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- This is the Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ) for the Usenet Newsgroup
- alt.fan.dave_barry. This list was last updated 7/1/93.
- The current version of this FAQ is posted to alt.fan.dave_barry,
- alt.answers, and news.answers around the beginning of each month.
-
- --> (Please make sure that your source for Dave's articles is listed in the
- --> state-by-state list at the end of the FAQ!)
-
- Please send Corrections, Additions, or Suggestions to:
- Mike Steele (mike@cs.umd.edu)
- "Alert FAQ Editor"
- **************************************************************************
-
-
- ----------
- Dave Who?
- ----------
- No, not Dave Who, Dave _Barry_. Dave Barry is a syndicated columnist
- whose humorous articles appear in hundreds of newspapers every week. When
- he's not writing his columns for the enjoyment of the world, he writes for
- the Miami Herald's Tropic Magazine. Dave has won a Pulitzer Prize for his
- humor columns and is the lead guitarist in a rock band called the _Rock
- Bottom Remainders_. Plus, Dave is the leader of the Urban Professionals
- and an all-around nice guy who tries to protect his readers from the dangers
- of the world around them, like exploding cows and trout falling from the sky.
- This newsgroup is *not* about David Barry, the auto writer for Vogue Magazine.
-
-
- -----------
- Where Can I Read Dave's Articles?
- -----------
- Well, if you want to get your weekly dose of Dave in your local newspaper,
- check out the list at the end of the FAQ. It contains the names of
- hundreds of newspapers and magazines across the United States and around
- the world that carry Dave Barry's articles on a regular basis. For those
- of you who are too lazy to get up from your computers, keep reading...
-
- (DISCLAIMER: This is not an advertisement or endorsement of any service,
- newspaper, or magazine mentioned, but is intended merely as an response to
- one of the most frequently asked question in the newsgroup,
- alt.fan.dave_barry.)
-
-
- ------------
- Where Can I FTP/Get Dave's Articles Over the Net?
- ------------
- Dave Barry is a Professional Writer. His job is (I'm not making this up...)
- to sit around playing flight simulation games until a thought hits him
- (usually just before deadline), write it down, then send it in to his
- editor. His articles are not in the public domain.
-
- You can subscribe to Dave Barry via either e-mail or NEWS through
- ClariNet. According to their propaganda, "ClariNet publishes over 150
- newsgroups of wireservice and syndicated information. For full info, write
- to info@clarinet.com for an info packet." I'd like to include more info
- here, but I think it's probably best that you contact ClariNet and get
- their latest info file.
-
- FOR INFO
- info@clarinet.com
- or
- order-barry@clarinet.com
-
- TO ORDER
- Phone: US/Canada: 1-800-USE-NETS
- Non-US: 1-408-296-0366
- Email: order-feature@clarinet.com
-
- In addition, a few lucky sites have a newsgroup called
- "clari.feature.dave_barry". If your system administrator has paid
- ClariNet, your site might have this newsgroup. Sites with this newsgroup
- are the exception, not the rule though.
-
-
- -----------
- How can I Write to Dave?
- -----------
- To write to Dave Barry (and get your very own postcard reply from "The
- Man" himself, write to:
-
- Dave Barry
- c/o Tropic Magazine
- Miami Herald
- 1 Herald Plaza
- Miami, FL 33132
-
-
- -------------
- Can I send E-Mail to Dave?
- -------------
- No. Dave doesn't have an e-mail account. (as far as we know...)
-
-
- -------------
- What's this about a Dave Barry TV show?
- -------------
- Yes folks, Starting in Fall of '93, Monday Nights on a local CBS
- affiliate near you, it's _DAVE'S WORLD_!!!
-
- According to Alert Reader Eric Seiden (darsys@pro-entropy.cts.com):
-
- MIAMI HERALD 3-12-93 (Page 2A)
-
- It's definite: Harry Anderson, former star of Night Court, will play Herald
- columnist Dave Barry in a pilot for a CBS seris -- Dave's World -- next
- fall. DeLane Matthews, who played Dr. Laurie Hill last fall in a
- short-lived ABC series will play Beth, Dave;s wife. Disc jockey Shadoe
- Stevens will be Ken, Dave's journalist friend. Lenny Wolpe, who played a
- character with Tourette's Syndrome on LA Law, will play Shel, another of
- Dave's friends. The show will be set in Miami, but Dave's paper will not be
- the Herald. The show beings production around month's end in Los Angeles.
