Entertainment - by Joe Coscarelli on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 18:21 - 11 Comments - 179 views
A few months back, Local, along with a few other online destinations, thought we were hot on the trail of the mysterious personality, known only as Carles, behind the popular weblog Hipster Runoff. Noting the curiously close relationship between Carles and NYU alum/poet/author Tao Lin, we floated the theory that they may very well be the same person. Lin, an NYU Local interview subject previously, was kind enough to respond, albeit only in vague innuendo.
A little internet digging by some commenters found that the two might really be separate people, but still close friends who attended NYU together. Whatever the case, their mutual influence on one another is undeniable. Now, in a promotional push for his new literary press Muumuu House, Lin’s ‘people’ have sent out an email press release plugging two upcoming books due out this year, but the real prize for readers is this newly published Gmail Chat between Tao Lin and Carles. Get a few giggles after the jump.
10.03.08 GMAIL CHAT
TAO LIN & CARLES
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11 Comments
full on painful
Carl von Clausewitz
sexxxxxie. can’t w8 4 the book 2 ‘cum’ out.
I just substituted every “damn” for “lol.”
Kaela Rae Jensen
I do believe, sir, the proper vernacular would be ” ’splodes “
Pat McClellan
I really don’t understand why you posted this. “Vapid” and “nonsensical” are two terms that quickly come to mind but I feel like they don’t do justice to just how painfully boring, stupid, and disjointed this conversation is. I didn’t realize that NYU Local was in the habit of posting press releases from talentless stoners.
andy hauser
carles is ignoring tao at the end haha
this is ’so ghey’
Michael Narkunski
@Pat: Grow a sense of humor. This conversation is kind of mind-numbing (and no, MIA definitely won’t be relevant in ten years), but there’s no harm in it. Hmmm well maybe if you’re offended by any mention of the n-word. But, even if this conversation was a series of jokes about dead black babies hanging from trees, it still wouldn’t justify calling Tao Lin talentless.
Mike Vilensky
sry, but is ‘carles’ really ‘ahead of schedule’? i mean his blog is big & all, but does this now qualify as success on the level of m.i.a.? similarly, lin writes about his own success sort of obsessively. keep it to yourself.
Phillip Klugman
For someone who laughs at almost anything, I didn’t think the convos were funny at all.
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macbook tweens r gonna <3 this.