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March 17, 2007
Commencing: Now

A thoughtful piece of real-world wisdom from David Foster Wallace, in the form of a college commencement speech from a couple years back. (Courtesy of Chitty)

March 16, 2007
Bring the (White (Boy)) Noise

Just wrote a longish article on our old Chicago pal Weasel Walter in this week's SF Weekly.

Also, come find me on iLike!

March 11, 2007
And New Found Zeal of Old

There's an excellent, downloadable two-part mix of seminal New Zealand rock at the Mixotheque music blog, 50 tracks in all. Check it...

March 05, 2007
Landscaping the Fourth Estate

Just got the go-ahead to write for Time Out Chicago, a publication I like a lot. And I forgot to mention it 'til now, but I was also recently asked to begin contributing to the Pitchfork Media (who boast quite an impressive roster of contributing writers these days.) So be lookin' for your boy in these pages sometime soon.

Also, in a now-ongoing surprise, a little review I originally wrote for SF Weekly, subsequently picked up on the wire by fellow VVM outlets City Pages and the Dallas Observer, has now been reprinted for the fourth time, in the Houston Press. Ho, Larry.

POSTSCRIPT 4/1/07: This same little review was recently syndicated a fifth time, in the New Times Broward-Palm Beach, bringing the total number of publications to which I've contributed over the past two years to around a dozen.