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Life and death at Balthazar

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Boom and echo

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Songs Ojai

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Making babies

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The Popular Alternative

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July 2007

is the author of Tattooed, Pierced, & Fucked-Up: A Scene Memoir 2004–2008, the first title from [Dirt Books](https://books.dirt.fyi/). You can pre-order it [here](https://shop.dirt.fyi/products/pre-order-tattooed-pierced-fucked-up-a-scene-memoir-2004-2008). 

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Excerpt from Dad Had a Bad Day. © Astra Publishing House. Used with permission.

is a former division I tennis player. He is a frequent contributor to NOON, edited by Diane Williams. 

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Dad Had a Bad Day

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on the Toronto indie scene that's making smooth-jazz sound radical.

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A Nice Story

on why the Former Skater is such a compelling character. 

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Joachim Trier, skateboarder 

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The anti-decline narrative.

on pain, precision, and the refusal to plateau.

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Boldy James

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And the pool-bar-as-third-place.

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Third places 

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The Michael Clayton of it all. 

on corporate thrillers and why we love them. 

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"The guy you buy"

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Prestige Silicon Valley television. 

on Halt and Catch Fire as a techno-optimist time capsule. This piece was published in collaboration with Boys Club. 

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“Dude, the Internet.”

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