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We at Chicagoist are on top of zombies. This time, Scott Kenemore will be reading from his latest book Z.E.O. (Zombie Executive Officer): How to Get A (Head) in Business this coming Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Webster Place Barnes & Noble store in Chicago. A satire of financial and how-to-get-ahead-in-business books, “Z.E.O.” teaches the reader how to find great wealth and succeed in business by being like a zombie at the office, "biting" and "infecting" his or her co-workers, and "turning" the competition. Sounds like a typical day at Chicagoist.
Kenemore said he was inspired to write this book because, “I love zombies, and I think that people who write business books are total fucking idiots who don't know anything more about amassing money than the average person.” He is a lover of all things Zombie and recently named to the advisory board of the Zombie Research Society (a 501c3 nonprofit). Z.E.O. follows up his first book The Zen of Zombie, an undead-themed satire of self-help books. Since being released in October 2007, it has sold over 30,000 copies, and Best Buy packaged 8,000 copies of it with George Romero's “Diary of the Dead.”
Currently, he is working on his third book The Art of Zombie Warfare which will be released in early 2010 and plays the drums for the Chicago-based rock band, The Blissters. If you miss Kenemore this Saturday, you can still catch him at a local art gallery or at the Horror Society’s “Zombie Outbreak Film Festival.” Check out the book’s trailer produced by Chicago-based Axiom Megamedia.
Scott Kenemore reading, Saturday October 24, 3 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1441 W. Webster Ave.
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Don't take this personally, Chicagoist. I'm just using this post to add to my list of "things chicagoist covers that I don't care about."
old list
1. Scott Peterson
new list
1. Scott Peterson
2. Zombies
thanks for the feedback.
and i assume you mean DREW Peterson, right?
Yes, the whole Zombie thing is getting tiresome. Vampires, too.
Zombies will never get tiresome!
Even more tiresome are Chicagoist's yawningly negative commenters.
Wow, you had a bacon-related post AND a zombie post in the SAME DAY. Way to go, Chicagoist.
But seriously, this book sounds lame as all get-out.
thanks for contributing positively to the conversation
Damn, forgot. Everyone is supposed to like everything or just shut up.
now when the hell did I say that? Your comments usually do contribute to the conversation, which is why this one was so frustrating.
Ok, but a commenter isn't allowed to snarky every now and then? My goodness, you guys do it all the time. One post is straight-forward and newsy, the next is snarky and (sometimes) funny. Give your commenters the same ability. I mean, really, this is a book about zombies in the corporate world. It BEGS not to be taken seriously.
But it's OK, they'll always be someone to come along and disagree.
Like jess nevins...or masked maurauder...or matilda...or...
But we do allow that. If anything, we're guilty of being too lax in cracking down on comments going way off the rails. We crack down sometimes but very rarely. If I'm wrong feel free to find the examples and email them to me.
we're guilty of being too lax in cracking down on comments going way off the rails.
So me saying this book sounds lame is "going way off the rails" and you felt like it warrented a response?
Wow, stick around when Masked Maurauder shows up...
I understand your need for monitoring the comments on this board. But this?...I think there are better battles to fight on that front. And its initials are MM.
If it helps, I'm positive this book sucks.
LMAO!
Your day job as a party clown must be really fulfilling.
Only when I get to squirt p*ss on you from a seltzer bottle.
Remember, stay positive!
If youalls want more party clown coverage, all I'm going to say is to wait til' next week.
You always crack me up, Stealth.
And although I do not get the whole zombie thing, I have to say it amuses me how much some people are into it...all of this speculation and such about how to survive zombie attacks....it's cute.
I gotta say, I don't get why such random things get under the skin of chicagoistas, especially Marcus and Tankboy and sometimes Sudo. Usually you guys are pretty cool with a great sense of humor, but every once in a while, you explode for no reason. And at poor Stealth, too, who is one of the most on-the-rails commenters around here.
Just think of what your doing to the kids!!! You're destroying this family!
well, i wouldn't say i "exploded," but you (and Stealth) have a point. thing is, the three you mentioned, we're the editors of the site. we see negative comments directed at the site all the time and sometimes we take it a wee bit too personally and lose our cool. and i don't mean that in a "woe is me" way. it's the nature of the beast but it still happens. and - as you said - randomly at that. and i know it's sorta hypocritical as Stealth pointed out. anyway, we're only human. snark us, do we not cry?
so ANYWAY...
zombies are old and busted. noted.
I understand getting personally hit with too much criticism. The dig about zombies and bacon WAS directed at the site, but you had to know it was meant in jest because it's been mentioned before. And yeah, I DO think there's an an unusual amount of items on zombies and bacon (and other stuff), but like I said, I was meant in jest. Secondly, my main point was on the book itself. How can you confuse my criticism of a book that you merely wrote about with a criticism of the site? I mean, me calling this book lame and you take it personally? Did anyone there actually WRITE the book, because then it would make sense. Just think it's a little weird that it's happened a couple of times before that I'm written something critical about something IN a post and someone seems to have taken it personally.
And, yeah, gotta call you out on being a bit hypocritical (and yes, you confessed that you were). I mean take your recent Jesse Jackson headline: "Rev . Jesse Jackson Makes Sense For Once". Now I know more than a few people who would think that goes beyond mere unnecessary snark to flat out unfair, erroneous and in that instance, strangely uncalled for. But hey, you're free to post it. And if someone calls you out on it, guess what? You gotta take the hit.
Bottom, line: sorry if you took/take it personally, but I still think this guy's series of books is the modern equivalent of "101 Uses for A Dead Cat". It doesn't reflect on you. Trust me, I've gotten my share of critical commentary responses to things I've written for another local Chicago-based news/etc. site that I'm very sure (ok, positive) that you're familiar with. Not a big deal.
Enjoy the rest of the week.
Are you scared he's gonna take away your right to post snarky comments on a blog you don't maintain. Cause that little poetry slam of a post just reeks for fear sweat.
It's called a reasonable discussion, jessie girl. Figured you wouldn't recognize it.
I agree with you, BlueFairlane. I was totally surprised that Marcus got on Stealth like that. Stealth? Of all people! And it was such a minor little thing too.
Ok now... group hug everyone?
I have to go along with those who say zombies have gotten old. And smelly.
We just need one of those "Downfall" mashups to seal the deal: "Hitler angry because some people are getting tired of zombie and bacon memes".
If you people don't cut it out, I'm subjecting you all to another "burlesque show" post.
I went to the Zombie Burleque at the Admiral man.
It was like an MFA exploded on stage. And not in the fun way.
We can NEVER get enough burlesque show posts. See?...positive!
So THIS is what double digit inflation looks like! Doesn't "Putting America to Work" include "Putting Trolls to Work?" Get shiftless commenters out of the coffee shops, off their laptops, and filling the freakin potholes on my way to work.
hey, how about a chicagoist post about ninjas and pirates. that would be AWESOME.
Ha, I quit paying attention so long ago I forgot his first name. I'm proud of myself for that one.
Another list: things Chicagoist covers that I wouldn't mind another 3 posts a day about them
1. Our Godawful horrible Mayor and the sheep aldermen
2. local sports recaps
3. New restaurants
4. Rockin' our turntables
Great job on these. Much appreciated
This actually is interesting to me. I have read many business books, but they tend to say a lot of the same things differently. 10 points for being creative.
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