Who was the man behind @MayorEmanuel? Even Rahm Emanuel wanted to know. The mystery tweeter delighted many during the famously-profane real Emanuel's five-month campaign to be mayor of Chicago; on election night, he tweeted gems like, "If you have a giant f------ pile of money and a bunch of dumb f---- running against you, ."
Our esteemed colleague revealed the satirically profane tweeter today: His name is Dan Sinker, he's a Knight journalism fellow at Stanford, and he's the founder of the zine Punk Planet. A lot of people are very excited about this revelation. These people can be divided into five distinct groups.1. People Who Love Chicago PoliticsExamples:(Will he miss @MayorEmanuel? "You're freakin' A right, I do!"), and the real Rahm Emanuel, who offered afor @MayorEmanuel's identity.2. Media PeopleExamples: The , which begged @MayorEmanuel to "@keepitgoing," , .3. People Addicted to the F WordYour humble correspondent feels she is properly classified here.4. People Addicted to Twitter. Also, if we were to make a Venn diagram of this chart, this category would be made up almost entirely of people drawn from groups 1, 2 and 3.5. People Who Loved ZinesFans of Sinker's Punk Planet were awash in nostalgia at the revelation. From 1994 till 2007, Sinker and staff "created a punk rock tent big enough happily include Black Flag and filmmaker Miranda July," Madrigal writes. "Punk Planet wasn't just a music magazine. It was the distillation of a punk rock worldview in magazine form." Get out your Sharpies, put on you
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