- -- Hal Boedeker
-
-
- -------------
- Recently, Dave had a "Worst Song" Contest. What did he pick as the worst
- Rock and Roll Song of All Time?
- -------------
- "MacArthur Park", written by Jim Webb, performed by Richard Harris in 1968
- and later in 1978 by Donna Summer.
-
-
- -------------
- On the Topic of Bad Music, What's That Band that Dave's In?
- -------------
- Dave is the lead guitarist for the rock band, The Rock Bottom Remainders.
- The group includes such popular writers as Dave Barry (lead guitar,vocals),
- Stephen King (bass guitar,vocals), Ridley Pearson (rhythm guitar), Amy Tan
- (vocals), Barbara Kingsolver (keyboards), Robert Fulghum (backup vocals),
- Roy Blount Jr. (backup vocals), Dave Marsh (backup vocals), Tad Bartimus
- (backups vocals), and organizer Kathi Goldmark (backup vocals). The group
- was put together by Goldmark at a writers convention in 1991. They named
- the band after the bookstore practice of selling last year's bestsellers at
- bargain rates. Music veteren Al Kooper is the band's musical director and
- plays keyboards and guitar with the band. The group went on its first tour
- in May, 1993, with the proceeds going to the Right to Rock Network and a
- variety of literacy and First Amendment organizations. Their motto is, "We
- play music as well as Metallica writes novels."
-
-
- -------------
- What is Tropic Hunt?
- -------------
- Tropic Hunt is a combination scavenger hunt and brain puzzle held in the Miami
- area which is hosted by the Miami Herald's Tropic Magazine every spring.
- Dave is one of the Hunt's creators and he helps organize it. Asides from
- that, it's hard to explain.
-
-
- --------------
- What Books has Dave Written?
- --------------
- Bad Habits
- Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
- Dave Barry Turns 40
- Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
- Dave Barry Slept Here
- Babies and Other Hazards of Sex
- Claw Your Way to the Top.
- Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead
- Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex.
- Homes and Other Black Holes.
- The Taming of the Screw.
- Dave Barry's Guide to Life.(It includes "Marriage", "Babies",
- "Stay Fit", and "Claw")
- Dave Barry Talks Back
- Dave Barry Does Japan
-
- And, on Audio cassette, read by Dave himself...
- -----------------------------------------------
- Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
- Dave Barry Slept Here
- Claw Your Way to the Top
-
- Dave also wrote the foreword to "Why Things Are: Answers to
- Every Essential Question in Life", by Joel Achenbach -- Ballantine, ISBN
- 0-345-36224-1.
-
- He also has a column in _The Best American Sports Writing 1992_ about
- Miami Heat forward Grant Long. (apparently, it origionally appeared in
- "Tropic" Magazine in _Miami Herald_).
-
-
- -------------
- What other Dave Barry Paraphernalia Can I Purchase?
- -------------
- Dave Barry Daily Calendar
- Dave Barry For President Bumper Sticker
- Dave Barry T-Shirt/Sweatshirt with quote about men only wanting tickets to
- the world series (available in "Wireless" catalog)
- "A Totally Random Evening with Dave Barry" (Compact Disc); Southern Tracks
- Records -- STD-0031. In case you can't find it locally, try:
- Southern Tracks Records
- 3051 Clairmont Road
- Atlanta, GA 30329
- (404) 325-0832
-
-
-
- -------------
- Where Can I find Articles ABOUT Dave Barry?
- -------------
- Well, here's a list of articles about Dave compiled by Alert Reader
- Jon Reeves (reeves@decvax.dec.com):
-
- "Loon Over Miami: The On-Target Humor of Dave Barry", Peter Richmond,
- New York Times Magazine, Sept. 23, 1990, p. 44, 64-7, 95
- "He Can't Make This Up", Harry F. Waters, Newsweek December 16 1991
- "Strange Bedfellow", Michael Neill and Don Sider, People, July 8 1991
- --several issues of The News of Boca Raton: Kate McClare's column
- covered his presidential campaign
- "Family Portrait: Barry Funny", Michael Kiefer, Ladies Home Journal,
- October 1990
- Playboy Interview, Fred Bernstein, Playboy, (April or May?) 1990
- "Madcap Airs All", Jesse Birnbaum, Time, July 3, 1989, p. 68
- *Many* locations around July 20 1988: news reports about "People With
- Boxes On Their Heads" at the Democratic convention (one of whom
- was Dave).
