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February 06, 2005


	the ira glass interview I read about this guy on the internet about this guy who was competing for the Asteroids world championship. -Are you serious? Theyre still going? Yeah, I guess so. They print volumes of video game world records. And this guy... Posted by xtop at 02:48 AM \| Comments (4)

February 05, 2005


	kitchen sink 9 Two pieces in this issue, which basically sum up either end of the spectrum of my personal enthusiasms and some stuff in-between. A short piece on discovering Randy Newman and a longer one about BTK and how a message... Posted by xtop at 11:15 PM \| Comments (1)

January 06, 2005


	and your little dog, too For Chris Shields, it wasn't ska music or the Who album-cum-Mod film Quadrophenia that delivered him into the arms of the scooter lifestyle. It was the crappy economy. A piece for the Pitch that I wasn't exactly excited about at... Posted by xtop at 11:27 PM

October 17, 2004


	through a glass brightly My interview with Ira Glass from oh so long ago culminates in Kitchen Sink #6, out now at your favorite magazine shoppe. Just got it in the mail and man, it's sure awesome.... Posted by xtop at 11:55 PM

September 04, 2004


	i only get the best assignments forwarded from my editor: "Our fourth comedian is from Portland, OR and suffers from cerebral palsy. His handicap gives him permission to go over the edge about handicap people and he does. There is a much broader story to this... Posted by xtop at 02:26 PM

July 29, 2004


	easy does it The way Walter Mosley tells it, his formula for writing a book is remarkably simple. "I sit down with a character in mind, and wherever that first sentence takes me, that's where I go," he tells the Pitch. That first... Posted by xtop at 08:30 AM \| Comments (6)

July 27, 2004


	false starts: jerry garcia memorial stomp -Society can be divided among those who can explain the significance of August 9th and those who cant and those who can are probably too stoned anyhow. -Summer wouldnt be complete unless youve spent at least one muggy August night... Posted by xtop at 08:03 AM

June 09, 2004


	pitch(fork) - 06.09.04 "The guy I was up against was standing there drinking a beer, and he says, 'Here, hold this,' and he goes, throws the hammer really far, comes back and takes another swig and says, 'That's a pretty good hammer throw.'... Posted by xtop at 06:13 PM \| Comments (3)

June 08, 2004


	i was the world Or so it seems. I dunno what exactly my Pitchfork status is these days, but it doesn't necessarily bode well. Maybe it does. I haven't the foggiest, really, as I've become inured to the concept of being a writer means... Posted by xtop at 12:10 PM

May 18, 2004


	metrosexual man As far as moments of pure, unadulterated culture shock go, probably the strongest in recent memory is driving down the expressway to look over at one of those radio station billboards that proudly display the Journey or Foghat song currently... Posted by xtop at 11:33 AM \| Comments (3)

May 07, 2004


	i'm still the world House music might be the only genre it's safe to kick around anymore, now that saying "I listen to everything but country" marks you as an elitist snob worthy of others coming down on your head with a litany of... Posted by xtop at 01:07 PM \| Comments (2)

April 26, 2004


	i am the world The production shifts, with guitar and drums both going from scratchy and rough to smooth, from the other end of the dining room to a foam-walled studio, unevenly divided between a live bit of rough playing and intimate brinksmanship.... Posted by xtop at 11:15 AM

April 02, 2004


	my phone call with ira so, if you were gonna interview Ira Glass, like, say, Tuesday at 1:45? What would you, my intrepid half dozen readers, ask him? No. Seriously. Cause I have no idea. This is like interviewing god. Y'know, if god were Jewish... Posted by xtop at 04:37 PM \| Comments (6)

March 31, 2004


	dear you Listening to the newly expanded and finally-back-in-print edition of Jawbreaker's Dear You felt like discovering that once upon a time I was a giant asshole.... Posted by xtop at 07:04 AM \| Comments (3)

March 28, 2004


	my adoring fanbase Are you high? You ever even heard any Descendents stuff? You're clueless my friend. -ZACK... Posted by xtop at 09:57 AM \| Comments (2)

March 26, 2004


	'merican If you've read any reviews of The Descendents' new EP, 'Merican, you'll likely have encountered a long rundown of dozens of other Descendents songs that these five songs are bound to remind you of. You'll also notice that no one... Posted by xtop at 08:57 AM \| Comments (1)

March 24, 2004


	westSIDE There's a strain of nostalgia that Civil War recreationists and classic rock devotees often fall victim to, in which they cling to sugar-coated perceptions of the past in a desperate attempt to stave off the horrible present. The things they... Posted by xtop at 01:52 PM

November 19, 2003


	the volume enthusiasts I'm unnaturally proud of this article and the fact that, as fraction pointed out, I was bylined on a cover with a picture of a midget: . . . Schiller soon found herself up against other volume enthusiasts who'd spent... Posted by xtop at 11:05 PM

November 15, 2003


	false starts: santa parade Wherein I tackle the age-old question: What the hell do you say about a Santa Parade in a mall? Call us ignorant, but we never knew Santa lived in a mall. In the movie Im Gonna Get You Sucka, one... Posted by xtop at 01:44 PM

November 10, 2003


	false starts: the volume enthusiasts False starts on a long sidebar about the upcoming International Autosound Competition. A convention of people with tricked out rides bumping the funk in each and every one of their trunks to win the big tall trophy and the respect... Posted by xtop at 10:30 PM \| Comments (1)

October 26, 2003


	false starts: pink floyd New feature. Freelance assignment for the Pitch asks that I write about the upcoming Pink Floyd Laser Show: "125 words (of mockery if you wish, but far be it from me to assume)." With any of these pieces, I usually... Posted by xtop at 09:56 AM \| Comments (9)

April 16, 2003


	jello biafra article Hm. Well, yeah, here's the article that came out the other end. It's a sidebar in the weekly calendar spread, meant to enlighten the dull about what there is to do every day of the week. So, knowing my word... Posted by xtop at 11:42 PM

April 12, 2003


	jello biafra transcript Complete transcript of my interview with Jello Biafra. The teenager lurking at the edges of my psyche is still doing handsprings. The more evolved element currently in fuller control of my faculties has a few shattered illusion problems, tho. x:... Posted by xtop at 11:37 PM \| Comments (7)

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