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August 30th, 2010 - 4:45 pm § in Blog

I (kinda) helped write this book…

When Henry Owings – the man behind Chunklet – put out a call for people to contribute to his latest book, The Indie Cred Test, I decided to pitch in. I was only able to pitch in a small amount due to the whole grad school thing, but Henry was really responsive to my teeny portion of the book.

Anyway, you too can help bring The Indie Cred Test to life. Henry took to Kickstarter to fund the project, and it’s doing quite well in the short time it’s been online. But, Henry and co. still need your help, so pitch in! You can get a copy of the book, a Fucked Up 7″ made just for Kickstarter campaign, clothing, and a bunch of other stuff.

What are you waiting for? Check out the Indie Cred Test Kickstarter page for all the details and a pretty hilarious video by Henry.


August 25th, 2010 - 12:09 am § in Blog

Interview: Native’s ‘Moves’

I interviewed a couple of the guys in Native with my friend and classmate Tanveer Ali for one of our classes at Medill. Take a peek at the video and listen to their lastest album, Wrestling Moves after the jump: Native interview from Leor Galil on Vimeo. [...]


August 18th, 2010 - 11:28 am § in Blog

New Blog

This week, I’m editing a new blog called Reader Music Live. It’s part of a project for my final quarter at the Medill School of Journalism, and it’s a great excuse to write about music in Chicago for school. Check it out here, and be sure to follow the project on Twitter and Tumblr[...]


July 30th, 2010 - 1:30 am § in True/Slant

So long, farewell

I’ve been struggling to write this, my final post for True/Slant. Writer’s block aside, it’s very difficult to sum up the fantastic experience I’ve had writing for this site and being a part of the True/Slant community. To put it mildly, it’s been an absolute joy writin[...]


July 27th, 2010 - 12:23 am § in Freelance Work

Best Worst Movie and the cult of Troll 2 | Film | Interview | The A.V. Club Chicago

Few artists have rendered the art of failure as enjoyable as Claudio Fragasso did with his 1990 film, Troll 2. The combination of stilted acting, awkward dialogue, and a plot that makes any exploitation picture seem drab by comparison helped make Troll 2 a cult phenomenon. Four years ago, Michael St[...]


July 26th, 2010 - 1:51 am § in True/Slant

The Love Parade tragedy: 19 deaths and live music in limbo

Germany’s Love Parade, an annual dance music festival, was the scene of a terrible tragedy this weekend [via the L.A. Times]: At least 19 people reportedly died at the Love Parade, a well-known dance event in the German city of Duisburg, and more than 340 were said to be injured as the appar[...]


July 22nd, 2010 - 2:28 am § in True/Slant

Music Rights Now… or some other time

Another day, another e-mail from Universal Music Group Distribution CEO Jim Urie. Last time he urged people to write to Congress to support Music Rights Now, an organization that wants Congress to step in on music pirating. All well and good, except that their thinking is fairly backwards, and the o[...]






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