- "Florida Funnyman Dave Barry Offers Sexpert Advice on Lust, Love, Bed
- and Boredom", Laurel Tielis, People, March 14 1988 p. 14
- "2-4-6-8 he doesn't want to renovate!", Fred Bernstein, Metropolitan
- Home Oct. 1990 p. 58
- "Dave Barry's barbs: The ripening of a humorist", Linda Matchan, The
- Boston Globe, October 15, 1987, p. 77ff
- "Out of the sewage: Dave Barry used to report on waste treatment, but
- found that writing humor was more fun", David O'Reilly,
- Philadelphia Inquirer, around December 19, 1986
- "The World According To Dave Barry", Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune Sunday
- Magazine, September 22, 1985
- "Barry's 'habit' is making people laugh", author unknown, Colorado
- Springs Gazette Telegraph, around April 27, 1985
-
-
- -------------
- Where Can I read Everything that Dave Writes?
- -------------
- Dave is a full-time writer for the _Miami Herald_.
- Ted Goldblatt writes,
- "His 'normal' column is found in Tropic, which is the sunday
- magazine. Assorted other items show up periodically, scattered
- around the paper (national news - probably most of these are
- also made available to the syndicators, local news - I would
- guess no one but us sees these, and sports seem to be the most
- common). I don't know from down here how much of what dave writes
- beyond the sunday columns is seen by the rest of the world; it's
- sorta funky that he's 'just' another columnist for the local paper!"
-
-
- --------------
- Where's the Huge List of Publications that Carry Dave's Articles that
- You Promised Earlier?
- --------------
- Right Here:
-
-
- Comic Relief Magazine
- ---------------------
- Comic Relief Magazine, a monthly magazine, publishes several Dave articles
- a month. Here's their address. (thanks to Tony Salerno for the subscription
- info) Once again, it is advised to check with the company first to get the
- current rates, which may have changed since this was written.
-
- Comic Relief Subscriptions
- P.O. Box 6606
- Eureka, CA 95502
- Voice:(707)443-2820
- Fax: (707)445-0270
-
- 1 year - $24.75
- 2 year - $45.75
- 3 year - $64.75
-
- According to Michael Jenkinson, their international rates are:
-
- US $35 for 12 issues
- US $65 for 24 issues
-
-
-
- The Funny Times
- ---------------
- One Dave Barry column a month appears in the monthly humor newspaper
- The Funny Times. Subscriptions are $17.50 for one year, $28.50 for two
- years; foreign subs add $10/year. (Check with the company to find out
- the make sure the rates haven't changed before ordering)
-
- The Funny Times,
- P.O. Box 18530
- Cleveland Hts., OH 44118
- phone: (216)371-8600.
-
-
- Other Periodicals
- -----------------
- Here's some periodicals that have printed at least one Dave column (some
- of these are reprints of his weekly column or book excerpts, but not
- all; those that are known to have published original material marked
- with an asterisk): [Thanks to Jon Reeves again...]
-
- American Baby
- *The American Spectator
- Cosmopolitan
- *Glamour
- Men's Health
- *Men's Life [Oct/Nov 1990, the only issue]
- Modern Maturity (!)
