About Me:  2002 graduate of the University of Evansville, professional daydreamer, currently melting in New York City.

Favorite Album: Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith

Favorite Film:  Dr. Strangelove - Dark comedy at its darkest and funniest.

Favorite Concert: Elvis Costello, University of Chicago, November 9, 2002 – The culmination of a year of touring, no highlights of the last 9 months were left out, the Imposters at their best, EC at his most playful and passionate.

Favorite Book:  1984 by George Orwell.  Brilliant distopian nightmare that gets more frightening, more relevant, and more realistic with every read. The last third of the book is like a lesson in futility and probably the scariest thing I have ever read six times. "I love George Bush!"

Top 5 Elvis Costello songs whose title asks a question:

1. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and
Understanding?
2. Daddy Can I Turn This?
3. Honey Are You Straight or Are You Blind?
4. Why Cant a Man Stand Alone?
5. What's Her Name Today?


Articles:
February 2005
Feature: Beyond Belief: Lewis Black and the Comedy of Outrage
Column: The Indie's Turn: Sub Pop Records
Concert Review: Calexico
Unearthed DVD Review: Absolutely Fabulous: Complete DVD Collection
Editorial: Rewarding Incompetence


December 2004
Feature: The Art of Politics, Part II - Film, TV, and Theater
Feature: Greg Proops: Comedy to Enlighten and Frighten
Album Review: Want Two, Rufus Wainwright
Album Review: Von, Sigur Ros
Album Review: Shakin' the Sheets, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Editorial: What's So Funny Bout Peace Love and Understanding


November 2004:
Feature: The Art of Politics, Part I - Literature, Music, and Comedy
Column: Battle Of The "Experts": Lucid Dreaming
Column: Getting To Know: Elvis Costello
Album Review: From A Basement On A Hill, Elliott Smith
Album Review: This Island, Le Tigre
DVD Review: Wattstax (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
Editorial: Don't Wait Till 2008


October 2004
Album Review: The Delivery Man, Elvis Costello & The Imposters
DVD Review: Never Scared, Chris Rock
DVD Review: Goodbye Lenin!
Concert Review: Nick Lowe
Editorial: Not Bush, Candidate Superstar


September 2004
Feature: Destroyed By Madness: New York City's Howl! Festival of East Village Arts
Column: Globetrotting - New York City, New York
Album Review: Good News For People Who Like Bad News, Modest Mouse
DVD Review: Outfoxed
Unearthed DVD Review: The Office 1st and 2nd Season
Unearthed Audible Review: Greg Proops - AudibleProops
Editorial: A Little Rebelion Now And Then


August 2004
Feature: The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side: Stephin Merritt
Column: Been There: Elvis Costello
Album Review: Franz Ferdinand
Album Review: Give Up, The Postal Service
Album Review: i, Magnetic Fields
Album Review: Stellastarr* - Stellastarr*
Editorial: The Politics Of Fear