This post will highlight some of the best blogs from the newly-formed
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media. The alternative media organization's
website offers readers a preview of what's in store. Personally I'm enthralled with the look of the new logo: the "zen-meets-grafitti" look is very happening. Very LA, even.
The Pajamas sidebar is the key to its success. At least, I'm hoping so, because if we're counting on the main screen, we're all in trouble. The sidebar features (in order of importance), the
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media Blogroll,
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media Blogs,
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media Editorial Advisory Board, and
the real big shots.
The most important people, of course, are the humble folks on the
plain old blogroll. These include names like
Cool Blue,
Iraqi Bloggers Central,
Dr. Sanity,
Meryl Yourish,
Winds of Change, and
other tragically underappreciated blogs.
Rand Simberg of Transterrestrial Musings wasn't in New York for the launch party, but his voice could be heard shouting "Liftoff! We have liftoff!"
(Inexplicably overlooked was
The Iraq War Was Wrong Blog.)
Now the inconspicuous, unstarred names on the
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media Blogroll are more important than you might realize. Because you see, we are
actually undercover agents who are compelled to keep a low profile for security reasons. But I digress.
Branding is very important to
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media, which is why not just any blog can call itself one of the
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media Blogs. These are the big leaguers like
Atlas Shrugs,
Confederate Yankee,
Dean's World,
Gay Patriot,
Kesher Talk,
LaShawn Barber,
Michael Totten,
Michelle Malkin,
the lady with the apple, and
Sisu (prounounced "Sissy Willis").
Blogging from an undisclosed location, Omar and Mohammed of
Iraq the Model are affiliated with
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media in ways that are as mysterious as their last name (shhhh! don't tell if you already know) and the mind of the elusive Third Brother Ali, who reportedly will return one day to establish the ... er, well, it's a long story.
Moving still further up the food chain, we come to the ranks of the
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media Editorial Advisory Board. It's not just an editorial board, and it's not just an advisory board. It's a board to advise the editors on how to give their editorial advice. The Editorial Advisory Board includes
the woman for whom "fabulous" doesn't even come close,
Cliff May of FDD,
Claudia Rosett, and
the man who owns the copyright on the phrase "Faster, please."Last but by no means least, we have
the staff of Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media. Australian editor Wretchard of
The Belmont Club occasionally writes under the pseudonym "Richard Fernandez".
Glenn Reynolds aka Instapundit is known as the "Paul Revere of the Internet". During one of our lengthy and profound conversations at the New York event, I asked Glenn how he had come by that nickname. "Well," he confided, "I think people have always seen me as a kind of a 'Paul Revere' figure. At least, I often hear folks saying something about 'the horse I rode in on ...'"
And finally, there are co-founders
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs, Roger L. Simon whose blog is mysteriously called
Roger L. Simon, and most important of all,
honorary president Ann Althouse, who has written more about
Pajamas Open Source Pajamas Media than anyone else.
Let's blogroll!
