Jordan Heller’s ‘Roid Rave’ story cited in Vanity Fair
Casey McKinney05.13.09
About a month ago Jordan Heller wrote a controversial story for Fanzine showing the other side of the steroids debate – that they can actually have wonderful benefits for the right candidates when used properly – Vanity Fair cited his article recently in a steroid piece of their own. Michael Hogan asks should baseball just go ahead and allow steroids in America’s hallowed game that’s been made much less holy (that is – besides the pincushions players have made of their bodies) the past few decades?
Bombs Away Borel at 50:1: The Derby Postmortem
Pete Hausler05.03.09
"It’s all in the hands!", not sure what was better, the race or Borel after. If you read Pete Hausler’s preview before the Derby, you…
BOMBS AWAY: Five Live Long shots to Die For, A 2009 Kentucky Derby Preview
Pete Hausler05.01.09
As Pete Hausler pointed out last year, there are some very unscientific ways to bet on the Kentucky Derby, even more so than the stock market, which was seemingly almost still okay then. But this time around he focuses on long shots specifically, so oh nelly, gamblers get ready for heavy panting on Derby Day – TODAY – Saturday, May 2nd, yes read now before you place your bets. Cover Art by Danny Jock ("I Want Revenge" – good name but sits as a/the favorite, rather than a long shot….and wait, Update: I want Revenge was scratched this morning due to an injury. Hmmm. And with a sloppy track now odds keep changing.) 2nd Update:….And it’s over! And whaddayaknow A Long Shot Won, Calvin Borel on Mine That Bird, at 50-1 odds! Check the Derby postmortum on the Fanzine Blog.
Music: The Obits—I Blame You
Michael Louie04.30.09
Back in the day, I recall my hometown of Newark, Delaware went through a bunch of music trends. One was racist skinhead hardcore. Another one, some…
Talk Show 24 with Leah Hager Cohen, Joshua Ferris, Alice Mattison, and Ann Packer
Jaime Clarke04.30.09
Hate to set these blurbs up with the personal (CM here), but when I think of first apartments not sure whether to count the one at the New School I dropped out of after the first semester (four of us in the dorm, each with their own addiction- booze, coke, pot and heroin, made for nice company, nobody messing with each others stuff really, except the booze…and the pot, oh and sometimes the…). Or the next in LA that I paid $200 a month for with a murphy bed, splitting the space with a friend sleeping next to me on the floor on a futon, a couch separating. Writing table in the closet was a good hideout for when the other had a date. Ah the good old days! Anyway, host Jaime Clarke talks here in TS24 to authors Leah Hager Cohen, Joshua Ferris, Alice Mattison, and Ann Packer about their first apartments. Enjoy. Art by Danny Jock
Music: Zizek Club
Casey McKinney04.26.09
A few years back a friend and I spent a month tooling around Argentina, from Buenos Aires out to the pampas, the rain forest, the desert, western…
Music: Marmoset: Envelope
Casey McKinney04.26.09
With genius lists now, and shuffle since the stone age, sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the catalogue you are passively amassing through…
Kinke Kooi
Alyssa Bianca-Pavley04.25.09
Note: we meant to get something done on this show before it goes down, but alas it’s going down today. Anyway, if you are out and about…
‘and so his noise was ours too for those times’ – On Ronald Tavel (1936 – 2009)
Jennifer Krasinski04.24.09
So the story goes that Andy Warhol needed a narrator’s voice when he made the move from silent pictures to "talkies." And Ronald Tavel had just the voice, i.e. the serpent in the garden he sought after. But Tavel turned out to be an artist far greater than Andy originally bargained for. He built his name with Warhol sure, as his narrator and screenwriter, but Tavel’s own projects of poetry, fiction, and especially the theatrical arts are in a class all their own, as he took his audience from the tame waters of the "absurd" out into the utter "ridiculous." Jennifer Krasinski gives Tavel, who died earlier this month, a proper sendoff. Illustrations by Danny Jock.
hockey playoffs to ensure crosby vs. ovechkin in 2009
Michael Louie04.21.09
Man, I gotta throw out some love to The Onion. With Casey out in LA, I’ve been catching up on some playoff hockey, and then today I saw this from…
