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About Me

Rock, comedy, film, Latin and Asian foods, hiking and camping, T-shirts, guitar, cologne-hating, mule-baiting, the like

Formerly edited Sponic zine and have freelanced for Aversion.com, Shredding Paper, Rockpile, Nude as the News, Erasing Clouds, The Donnybrook Writing Academy, Dayton Daily News, Dayton Voice/Impact Weekly, and others

Currently writing A&E for The Denver Post and just finished a book about indie comedyI also post absurdist song titles on my Twitter feed .

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Newspeak blogging panel

 Hi all, I'm on a blogging panel with Jason Sheehan from Westword, Erin Barnes from The Donnybrook Writing Academy, Ruth Tobias from denveater.com, and others on Wednesday, Sept. 2 starting at 6:30 p....
Posted by on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:49:00 GMT

New "Mock Stars" interview / The UMS

So Maximum Fun, the blog of the excellent NPR show "The Sound of Young America," just posted an interview with me about my book "Mock Stars: Indie Comedy and the Dangerously Funny." Check it out right...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:44:00 GMT

Record Store Day!

Yeah, shit sucks for record stores.Economic realities and new technologies have conspired to chip away at the brick-and-mortar store, but that doesn't make them any less vital and awesome to true musi...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:25:00 GMT

L.A. release show with Maria Bamford, Storytyme, new reviews

A three-pronged punch!1. Recent reviews of "Mock Stars: Indie Comedy and the Dangerously Funny" have continued trickling in from the Colorado Daily (check it here), Under the Radar magazine and CoBiz ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:55:00 GMT

Los Comicos tonight, L.A. and SXSW in March

Tonight I'll be pimping copies of my book "Mock Stars: Indie Comedy and the Dangerously Funny" at Denver's best comedy show, Los Comicos Super Hilariosos. Stop by, get a copy, spit in my face, buy me ...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:38:00 GMT

Jester Journal and upcoming reviews

"Mock Stars" got reviewed recently in Jester Journal, who managed to call it both "indespensable" and "unfocused" in the first sentence. Awesome. Look this month for reviews in Under th...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:58:00 GMT

Year-end music lists

Like every other asshole with a computer, I've complied a Top Ten of 2008 music list and spread it around like sweet, crunchy peanut butter. Unlike every other asshole, I've been lucky enough to ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:49:00 GMT

Kittysneezes.com "Mock Stars" review

Syung Myung Me just posted a (mostly) positive review of "Mock Stars" on Kittysneezes.com, and you can check it out right here. One immediate thing that strikes me after reading it is that people real...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:17:00 GMT

WFMU "Mock Stars" giveaway

Just found out that WFMU, one of the greatest radio stations in the known universe, will be giving away copies of "Mock Stars" during an upcoming fundraiser, so if you didn't get one yet (and really, ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:33:00 GMT

Blast magazine review, Barnes & Noble

If you don't mind braving the snow tonight (according to various omniscient Front Range weather reports) and want to get some holiday shopping done, I'll be at the Barnes and Noble near Colorado Mills...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:51:00 GMT