![]() ![]() It's a big part of being a small business owner.Ĭlaire: There's a lot of freaking out. I'm going to dinner," but then I got a panicked text from her at 9:00 PM saying, "Okay, you've got to come home!"ĬB: I'm guessing you do a lot of panic-texting. The last issue, I didn't sleep for 36 hours.Ĭlaire: During the last issue- it was the Wednesday before print, I went until five o'clock and said, "I've been working since 7:00. So that's the amount of work you guys are getting done? Then three hours of productivity, perhaps an exciting email, a really good workout, maybe a run, sauna.ĬB: So the thing I'm taking away from all this is that there's a three-hour productivity window. That's an ideal day.Ĭlaire: I'd probably be up at 8:00 but not get moving until 9:30. It should involve at least two enjoyable but uncoordinated interactions with someone. Gutes: My ideal day probably involves waking up at 10 o'clock, going to Pilates, and working for about three hours. They don't overthink it, so why should we?Ĭhris Black: I have my idea of what this will be, but what does an ideal New York day look like for you guys? Gutes and Claire are just having fun with their friends. Even on a seeming niche level, what happens becomes fodder, hotly debated. But most importantly, it reminded me that no matter what is happening, New York City is the center of the world. Two people started something they were passionate about, worked hard, and were able to capture the zeitgeist in a medium that most people had forgotten about-a perfect combination of newness and nostalgia. Other media outlets took notice and began to try and understand The Drunken Canal, it's more significant meaning, and what the future held, breathlessly debating its purpose, which felt a bit silly. The only way to get a copy of the newspaper was to physically pick one up from a newspaper box that they had "repurposed," located in the famed Dimes Square, but luckily for all the out of towners they have begun to ship nationwide. The contents (fiction, scene reports, interviews, classified ads, poetry) were from a tight network of contributors who were given a long leash to do as they please. A mix of the alternative weeklies of the 90s and early aughts mixed with a liberal arts school newspaper. Something niche and tangible for a generation who has grown up online, it is refreshing, voice-y, and irreverent. During the pandemic, Michelle Guterman, aka Gutes, and Claire Banse created The Drunken Canal, "a biased news source" newspaper made for and by a particular set in downtown New York City. ![]()
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