I just learned about the 'Criminal' known as James Frey. I found it so intriguing I actually read something on the web that spanned 6 pages. The advertisers really got the value on their clickthrough. Although I can't remember one ad, other than The Smoking Gun hawking their own t-shirts.
I've read The Smoking Gunn off and on for years. They always make with the damning documents, so if what they find on Jimmy Frey looks a lot more deserving of “no videogames for a week” than a stay at Leavenworth, I'm inclined to say that Frey is completely full of shit.
The fact that he pulled the wool over Oprah's eyes is definitely worth a chuckle. But the least she could do is expose the chink in her armor, and address the issue on a future show.
Frey was to appear on Larry King a few hours ago. I wonder how that went.
And Random House is apparently not offering a refund. Perhaps something out of Big Jim Industries bears some truth. Including his bio which makes no mention of incarceration or addiction.
Defamer links have been thrown in for the fun of it. (plus one Gawker link.)
I like how Frey apparently shopped his book around as fiction, rejected unanimously, of course, but once he tweaked it (spellchecked perhaps) and pawned it as a non-fiction work, it got picked up.
These are the kind of posts you get when your notes on your 2005 music posting are outside in your car during a veritable monsoon. (OK…I admit I pulled a Jimmy here, the rain ended about a 1/2 hour ago, and the car is in the garage downstairs, I'm just lazy. There I've come clean.)