- *New Shelter
- *New York Times Review of Books
- *People
- *Playboy
- Reader's Digest
- Rolling Stone
- *Saturday Evening Post
- Utne Reader
- *Video Review
-
-
- Newspapers which carry Dave's Column on a Regular Basis
- -------------------------------------------------------
-
- US ARMED FORCES
- Stars and Stripes, (U.S. overseas military newspaper). Time and location
- varies with edition. (see also: EUROPE)
-
- EUROPE (and other places overseas)
- International Herald Tribune, back page of the Sat/Sun issue
- Stars and Stripes, (U.S. overseas military newspaper) European Edition, Sunday
-
- CANADA
- Edmonton Journal, Sunday, `Life' section usually
- Montreal Gazette, Sunday
- The Province, Vancouver, Sunday
- Sunday Daily News, Nova Scotia, Matinee section
- Toronto Star, Sunday, `People' section
- Winnipeg Free Press, Monday, Tempo section
-
- JAPAN
- The Daily Yomiuri, (English language newspaper), Thursday, under the title
- "Wit's End"
-
- AUSTRALIA
- Illawarra Mercury, Saturday, one week out of every 4, but no set pattern.
- The Newcastle Morning Herald, occasional
- Sydney Morning Herald
-
-
- ---IN THE U.S.---
-
- ALABAMA
- Huntsville, The Huntsville Times, Sunday, Life Section
-
- ARIZONA
- Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Monday, Accent section.
- Arizona Republic, with illustration.
- Arizona State University State Press, Thursday--Same as previous Sunday from:
- Phoenix Gazette, Sunday, Lifestyles
-
- CALIFORNIA
- The Daily Breeze, various L.A. suburbs, Sunday, 2nd to last page of front
- section
- Glendale Daily News, Sunday, Life Section
- Long Beach Press-Telegram, Saturday
- Marin IJ, Marin Country
- Orange County Register, Saturday, Accent Section
- The Press Enterprise, Riverside County, Wednesday
- Santa Barbara News Press, Monday (usually - sometimes Tuesday or ??)
- San Diego Union-Tribune, Saturday in the 'Currents' section
- San Luis Obispo, Telegram_Tribune, Sunday, _Focus_
- Santa Monica's Evening Outlook, Sunday (uses Sunday Daily Breeze as Sunday
- edition)
- Sunday Mercury News, San Jose, West section, Back Page
- "The Times" -- San Mateo (Bay area), Monday
- Times Advocate, Escondido, Saturday
-
- COLORADO
- Boulder Daily Camera, Sunday, Back of Today Section
- Denver Post, Sunday, Denver Post Magazine, pp. 4-5
- Fort Collins Coloradoan, Sunday, Choice Section
- Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, Sunday
-
- FLORIDA
- Central Florida Future, University of Central Florida, Thursday in fall &
- spring, Wednesday in the summer.
- Jascksonville Times-Union, Sunday, Lifestyles
- Miami Herald, see blurb above
- Ocala Star-Banner, Friday, Parade section
- Orlando Sentinel, Tuesday, Style Section, bottom of p.1
- St. Petersburg Times, Sunday, Floridian section
- The Tallahassee Democrat, Sunday, "Lifestyles" section
- Tampa Tribune, Sunday, Editorial Section
-
- GEORGIA
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sunday
- Augusta Chronicle/Herald, Sunday, "Lifestyles" section
- The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Sunday, "Living" section
-
- IDAHO
- Idaho Post-Register, Idaho Falls
- The Idaho State Journal, Pocatello, Sunday, Second Editorial page
- The Idaho Statesman, Boise, Monday, the bottom of the front page
- of the Daybreak section.
-
- ILLINOIS
- Champaign Urbana, News Gazette, Friday, Arts Section (page 2)
- Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Magazine
- Peoria Journal Star. Sunday, back page of the Sports (2-3 weeks
- ahead of Chicago tribune)
-
- INDIANA
- Indiana Daily Student (IU-Bloomington), Thursday, Opinion Page
- Indianapolis Star, Monday
- The Muncie Star, Sunday
-
- IOWA
- Des Moines Register, Monday, opinions/editorial section
- The Iowa State Daily, ISU, Ames IA, Monday, opinion page
-
- MAINE
- Bangor Daily News, weekend edition
-
- MARYLAND
- The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, "The Sun Magazine"
- The Capitol, Annapolis, Sometime on the weekend..
