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I know what you're thinking! You're thinking I'm obsessed with Marty Wombacher...right?!
Wouldn't you be, if you had a friend that got a write up like this in the Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia?!!
HMMM?!!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marty Wombacher is an American writer and photojournalist
who lived in New York City from 1993 to 2012. In 2012 he
moved back to his hometown of Peoria, Illinois and is
currently doing a blog about living in the midwest.
From 1989 to 1993 he was the editor, publisher and one
of the primary writers for People of Peoria (later shortened
to POP) magazine. The magazine was published and
distributed out
of Peoria, Illinois. The quarterly publication was popular with
positive write-ups appearing in the Peoria Journal Star,
Chicago Tribune and Spin magazine.
In 1993, Wombacher moved to New York City and has written
for the NY Post, NY Daily News, Time Out New York, Gadfly
magazine, Nerve magazine and NY Press among others.
From 1993 to 2000 he was the editor, publisher and primary
writer for 'fishwrap' magazine, a satirical magazine whose
focus was mainstream media, in particular magazines. The
magazine was based out of New York City and was given
favorable write-ups and reviews in: USA Today, Men's
Journal, The Peoria Journal Star, NY Post, NY Daily News,
Men's Journal, Chicago Tribune and the NY Press. It had
national distribution from Big Top Publishing out of San
Francisco.
In 2002, Wombacher wrote the book, '"99 Beers Off The
Wall."' He wrote another book, '"The Boy Who Would Be A
Fire Truck"' in 2009.
Wombacher's first publishing success was Trivial Trivia,
The Idiot Edition, which he created with Greg Owens. The
game was a satire of Trivial Pursuit and it became a
success after DJ Gene Konrad featured the game on his
local morning show on WIRL in Peoria. The U.P.I. wire
service picked the story up and it was featured in
newspapers, radio shows and TV news across the country.
The peak of the success came when Wombacher and
Owens appeared on The Today Show in New York City
and were interviewed by Jane Pauley, in 1986.
Wombacher finished his website, A Guy Walks Into 365
Bars, on January 10th, 2011.
He retired his Marty After Dark blog in 2012.
He retired his Tripping With Marty. blog in December of
2012 and moved back to his hometown of Peoria, Illinois.
He's currently blogging at, Meanwhile, Back In Peoria...
References [edit]
- Wombacher on The Morning Show in Australia
- Gladstone, Neil (July 23, 1998). "20 QUESTIONS: Marty Wombacher". fishwrap magazine. Philadelphia City Paper.
- Bell, Bill (July 31, 1995). "It's His Mag Mag Mag Mag
- World". New York Daily News.
- Peoria Journal Star review by Phil Luciano
- Lulu author interview by Dan London
- Weichselbaum, Simone (March 10, 2010). "Marty
- Wombacher plans to visit 365 city bars in 365 days and
- blog about each experience". New York Daily News.
- 365 Bars at Cleveland.com
- Gray, Billy (March 10, 2010). "Man Visits 365 Bars In
- 365 Days, Stays Sober Enough To Write About It". GuestofaGuest.com.
- NBC Niteside feature article
External links [edit]
Anyway, I've been writing comments on
his Meanwhile Back In Peoria blog
in the form of poems, and I put one to
music, at his suggestion, and I think it
turned out pretty stinkin' good!
Here it is:
