tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post7535102723456725538..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Ethics? Ethics? We Don't Need No Stinking Ethics!Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-76281438221173797692014-02-19T16:22:58.320-08:002014-02-19T16:22:58.320-08:00Hey John,
Long time, no talk. That's a nice li...Hey John,<br />Long time, no talk. That's a nice little clip. Subtle. And about as dramatic a spit as a classic Danny Thomas spit. Don't want her in my tasting room. <br /><br />Gabe,<br />Yes, but it was Einstein invented the Pi in the face. The end.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-9618462117783376542014-02-19T14:27:13.976-08:002014-02-19T14:27:13.976-08:00Ron,
The other day a friend and I were discus...Ron,<br /><br /> The other day a friend and I were discussing the old "pie in the face" gag, and the inventor of said gag, the great Fattie Arbuckle. For some reason, that made me think of you. The end.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849290999060380035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-53974324763924747432014-02-19T12:46:01.590-08:002014-02-19T12:46:01.590-08:00I was looking for a clip of Austin Powers asking t...I was looking for a clip of Austin Powers asking the reporter "which is it baby, Spitz or Swallows?" when I came across this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1dGpzt-4DE<br /><br />You're welcome. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242999639834058450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-25944160537199062322014-02-18T19:30:03.366-08:002014-02-18T19:30:03.366-08:00Um...Oregon charges $180 for wine dinners, not $15...Um...Oregon charges $180 for wine dinners, not $150! Duh! ;)<br /><br />~Pamelaenobyteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222891927961064316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41021890398235531762014-02-18T14:55:31.281-08:002014-02-18T14:55:31.281-08:00Well I suck at spelling and I am a grammatical nig...Well I suck at spelling and I am a grammatical nightmare but, well I can shit with the best of them so maybe I shouldn't give up just yet? Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87191812906202500222014-02-18T14:53:47.210-08:002014-02-18T14:53:47.210-08:00They should license bloggers to make sure they can...They should license bloggers to make sure they can spel and do grammar and shit you know?Bob on Sonomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793996114215329105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-77327281445455639412014-02-17T18:06:11.191-08:002014-02-17T18:06:11.191-08:00Hey Common Taters,
When it's going to be a Hol...Hey Common Taters,<br />When it's going to be a Holiday, I usually decide on a rerun. I glance through old posts looking for something that speaks to me now, three years later, and that's what I republish.<br /><br />As I've often said here, the exercise for me when writing HoseMaster is to change tone and pace and styles of comedy and satire. Samantha's right, I can hear how genuinely perturbed I was at the time I wrote this post, but it's also hugely exaggerated for comic effect. <br /><br />I spent much of my early days lambasting wine bloggers, aka Poodles. It was fun, but they were ridiculously easy targets and I grew tired of it. Once I acquired a larger audience, I decided to go after more famous wine folk. Curiously, or maybe not, the famous wine folk don't take the satire any better than the amateur bloggers. I don't care. But it's more satisfying to lampoon Parker or Wine Spectator or Bonne or Alderpated and Blinky. Truly, the wine business isn't used to disrespect and mockery, even when they've earned it.<br /><br />Charlie is right that it's hard to satirize friends. Satire requires distance. I set out simply to make people laugh, sometimes with goofiness, sometimes with anger, sometimes with affection, but always with a deep love for wine, and a deep disgust with pretension, hypocrisy and dishonesty.<br /><br />I've got lots of anger, and that's a style of humor that's in these days, from The Daily Show to Bill Maher. But I love stupid Wine Fairy Tales and ridiculous guides to wine, too. I have lots of voices in my head.<br /><br />But thanks to everyone who puts up with the reruns. I like to think my HoseMaster Voice has improved over the past few years. But it probably hasn't.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-63063923904065599112014-02-17T16:10:43.706-08:002014-02-17T16:10:43.706-08:00At first I thought this blog was about Ethnics, wh...At first I thought this blog was about Ethnics, which are also in short-supply in the wineblogosphereAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849290999060380035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-43882794477648879552014-02-17T13:16:45.758-08:002014-02-17T13:16:45.758-08:00Invoking Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr's epigram...Invoking Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr's epigram:<br /><br />"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"<br /><br />(The more things change, the more they stay the same.)