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Director James Cameron is the third subject in my irregular series of “Icon” interviews for Maxim–my Q&A with him is in the new issue, cover-dated January 2010, with Olivia Munn on the cover. Or you can read it online here. It’s worth a click; Cameron’s a very sharp guy and this is my favorite of […]
posted 21 December 2009 in Articles, Outside. no comments yet
I have another “Icon” interview in the new issue of Maxim (the October issue, with Audrina Patridge of The Hills on the cover): this time it’s with Woody Harrelson, currently starring in Zombieland.
We met at a vegan restaurant in Los Angeles, so naturally, I had a cheeseburger before I showed up. Harrelson ordered a blended […]
posted 5 October 2009 in Articles, Outside. no comments yet
Shotguns, bologna sandwiches, and rehab: that’s the summary version of my recent interview with Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith. If you want the details, you can pick up the new issue of Maxim (it’s my first piece for them; Joanna Krupa is on the cover), or just read it on their website here. It […]
Last week, I went to Las Vegas for the opening date of the reunion tour of Blink-182 (a band I’ve written four articles on previously, including this 1999 feature, this 2000 cover story, and this 2003 account of playing for troops in the Middle East). If you’re curious about whether the boys had matured during […]
posted 29 July 2009 in Outside. no comments yet
Prince has a new album out: another three-disc package (his fifth, by my count). My review is in the latest issue of Rolling Stone; you can also read it now on their website. A few other things Prince and Woody Allen have in common: (1) they’re short (2) they’re basketball fans (3) they were funnier […]
posted 2 April 2009 in Outside, Reviews. no comments yet
A couple of weeks ago, I visited the storied Troubadour nightclub in Hollywood to see the latest installment of “In the Attic,” the series of acoustic showcases starring Pete Townshend (on his days off from the Who’s world tour) and organized by his girlfriend Rachel Fuller. I interviewed the two of them (plus Zooey Deschanel […]
posted 1 December 2008 in Articles, Outside. 2 comments
I was lucky enough to attend Van Morrison’s show at the Hollywood Bowl Saturday night where he performed the entirety of Astral Weeks.
Single-word reaction: Wow.
I should have a full-length review in the next issue of Rolling Stone, but I also filed a short dispatch (with a set list, which isn’t as pointless as you might […]
The sets of some TV shows are Potemkin villages, just realistic enough to pass muster with the cameras on one side. Others are incredibly detailed simulacra: the most impressive ever, for my money, was the sprawling installation at Cinnecitta Studios for the HBO show Rome (more on which some other time soon).
When I visited the […]
posted 3 November 2008 in Articles, Outside. no comments yet
I’ve got a new piece up at the the Barnes and Noble Review: this one’s a short assessment of a long graphic novel, Dash Shaw’s Bottomless Belly Button. (To read it, scroll down to the bottom of the page, past Felix Dennis and Gorgeous George.)
While we’re on the subject of comics: it occurs to me […]
posted 29 September 2008 in Outside, Reviews. no comments yet
As of last night, I’m back from the desert, and after many showers, I think I might have actually removed all the alkaline dust from my body. But I’m not counting on it.
While I was gone, the Barnes and Noble Review published a brief take of mine on the soundtrack album to Passing Strange, the […]
posted 3 September 2008 in Outside, Reviews. no comments yet
