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  • Features
    Time Out New York / Issue 636 : Dec 6–12, 2007
    Bloggers vs critics

    Booty haul

    We asked our hardworking critics to collect their mail for one week. These are their stories.…

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    Photograph: Alexander Milligan

    “This is a light week, but poking out from the dreck are promising new titles from the Apes and Hey Willpower, and the first of Robyn Hitchcock’s back-catalog reissue box sets. And just in time for the holidays: Crunk Hits Vol. 4.”

    MUSIC
    Mike Wolf, editor
    Total section e-mails received: 4,307




    Photograph: Alexander Milligan

    “I like that I get sent quality stuff like beer, potato chips and playing cards. Clearly these marketers are wise to my boozing, eating and gambling ways.”

    COMEDY
    Jane Borden, editor
    Total section e-mails received: 298




    Photograph: Alexander Milligan

    “This is only about half of the CDs I received—the rest are at home for leisure-time perusal. The toiletry swag is promo-gift stuff—I don’t even know how to use it!”

    CLUBS
    Bruce Tantum, editor
    Total section e-mails received: 1,025




    Photograph: Alexander Milligan

    “We’ve been absolutely buried in gift-guide submissions of late—which, ahem, is not how we choose what to feature—so this week is blessedly light.”

    SEEK
    Elise Loehnen, editor
    Total section e-mails received: 6,570




    Photograph: Alexander Milligan

    “We’re constantly receiving samples—what you see here doesn’t do our usual windfall justice. This is a preholiday lull; it’s an unusually slow week.”

    EAT OUT
    Gabriella Gershenson, editor
    Total section e-mails received: 1,056




    Photograph: Alexander Milligan

    “Slim pickings here. You should see it in the coming weeks when we get slammed with all the ‘For Your Consideration’ awards screeners.…”

    FILM
    Melissa Anderson, editor
    Total section e-mails received: 2,213




    Photograph: Alexander Milligan

    “There’s a lot of fancy gift-guide products, such as the Sumo Omni chairs and the Rock Band package; still, this is pretty close to par for the course.”

    TIME IN
    Andrew Johnston, editor
    Total section e-mails received: 604




    Photograph: Alexander Milligan

    “Sometimes I wish we could declare a mail-free day, but then I open a package and find a galley of Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser. Score!”

    BOOKS
    Michael Miller, editor
    Total section e-mails received: 1,045


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