L.A. Man: Profiles from a Big City and a Small World
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016
We Dropped a Bomb on You: The Best of Slake I-IVCitizen Beck
Originally published September 27, 2006 in the LA Weekly When I moved here 10 years ago, Beck’s Odelay was a constant companion, like the sun, the smog and the Tapatío sauce in which I’d drown my tacos. Being a newbie, it seemed necessary to me that I digest Odelay, in the same way that other […]
The Malloy Brothers Conspiracy
Originally published in the LA Weekly THE HILLS ARE THERE in front of us, the sun behind, and he’s getting smaller and smaller, framed by the burnishing light, the water, the sand, the hills. I remember for a moment how much beauty is still left in this world. And now here’s my wave, lifting me […]
Stecyk – Father of the Now
Originally published in the New Times Los Angeles Surf, skate and street-art legend Craig Stecyk spawned the “extreme” generation, but these days he’s an absentee dad. Click here to read the article originally published in the New Times: Stecyk – Father of the Now
Driving Wes Anderson
This story originally appeared in the LA Weekly. THE DRIVER IS BREAKING THE LAW AGAIN. Tearing like a tornado across the Mojave wastelands in a rented white Ford Explorer. Hands at 10 and 2. Chewing highway. Approaching his favorite speed: 90 mph. What would the honorable folks at Disney’s Touchstone Pictures think? Had they done a background check […]
