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Defanging the Disclaimer

Jason Sandford March 2, 2006

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Have you all noticed what’s happened to the Asheville Disclaimer? The parody paper’s foul-mouthed irreverence came as a breath of fresh air in Ashvegas. Now, though, the buoyant little blasphemer appears to be dead.

Well, not quite. The Mountain Xpress last week featured one page of Asheville Disclaimer fun. Dubbed “the most beloved page in the land,” the parody was a ghost of its normal self. There was a cute little piece about how the Disclaimer had added 40 pages of news and calendars. The rest was mostly a yawner.

It’s too bad. The Disclaimer was a good time. We always looked foward to the mini-poster in the center of each issue. O well. We’ll say goodbye to writers such as Fennis Swinethrob and Catchy Pseudonym and move on. (We’ll still check your blog every now and then.)

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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4 Comments

Fennis Swinethrob July 4, 2014

So nice to have been noticed, even if it was eight years ago. I miss the real Disclaimer as well.

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Michele, Asheville Disclaimer March 3, 2006

Thanks for the kind words regarding the demise of the Disclaimer. I too feel it is a loss for the community as well as myself and the other Disclaimer staff. I especially will miss doing the Disclaimer centerfolds which were my personal art projects. I would like to clarify that we had made the announcement that we would no longer be printing the Disclaimer before the Xpress approached us to be included within their paper. We are very appreciative to the Xpress, who, ironically, were the only people within our community to eXpress concern over our passing. I feel that the Xpress has been very brave to add us to their content and I hope our addition will add a much needed dynamic to their pages. I am thankful to still have a voice within the community as well as twenty-eight thousand potential new readers. We all knew that going inside the Xpress would create a "losing-their-edge" hurdle to overcome. It is out of simple respect to our new home that we will heat things up a bit before bringing anything to a boil. Thanks for your insight and feedback.

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Catnap March 3, 2006

they had the best paper boxes in town. Much more attractive then the M X. What color are those anyway – statutory grape?

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Kathryn March 2, 2006

The Disclaimer went under, I think it said on the Letters page. So the Express is making their page a regular feature. I think its good to have more satire in the Express, and since it’ll be the same writers, they should be able to bring it.

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