young adulthood
I was in a band once, we opened for the Gossip
What you see above is the only remaining evidence that I ever played music in public. I found an old unlabeled VHS tape in a box but I put off digitizing until this year. (I took the tape to Digitas, by the way, a great and friendly digital shop in
I was a pre-teen monster
I’m going down to the Bell House tomorrow to help prep for the Rarities From The State show, where cast members David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black will show old show clips. Thing is, The State had a huge effect on my formative years. Without the State
FTW--I still love Radiohead
I’ve been listening to (nearly) all Radiohead since my four-hour Thom Yorke dream. This band is really, really great. And I realized I’ve never had to articulate my feelings about Radiohead, because Radiohead reviews/interviews are reserved for better critics than me. I’ve never been able to
Is Magnolia Bakery a landmark?
Look closely at this Google Map. Why is Magnolia Bakery on here like this? I wasn’t searching for it. Has it been given landmark status? If so, I would guess that it commemorates New York’s domestic immigrants, small town girls who come to New York seeking a better
How I almost became a gossip blogger
This Idolator post reminded me of one of my almost-first New York writer jobs. I moved to NYC in 2005 not to find love, start a new life/career, or find myself, but to get out of Tucson. I love Tucson as a place, but as a collection of people
200 Motels
Right now I’m watching 200 Motels. I rented this movie my freshman year of high school, and I’ve rented it four or five times since then. I’m not a Frank Zappa fan, but I had a friend who was, and who recommended it to me. I remember
Midnight movies
In a few hours I’ll be leaving the apartment to get in line to see Spiderman. I got the tickets a few weeks ago. This will make Spiderman III the latest in a long line of movies I’ve insisted on seeing at midnight on opening day. Other films
Girls Gone Wild
This is a somewhat-old L.A. Times article about Joe Francis, the founder of Girls Gone Wild, and how he assaulted the writer outside of a night club. When I was a reporter for my college paper, I interviewed Joe Francis. Francis and his party bus and camera crew stopped