<br /><br />1987. 2010. 2014. Can you tell the difference?<br /><br />Excerpt from Los Angeles Times “Main News” Section<br />(August 23, 1987, Page A1ff):<br /><br />“Wine Writers: Squeezing the Grape for News”<br /><br />(Series: First of Two Articles)<br /><br />By David Shaw<br />Times Staff Writer<br /><br />Two years ago, Craig Goldwyn -- publisher of International Wine Review magazine -- spoke to a couple of East Coast audiences about people who write on wine for American newspapers and magazines.<br /><br />Goldwyn, who also writes a monthly wine column in the Washington Post, began by asking, "What is a wine writer?" Then he answered his own question:<br /><br />"A wine writer is a physician or a lawyer with a bottle of wine and a typewriter, looking to see his or her name in print, looking for an invitation to a free lunch and a way to write off the wine cellar."<br /><br />Colman Andrews, who writes about wine for Los Angeles magazine, offered an even more acerbic observation in a recent interview:<br /><br />"Any jerk can call himself a wine critic and get published."<br />Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29449871693931269432014-02-17T12:14:49.940-08:002014-02-17T12:14:49.940-08:00It appears all of the 2010 Best New Wine Blog Nomi...It appears all of the 2010 Best New Wine Blog Nominees were European, which are indeed, East of the Mississippi.<br /><br />A bit of a correction from the offended European badgers out there, they are part of the Mustelidae family. More specifically, European badgers are in the subfamily Melinae. Weasels are in the subfamily Mustelinae. Got that straight?!<br /><br />Us (we) badgers living in Wisconsin are Taxidea taxus. That's very appropriate! (No, I didn't make that up.)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144729430387958496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22445955978855360182014-02-17T11:31:10.729-08:002014-02-17T11:31:10.729-08:00I should have added, they really dig in "beca...I should have added, they really dig in "because good comedy likes an edge".Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-6342094095118161082014-02-17T11:29:39.708-08:002014-02-17T11:29:39.708-08:00Not sure that maturity and even-handedness is exac...Not sure that maturity and even-handedness is exactly the trait we want in our Hosemaster. <br /><br />But, of course, so many of the good topics have been explored that it takes a real bonafide boner (not the kind in a can) to warrant an all out ass-kicking. Still, there is room, I hope, for some of those because, as you have said on more than one occasion, there are folks and topics that need the shit kicked out of them.<br /><br />But, there is this as well. Some of your targets have shown their senses of humor and gone on to be your friends. It is a little harder to pick on people you like. <br /><br />But, like Andy Perdue, I wait in hope for another angry Hosemaster rant because they really dig in.Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-82543512870219583412014-02-17T11:23:01.187-08:002014-02-17T11:23:01.187-08:00A Classic HoseMaster, indeed! All of it was true, ...A Classic HoseMaster, indeed! All of it was true, of course. Gee, those little badgers look kinda cute! But if they're a problem, I've got a little dog who can help you out with those problems...Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-43637800886669621392014-02-17T10:50:42.686-08:002014-02-17T10:50:42.686-08:00Angry Hosemaster is my favorite Hosemaster. I came...Angry Hosemaster is my favorite Hosemaster. I came to you during the height of your "pooodles" screeds, and they were delicious.<br /><br />There is so much win here.Andy Perduehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479537349026293591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-27975800531288250092014-02-17T10:46:33.783-08:002014-02-17T10:46:33.783-08:00Ron My Love,
While still hilarious and fun to read...Ron My Love,<br />While still hilarious and fun to read, (not to mention true on so many levels, still) it is way cool as a long time fan to read the difference in your voice and tone from them to now. I don't think I noticed it happening but this older piece reads so much angrier than the pieces you write now. Sort of makes me want to flip you over and rub your belly until you calm down.<br />Fun walk down memory lane love. I adore you! Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-74552341484345540942014-02-17T10:41:46.419-08:002014-02-17T10:41:46.419-08:00Mr. HoseMaster,
You forgot to point out that blog...Mr. HoseMaster,<br /><br />You forgot to point out that bloggers should only accept really good free stuff. For example, the Mondavi t shirt with the Jazz series 2011...no, that is not acceptable.<br /><br />The Mondavi polo shirt made by Ralph Lauren or Chemise Lacoste...now we are talking.<br /><br />Never accept second labels. Say no to Alta Gracia and Cain Cuvee...say yes to Cain Five and Araujo.<br /><br />There is a place for ethics and standards.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202797971043380941noreply@blogger.com