Column: I write and I vote

August 29th, 2010 | Opinion | No Comments »
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In which NY Conversation’s print incarnation tackles the Australian election, in all its squalid glory.


Dark(ie) days for Australia

August 9th, 2010 | Opinion | 4 Comments »
Darkie toothpaste, past and present

In which a tube of toothpaste leads by a strange series of mental twists and turns to a political epiphany.


Death, and taxes

July 7th, 2010 | Music,Opinion | No Comments »
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A day at the office.


Journalism goes M.I.A.

June 3rd, 2010 | Music,Opinion | 3 Comments »
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In which the author wonders just why Lynn Hirschberg gets to write for the New York Times, anyway.


Louie Louie, I really gotta go

May 23rd, 2010 | Music,Opinion | 5 Comments »
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In which the author speaks to Lou Reed, and kinda wishes he hadn’t.


Baby was a black sheep (but possibly isn't any more)

May 5th, 2010 | Music,Opinion | No Comments »
Smith & Mapplethorpe

In which the author gets the shits with Patti Smith and has a nice old rant about it.


In defence of cultural interchange

April 28th, 2010 | Music,Opinion | 4 Comments »
Upper West Side Soweto

Big Issue op-ed piece about why we get so upset when white people play black music.