The news is big business. Given the historic media mergers planned this summer, you can expect network news to reveal even more bias than before. Contrary to popular belief, network television’s fiction-before-facts approach isn’t nearly as politically motivated as it is the result of internal measures made to reiterate and reward networks’ preexisting profit structure.

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Skipping the traditional Craigslist route in the attempt to keep things within my circle of friends. For rent is one huge bedroom in Williamsburg, Brooklyn available Nov. 1, maybe sooner depending on my move-out date.

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I have several working excuses as to why this blog has not been updated in more than 3 months (feel free to pick one): A botched attempt at a novel, a writer’s workshop at NYU that has resulted in three newly completed short stories, and a completed studio album that I recorded with my band. […]

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A last-minute story I penned the other week has somehow made its way into the pages of Litro, a free monthly literary magazine in London. If you live in the London area please pick one up (word has it the issue has hit ‘the streets’ as of today). Available locations are listed on their […]

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The Immediate post-election season can be a real bore. With my Obama euphoria now settling into what can only be described as a state of relaxed contentment, I’m slowly beginning to recover from the general anxiety and Pavlovian shock dealt to my fluttering eyelids from staring at poll figures for days on end (oh-drama!). In […]

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I sent the following letter this morning to each of my relatives (or as many as I could find email addresses for), 75 percent of whom I’d classify as conservative Christians and staunch Republicans. The results should be interesting.

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My band Methodist is playing tonight, Sept 27th, at the Trash Bar (256 Grand St. between Driggs & Roebling in Williamsburg) with Brooklyn-by-way-of-Columbus all-star group RIBS (featuring former members of The Means, Bob City and Beat the Devil) as well as Brooklyn power-house duo Crackula.

Show starts at 10 p.m. Show up and buy […]

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What the hell? I find the perfect restaurant — one that satisfies on every culinary and aesthetic level — and the place closes down! Why?

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My band Methodist is playing our first show this Friday, Sept. 5th, at the Rockstar Bar (351 Kent Ave., Kent and S. 5th St., in Williamsburg). Show starts at 9 p.m. We play first, so get there early. We’re also giving away free demos at the show, if you’re the kind of person who needs […]

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