Comments on: The Gilded Age of Conde Nast Is Over

By: bobscott

bobscott — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:06:35 +0000

@ProPhotographer, you took the words right out of my mouth.

By: ProPhotographer

ProPhotographer — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:46:24 +0000

My heart bleeds.

This is divine retribution for making so many photographers sign their hideous contracts for a pittance.

Instant Karma’s gonna get you…

By: Timothy Schenck

Timothy Schenck — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:32:31 +0000

I agree with you Jake. Priorities, people! Hmmm, fancy lunch or an income…is that really a decision? Suck it up and understand that losing your perks means that you have a job and can pay your rent!

By: Donnar Party

Donnar Party — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:15:18 +0000

@j., Oh, the Nobu in London. No surprise.

I drink Brooklyn tap most of time, but the Poland Springs fizzy is just fine. I’m not saying I choose it over Pelagrino or other mineral waters, but as far as a Bodega stop, its fine by me.

Best sushi I’ve ever had in my life was in LA in 1984. It was my first time (blush) and I was 9 or 10. It was a place with no name that was so expensive only Japanese businessmen and music/movie types (my parents) could eat there. It was actually Nobu’s first foray into the US. I guess he was keeping it real. I haven’t had sushi that good since.

By: j.

j. — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:53:55 +0000

@Donnar Party,
I know Nobu’s not known for sushi but you’d still expect at least decent quality. The one time I had sushi at Nobu I didn’t even finish it because it was so bad. That was in London, though.
The other dishes are nice but not spectacular. There are other equally “fancy” places with lower prices and better quality.

Only had Poland Spring once or twice and could not bring myself to drink the whole bottle. And we’re talking about water here!
Besides, it’s called Poland Spring and doesn’t even come from a spring.

By: Christine Blackburne

Christine Blackburne — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:50:33 +0000

NOT THE BOTTLED WATTER NOOOOO …..

being a younger photographer, sometimes I am thankful that I wasn’t around for the better days, since I don’t miss them as a result.

By: Jake Stangel

Jake Stangel — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:04:31 +0000

“At the salad bar, you’re allowed one protein and generally they have five proteins listed,” said this source. “But the only proteins they have now are tofu and chicken! There’s no shrimp! I don’t think there’s any more shrimp there.”

“But then in December, a few months after Condé Nast ordered publishers and editors to cut 5 percent from their budgets, the drink supply emptied out. That Fiji water turned into Poland Spring. Worse, instead of the fridge, the water bottles were stowed in a warm closet.”

Goddamn. I was just at a homeless shelter this morning, where the line was 200-deep with people desperate for a bowl of cereal or a PB&J. This makes me numb. Refocus your priorities.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:30:50 +0000

@Donnar Party, what’s the name of the one on ave A?
I just went there 4 sushi and i didn’t like it, didn’t have any cooked food(nobu).
Poland Springs fizzy is ok, perrier is more my taste.

By: Donnar Party

Donnar Party — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:22:47 +0000

@Max, both of you are smoking crack. Nobu is great, but really not for Sushi. The tastings menu is frickin’ awesome. The sushi is good, not amazing, not as good as this place on Ave. A I hit a few times a week. And yes, Morimoto is better.

Poland Springs fizzy is awesome.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:12:20 +0000

@j., Nobu sucks, Morimoto is much better

By: j.

j. — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:22:10 +0000

Nobu is vastly overrated (awfully mediocre sushi) and Poland spring is maybe the most awful water I’ve ever tasted. And these people are supposed to have taste???

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:51:57 +0000

No, no. This is all about spin. They’re not cutting back, they’re going green. No flowers means they’re preserving the meadows for little children to enjoy. No sushi — the world Tuna population has been saved. No Poland Spring water — do you realize the crap in those plastic bottles will kill us all?

Conde Nast could get some environmental awards for this. Sure the gilded age is over — but the green age has begun.

By: lotus

lotus — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:07:47 +0000

*yawns*

tell me something I don’t already know
it’s no wonder that sales are down and ad revenue down at quite a few magazines and newspapers, with a snore of an article like this I wonder how the business even exists at all

tell me something I don’t already know
wow me with a good read about something worth reading about