{"id":609,"date":"2009-05-27T19:45:47","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T02:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/05\/its_in_the_pi_-_final_days_now\/"},"modified":"2009-05-27T19:45:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T02:45:47","slug":"its_in_the_pi_-_final_days_now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/05\/its_in_the_pi_-_final_days_now.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s in the PI – final days now a movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n(Photo\/Alex Stonehill)<\/p>\n

In October of 1980, marinating in joy and alcohol, I staggered down the cobbled streets of Pioneer Square right after I’d scored a job at the paper and sang softly to myself, “I’m<\/i> in the PI.” <\/p>\n

Only the PI would have hired me, an instinctive fantasist with no prior newspaper experience. I  learned from the staff how to be one of them. Today, if somebody asked if there’s a journalist in the house, I’d feel comfortable raising my hand.<\/p>\n

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\"PIGlobe2.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Following its March 17 demise, the PI continues online as a ghost of its unruly and hard-hitting self. A small team of real reporters still work there, but what they do is strangely not featured and even hard to find on the site, where cute puppies and hot chicks get clicks. <\/p>\n

The demise of the paper is now a documentary short (It’s In The PI<\/i>) being screened<\/a> Friday night as part of the Seattle Film Festival. I heard about the film for the first time today from Facebook. I’d feel strange to be so outside the loop, but Curt Milton<\/a> (former PI page designer) didn’t know.  When the paper was a paper, he knew everything. <\/p>\n

Brief clip from the brief film here<\/a>, featuring Joel Connelly<\/a> quoting Edward Abbey<\/a>: <\/p>\n

When the situation is hopeless, there’s nothing to worry about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On a more positive note, there’s a community tribute<\/a> to the PI on June 3 at Town Hall Seattle<\/a>. Free admission. Both laid off PI people and the online-only PI people will show up to pretend everything’s peachy. That should be fun.<\/p>\n

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