Monthly Archives: June 2004

p.s. it was Chuck Palahniuk.

My coworker Katie: “Did you ever get in trouble for the part in your book where Margaret Thatcher comes into the restaurant where you work, and you masturbate into her food?” Jonathan Ames: “I didn’t write that.” Katie: “Are you … Continue reading →

SPESH TO TRAV, and everyone else: For all the stinginess I feel towards the Boroughs, I’m disinclined to fault Beasties for their lack of wringing, hard-hitting, life-altering protest/anti-Bush verse, verse that conduits our generation to saving itself (from convenience, death, … Continue reading →

Why I now like Macaulay Culkin, v.1. Quoted in Spin: “You’re always trying to figure out what other people think of you. Some people think I sit in a closet eating peoples’ souls while doing heroin and pissing on Christmas … Continue reading →

To the Five Boroughs is currently the top-selling record in US, Canada and Europe. * “There are silly songs such as ‘Something in My Shoe,’ which includes fun sound effects; ‘Ducks Like Rain,’ which has an uncanny way of sticking … Continue reading →

I am such a bitch: my moving is more about me than here. it’s sunny and i spent the afternoon at Mirah’s house interviewing her about maple-syrup farming and drinking Yogi tea. Is this not a fantasy wonderland? I have … Continue reading →

You could probably say that, for the myriad reasons I’m leaving Portland—its deadening easiness; its isle-like monoculture; the clouds and fucking rain, man—mixtapes are one of them. Across the board, the street-tape trade in Portland ranks slightly under transgendered/fat-rights fanzine … Continue reading →

Without knowing for sure, I’m wild-guessing that Guy Debord is resting peacefully in academia’s “out” column. But Middle America doesn’t give a dialectical crap on that. For all my money: the prime example of spectacle (now wrapped uncomfortably in capital … Continue reading →

Excerpt from a letter I received for “Crashing the hardcore sausage party,” an interview with Martyr AD bassist Sheer Tara I did for AP magazine, about being one of the only hi-profile women in a heavily male-dominated genre (metal/hardcore): “Your … Continue reading →

We are the Bears Shufflin’ Crew. Slightly less annoying than the WNBA’s BEP, cutesifying our hoops hoops ladies down to lesser-threat size.