Month: September 2020

September 13, 2020

That’s better

September 9, 2020

“They’re never going to call the train to take us to the bad place because we’re already here.”

9:30am in San Francisco. Smoke has blotted out the sun. Month six of the plague. Locusts scheduled for noon. Maybe a frog blizzard.

Paul Bradley Carr is the author of The Upgrade, Bringing Nothing To The Party, Sober Is My New Drunk, etc etc.

He has written for the Guardian, the Wall St Journal, The Times (London), The Daily Telegraph, National Geographic, The Huffington Post, Food and Wine, Private Eye, BBC Radio, Channel 4 TV (UK) and countless other outlets on both sides of the Atlantic.

He has also (co-)founded and sold a bunch of media companies, including NSFWCORP, Pando, and The Friday Project.

This is his personal website/blog which contains very little about any of those books or companies, but is absolutely chock full of weird, libelous, self-indulgent nonsense about his life, writing and publishing, locked room mysteries, restaurants in Palm Springs, and the awfulness of Silicon Valley.

Paul is on Twitter, but only barely.

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Want to pick Paul’s brains about writing, journalism or the business of media? Book a call or SMS chat via NeedHop.

For a cautionary tale, everyone cites Paul Bradley Carr.” – THE SUNDAY TIMES

A British-born writer who spent years living out of luxury hotels and soaking his liver in booze.” – THE DAILY BEAST

“A testament to the virtues of debauchery… uproarious and brilliant.” – WIRED

“Utterly endearing. Completely addictive reading.” – PAPERBACK CHOICE, THE PRESS ASSOCIATION ),

“Carr has made a reputation as one of the feistiest writers on the beat. His [public] spats are legendary, as are his bust-ups with former employers including Arianna Huffington and AOL.” – THE GUARDIAN

“The columnist [and] enfant terrible has been summarily sacked from practically every outfit he’s worked for, including companies he started.” – ZDNET

“Like James Bond, Paul symbolises a freedom man would sell his own sister to achieve.” – LOADED MAGAZINE

“There’s no denying that he’s an idiotic, irresponsible chancer – qualities that make him an unpredictable travel companion, but put his story-telling skills in first class.” – SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD

“Paul Carr makes me want to vomit for all the right reasons.” – MIL MILLINGTON, AUTHOR, THINGS MY GIRLFRIEND AND I HAVE ARGUED ABOUT

“Commenting on Paul Carr is beneath my dignity. He’s absurd.” – MATT TAIBBI