"TechNigga" comic's made-for-Valleywag video

Disgraced video comic Loren Feldman has been removed from Verizon's phone and broadband video-on-demand library. I wouldn't compare the guy to Lenny Bruce, but this much is true: Feldman, a member of both the Screen Actors Guild and the risqué Friars Club in New York, goes out of his way to be offensive and sometimes it works. OK, so sometimes it doesn't. His year-old "TechNigga" clip, which Verizon didn't even carry, got Feldman axed from the lineup. "TechNigga" consisted of a Jew portraying a stereotypical black thug — booze, dope, hookers, etc. What could go wrong? Far funnier and less awwwwwwkward is Feldman's puppet interview with Jason Calacanis's bulldogs from April. The puppet host is a spoof of marketing consultant Shel Israel. At this point, you either know all about Shel and his contempt for Feldman, or you don't care. Just watch the video. More »

"TechNigga" video gets 1938 Media removed from Verizon

1938 Media is a one-man videoblog run by Loren Feldman. The guy is funny, in that edgily-offensive way that makes you wonder when someone's going to punch him in the face. Last week, Verizon cut a deal with Feldman to market his videos on Verizon phones and broadband connections — a big win for a one-man act. But eight days later, 1938's clips are gone from Verizon. The reason? A backlash from activist groups who've branded Feldman's shtick as racist. A year ago, Feldman posted "TechNigga," in which he pandered to stereotypes in an attempt to parody TechCrunch. The video wasn't in Verizon's collection of 1938 clips, and Feldman long ago made his apologies. Protesters don't care. Watch the first 1:05 of "TechNigga" and you'll understand everything.

Blip.tv deems "TechNigga" work of art

A few words associated with former PodTech videoblogger Loren Feldman, infamous for his political correctness, might include "chaff," "talentless," "idiot comedian," or "racist." "Artistic inspiration for generations to come" wouldn't be the first phrase to come to mind. But Charles Hope, a blogger for online video site Blip.tv, says that Feldman could be responsible for "a deeply moving work of art." Huh? More »

TechNigga and the Don Imus of Silicon Valley

"I want to apologize to all the black tech bloggers. It could have been any ethnic group. It could have been gay guys, could have been Jews, could have been micks, skinnies, chinks, any of them...It was just your guys' bad luck that it went down that way...I'm a fucking idiot comedian and I did this." When PodTech promised to sign on more "professional producers," did it mean a white guy putting on a blackface minstrel show? Because that's what PodTech talent Loren Feldman has been up to, as part of a freakish little "opera" this videoblogger has engineered over the past week. Here's the story as told in videos, from "TechNigga" to Loren screaming, "No balls on any of you, you're just fucking sheep." More »

Loren Feldman of 1938 Media sucking up to Jason Calacanis on his latest podcast: "If ...um... Mahalo went away, people would freak! If Facebook went away, I don't know if people would freak." [Calacaniscast]

1938 Media guy proves there are things worse than being naked

The New York vlogger from 1938 Media (the one who last week called TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington an ass for three minutes while lying in bed) now dresses up like an infant to lampoon AOL exec Jason Calacanis, head of Netscape.com and Weblogs, Inc. More »

Naked man talking about Michael Arrington's ass

Okay, so he's calling the TechCrunch blog editor an ass. And since we at Valleywag unfairly blame Michael Arrington for everything that's wrong with the tech industry, we'll say it's his fault this nutjob videoblogger from 1938 Media excoriated Arrington from the comfort of his bed. More »