Originally published in The Hunter Envoy, April 22nd, 2009, Re-published on March 24, 2010 after winning The Murray Kempton Award for best commentary. Cat Call (-kôl?): (Noun)When a guy gives the wert whirl whistle or yells at a babydoll for the purpose of getting attention and in hopes ...

Published in The L Magazine, June 24th, 2009 Proof that Governors Island is awesome: it once housed the only Burger King to serve beer in the U.S. One of the few remaining ghost towns in New York City, it’s still deserted enough to draw in stoners hoping to catch spirits from the colonial...

“Funerals were supposed to be metaphoric and systematic; contained expressions of grief. You weren’t supposed to drink champagne in the morning, no matter how much you wanted to. You were not supposed to sing Elvis songs, or play guitars you don’t know how to play. There were rules....

Published in The Rumpus, May 28th, 2010 Heather Holliday was the youngest sword swallower in the world when she first began performing at Coney Island’s Sideshow by the Seashore. Before her act, where she ingests two feet of steel with the grace of a ballerina, the host introduces her...

Published in The L Magazine, July 22nd, 2009 The Rural Alberta Advantage make music that is intensely nostalgic, yet their sound is not reminiscent of anything specific. Their debut album, Hometowns, was born out of singer/songwriter Nils Edenloff’s feelings of homesickness after moving...

Published in The Hunter Envoy, September 2nd, 2009 “I’m living alone!” Gabe chanted, stomping up the stairs to his bedroom. My mother, assuming her eight-year-old son was having another temper tantrum, rushed to “restrain” Gabe, which meant embracing him in a bear hug until he...

Published in The Hunter Envoy, February 18th, 2009 Well into our inauguration high, a group of friends and I arrived at Greenhouse, New York City’s first eco-friendly nightclub on Varick Street in SoHo. They were having a party in honor of the new Prez, including two screens with the...