Frank: I remember you, of course….It’s pretty natural for editors and publishers to be somewhat adversarial. After all, editors want to spend all the money publishers are making. There have been some high-profile battles between the two in the last few years at papers like the LA Times.

Curt: Funny, I think of you as a newcomer.

Fresh Loaf: Come on! The point of my post is not to fuel schadenfreude. If it does that, it’s not my intent.

I’m not clear if it was Ben Eason or Ken Edlesten that decided to stop Headcase but it does show how out of touch with the “alternative” readers they are. The city needs are real alternative newspaper. The Sunday Paper is more conservative than the Constitution.

Thanks to you, too, Patrick. Obviously you (and the redoubtable Howard Landsman and Jeff Kremer) are doing something right to seize CL’s market.

You seem more charitable to both Ben Eason and Ken Edelstein than they deserve. Maybe that’s because you are still writing your grazing column.

Your Headcase column was unique not just in Creative Loafing but in the country — smart and unpredictable in its twists and turns. I often emailed it to friends all over the place.

It’s amazing to me that they continued the “Don’t Panic” column after Andi resigned but eliminated yours. (At least that’s what a friend writes me.) I know it’s not a contest, but I have to say this is more evidence of the completely twisted priorities American newspapers have demonstrated during recent years. I am not surprised that CL is going kaput. It lost its way generally well before bankruptcy started. I think that had as much to do with editorial direction as the publisher’s craziness.

I hope to see Headcase elsewhere soon. Keep us posted. I’ve subscribed to your blog.