-
- MASSACHUSETTS
- "The Boston Globe",Sunday, same section as "Confidential Chat"
- The Lawerence Eagle Tribune, Sunday
- New Bedford Standard-Post, Southeastern Mass., Sunday, "Attitude"
- magazine supplement
- Springfield Sunday Republican
-
- MICHIGAN
- Detroit News/Free Press, Sunday, "Detroit Free Press Magazine"
- Kalamazoo Gazette, Saturday
-
- MINNESOTA
- St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sunday, Op-ed pages
-
- MISSISSIPPI
- Hattiesburg American
-
- NEBRASKA
- Omaha World-Herald, Sunday, Living Section
-
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- The Keene Sentinel, Keene, Monday
- The Sunday Monitor, Concord, Sunday
-
- NEW JERSEY
- Asbury Park Press, Monmouth County, Sunday, Panorama Section(usually p. 2)
- The Atlantic City Press, Monday
- Bergen Record, Bergen County
- The Herld and News, Paterson, usually with MacNealy drawing.
- The Home News, New Brunswick, Sunday, "Living" section.
- The News Tribune, Sunday, section D
-
- NEW MEXICO
- Albuquerque Journal, Saturday, Trends section, Front Page
-
- NEW YORK
- Albany Times Union
- Buffalo News, Sunday, "Buffalo News Magazine"
- The Cornell Daily Sun
- The Ithica Journal, Wednesday
- New York Daily News
- Rochester Democrat & Cronicle, Tuesday, People section (C); page 3
- Rockland County Journal-News
- The Syracuse Herald-American, Sunday
-
- NORTH CAROLINA
- Ashville Citizen-Times, Sunday
- Charlotte Observer, Sunday
- Greensboro News & Record, Sunday, Life section
- News & Observer (Raleigh and other parts of NC), Sunday, Section E "Sunday"
-
- OHIO
- Akron: The Beacon Journal, Sunday, "Beacon Magazine"
- Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, Tempo section
- The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday.
- The Dayton Daily News, Monday, Lifestyle section. Usually on the front page
-
- OKLAHOMA
- McAlester News-Capital
- Muskogee Phoenix
- Sunday Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
- Tulsa World, Living Section, towards the middle
-
- OREGON
- Corvallis Gazette-Times, Sunday, Accent section
- Eugene Register-Guard, Monday
- Oregonian, Portland, Sunday, Northwest Living II
- This Week (weekly shopper-type magazine), Portland, Tuesday
-
- PENNSYLVANIA
- Erie Times News, Sunday, p. 2 of magazine section
- Greensburg Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Focus section
- Harrisburg Patriot News, Sunday, Living section
- The Lancaster New Era, Thursday
- Pensylvania State College Centre Daily Times, Sunday
- Philadelphia Daily News, Tuesday, w/Jeff MacNelly's cartoons
- Philadelphia Inquirer, (occasionally) Inquirer Magazine
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- The Times Leader
- York Daily Record, Wednesday, Living section
-
- RHODE ISLAND
- Providence Journal-Bulletin, Sunday
-
- SOUTH CARLOINA
- The Greenville News/Piedmont, Sunday, travel section, p2
- The State, Columbia, Sunday, p.2E
-
- TENNESSEE
- The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, Monday
- The Daily Beacon, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Monday, editorial page
- The Nashville Banner, Monday, Front page of Lifestyles (with cartoon)
-
- TEXAS
- Austin American Statesman, Sunday, Lifestyles section
- Bryan-College Station Eagle, Lifestyle section
- Dallas Morning News, Sunday, Today section
- Fort Collins Coloradoan
- Houston Chronicle, Sunday, Texas Section
-
- UTAH
- Desert News, Salt Lake City, Sunday, Today section, first page of "People
- and Places"
- Ogden Standard Examiner, Thursday
- Utah Statesman, Utah State University, Monday, p.4 (not in summer)
-
- VIRGINIA
- Daily Press, Newport News
- Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Roanoke Times and World Review
- Virginian-Pilot/Ledger Star, Norfolk, Tidewater Living section
-
- WASHINGTON
- Bellingham Herald, Monday evenings, lifestyle section
- (a house was attacked by bread dough in Bellingham--alert reader Rob)
- The Seattle Times, Monday, editorial page (with cartoons)
- Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Monday
- Spokesman Review, Thursday
-
- WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Washington Post, Sunday, "Washington Post Magazine" last page, occasional
- bonus columns in daily Style section (mid-week reports during election)
-
- WISCONSIN
- Milwaukee Journal, Sunday, magazine section (last page)
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