21 December 2006
YEAR IN RIFFS: ZACH BARON
This concludes the Year In Riffs. Thanks for reading. --NBS
YEAR IN RIFFS: ZACH BARON
By Any Measure
There have probably been publishing slaughterhouses as gruesome as killing floors that were the 2006 Village Voice, but I'm only 24 and haven't seen em. I don't ever hope to.
Worse, though the Voice casualties emerged out of markedly different circumstances, the moral of all three (to one relatively unscathed bystander, anyway) seemed depressingly, essentially the same: You could have a good, decent, honest idea, push too hard and too far, and lose your job. You could be among the best in your profession, a founding figure, and lose your job. You could surpass every professional milestone associated with the work, rise unequivocally to the top rank and by consensus deserve to stay there, and lose your job. You could, in short, have success by any measure and succeed beyond all standards by which you might be judged; this success would be the guarantee of exactly nothing.
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