highlights reel
(An ongoing collection of personal faves, etc..)
Features/Profiles/Interviews:
Reed and Right, Lou Reed profile (London Times, 7/04)
Passing the Turing Test With Brian Wilson (unpublished, 12/05)
Happier In Hoboken, Yo La Tengo profile (Paste, 4/05)
The Penguin is Mightier Than The Sword, Berkeley Breathed profile (Salon.com, 11/03)
Trey Anastasio's Empty House (unpublished, 8/06)
Circuit Bending Lets Old Toys Play Tunes (Associated Press, 4/06)
CBGB Closes (Associated Press, 10/06) (audio report, photos by Jack Chester)
Turning the Kleig Lights Around, Mountain Goats profile (Paste, 6/05)
Nobody Expects the Cricket, Glenn Kotche profile (Signal To Noise, summer 2006)
Smile!, Elephant 6 feature (Signal To Noise, summer 2002)
Unleash the Love!, Mike Love profile (Times Herald-Record, 4/06)
E-Pro, or Why We Shouldn't Be Mad at Beck for Being A Scientologist (Pop Matters, 12/05)
Albums:
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - Of Montreal (Paste, 1/07)
Her Majesty, The Decmberists - The Decemberists (Salon.com, 9/03)
Feels - Animal Collective (Paste, 1/06)
An Open Letter to My Friend Chris Regarding the Mountain Goats' We Shall All Be Healed (Pop Matters, 2/04)
Americana: Home Recordings - Jim Croce (San Diego Fahrenheit, 12/03)
Tracks:
"Suffer For Fashion" - Of Montreal (Paper Thin Walls, 12/06)
"Boy With A Coin" - Iron and Wine (Paper Thin Walls, 9/07)
Books:
Phil Spector & Brian Wilson bios (London Times, 4/07)
Spook Country by William Gibson (Paste, 8/07)
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (Paste, 5/06)
Live:
The Dead at Red Rocks (JamBands.com, 8/03)
Bustle In Your Hedgerow at the Rocks Off Boat Cruise (JamBands.com, 8/06)
Paul McCartney at Madison Square Garden (JamBands.com, 10/05)
Bob Dylan at Sunfest (5/03, JamBands.com)
Hippie:
A Recent Rap With Jerry Garcia (Perfect Sound Forever, 2/06)
America On-Line (Dave Matthews Band in Central Park) (unpublished, 9/03)
Phish at Coventry (JamBands.com, 8/04)
Throwing Down With the Upper Crust, Jerry Garcia guitar auction (JamBands.com, 5/02)
Misc.:
The Multiplex Dreams of Bollywood (San Diego Fahrenheit, 8/03)
Searching For The Next Little Thing, a trip to the Consumer Electronics Show (unpublished, 1/06)
HST (VegasTripping.com, 3/05)