did.
And you claimed Firsties in an environment where your comment will be sorted as Lasties! I'm already liking this setup.
We can't have nice things!
We've switched it back. Oldest comments reign supreme!
It figure that Firsties would come back now that we have vaccine for CancerAIDS...
Wow. This is like a time machine now.
Well, this felt like "band getting back together" moment, as much as launching Next Picture Pod did, so me figured it was good time to dust off old schtick!
Now if only we can find Sir Nudeador and the Elegant Victorian Lady and convince them to subscribe, we’ll have a dang party started!
Me actually talked to our dear Lord Viking recently! Me will see if me can persuade him to leave confines of Hellfire Club long enough to join us! But me have no idea who Elegant Victorian Lady, Rappin' Jake Sisko, or Taco Bell Bell were.
My Dearest Mister Mifune,
I must confess that I am somewhat overwhelmed at the notion that my rather meager writings were so fondly remembered as cause the erudite readership of that once august publication the Audio Visual Club Tribune Herald to pine for me to once more take to the pen and regale the public with my ludicrous amorous misadventures. As I am quite certain the statue of limitations for any crimes I may or may not have committed prior to my departure have expired I do not see any reason for me to not give the public that which it apparently desires.
Yours in Odin,
Nudeador Viking the Third
Venerable and August Lord Viking,
While it may seem that our long-ago correspondence would be of little note after more years than me care to acknowlege, we live in difficult, dark era, with Spanish Flu felling paragon and scoundrel alike and prayers going unheeded; with employees of Sears and Roebuck forced to pass water into spitoon instead of taking moment's relief in water closet like civilized man; and President Harding scarely able to keep government out of hands of theiving jack-a-napes.
We all long for simpler era, when gentlemen could discuss latest pictures at local nickelodeon and exchange tales of blanket hornpipe over cigars and fresh-baked cookies like princes among men. Me hope to one day see such an age again, but in meantime, me content to sup on digestive biscuit and confer with dear friends.
Yours quite sincerely,
Alistair Cookie
Very excited for this! The Dissolve made a huge difference for my life and ever since it shut down I've regretted the lack of a publication with its (and your) vision.
KLEPP
now i expect to see the return of all the old familiar Dissolve community names
Srsly. I don't know who any of you ppl are without your old Dissolve commenter names/avatars. And none of you know my 7 year old opinions on The Wolf of Wall Street!
I've deleted and restarted my Disqus account a dozen times since 2015. All of my old bad takes are lost to the sands of time.
GLORBES
i was Childish Callow Gleam, fwiw!
I think this really is the best case scenario.
Let’s fuckin goooooooo
when you someone reveal it
Me very excited to read this newsletter
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OF COOKIES!!!!!
Fantastic news, can't wait to read!
Delighted to subscribe! World hasn't been the same since The Dissolve... you know... dissolved.
So happy to see this! (TBH I am hoping you get a bit of trolling from Tasha Robinson)
he'll yeah
So happy for this!
Thanks, gang! We're going to work hard to make your experience on here as good as possible. We largely had carte blanche on The Dissolve, but zero people are looking over our shoulders on this. To be able to write directly for readers is an exciting proposition.
Delighted to see this come through my Twitter feed.
Couldn't be more excited!
Man, this is exciting.
As a fan of the gone-too-soon Dissolve, this is just wonderful news. Cannot wait to read more!
I can't tell you how excited I was to see this announcement on Twitter today. I've been following you guys forever. I'm curious to see how substack works out for y'all...as well as the other writers I'm following on here, which is a distinctly odd assortment.
This is awesome, looking forward to what you guys have cooking up here!
this is excellent. subscribed!