PopMatters

New article at PopMatters: “Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders: 6 May 2010 – New York”

June 15, 2010

A live concert review I wrote last month is now available on PopMatters: Hawkins imagined Red Light Fever as sounding like me having sex with my record collection, but delivered from start to finish with the same thrusts at the same speed with the same pressure, the music only humps the listener into numbness. Photo credit [...]

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New article at PopMatters: “My Love-Hate Relationship with River Phoenix”

September 22, 2009

Have to run out the door for much of the day, but I’m excited to share my new byline over at PopMatters (despite my inelegant cropping): Please feel welcome to leave a comment over there. Comments good.

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Fail = win

July 4, 2009

Yesterday I submitted a personal essay to an online pop culture magazine. It wasn’t great. I worked on it for weeks, reading, researching, and writing, changing the approach, editing, and rewriting; but I just never quite hit a stride. Parts of it sound okay, but the overall flow, well, isn’t. The middle is thin. I [...]

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