So I took the leap of faith and applied to a music magazine I really like, PopMatters (www.popmatters.com) when they announced that they were looking for writers. And I got it! I'll be a regular music reviewer, writing approx. one album review per week. Getting paid for it, perhaps? Look out for me!

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And the winner is....


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Well, not quite yet. But it's finally happening: I'm getting rid of my eight-year-old Acura and buying (leasing?) a new car in three to six months! Today I drove the ( Read more... )

So today is Spring Cleaning day here at the Newmark household. Mostly it involves removing all of the beguilingly crappy furniture that we've neglected (including a wood-encased television and a piano that makes a genuinely horrible noise when you play it) to sell on eBay, cleaning out our rooms and closets, and taking care of the nine huge boxes ( Read more... )

My dad gave me the convertible today for no reason!


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Issues for Contemplation (now that I have nothing to do)1. My cat: innocent household pet, or devil incarnate ( Read more... )

I got an apartment in Berkeley!

To hear more about it, inquire within.

I got an apartment in Berkeley!

To hear more about it, inquire within.

Hey everyone, sorry I've been AWOL these past couple of weeks. A lot of good stuff has happened that I've been neglecting to share, but it seems it's only the bad stuff that I ever feel like writing about anymore, which is lame. Something negative just happened and it's pretty trivial, but at the at the same time I don't know how to deal with it ( Read more... )