The Jerkoff Diaries

My back hurts. My eyes are dry. And my neck is tighter than my asshole. The only thing more embarrassing than blogging (BLOGGING!) about trying to stop masturbating is blogging about being constipated from not masturbating. Full story

A Living Diary of a Dying Industry

You Can’t Ever Sing “Don’t Stop Believing” at Karaoke Because of This Guy

We interviewed Howard Paar, the guy responsible for the soundtrack to Gregg Araki's 'Nowhere,' as well as choosing songs for 'The L Word' and 'Monster.' Full story

A Living Diary of a Dying Industry

College Radio Guy Who Can’t Find Tim Allen’s Phone Number, You Got It?

It’s National College Radio Station Week, and to show appreciation to the basements and studios where many of us in the music industry got our start, we’re talking with program director Kevin Yelvington of my alma mater, 89.1 WIDR-FM Kalamazoo, from lovely Western Michigan Univer… Full story

Fightland

Necessary Violence

I hate real fighting as much as I love MMA. I believe it's no gladiatorial free-for-all, but a real sport with rules and a value system. But fighters are predisposed toward violence, and sometimes I just want to see good fighters fight. Full story

Secret Fighting in the Bronx Is as Cool as You'd Think

Strip the glitz from an MMA fight and add wannabes, devout martial artists and psychos, and you’ve got Underground Combat League, a series of underground fights in New York for coming on ten years, and which you can only attend if you're on a list or fucking a fighter on the card… Full story

A Living Diary of a Dying Industry

Record Label Wants You to Go to Acupuncture School, Stop Pissing in Sandbox

As indie labels shutter their offices in domino succession, Temporary Residence Ltd. seems to have become the go-to model for how to run a record label. But it seems the secret to his success is similar to those of our past interviewees: NEVER FUCKING SLEEP. Full story

A Living Diary of a Dying Industry

Guy Who Hates Your Goddamn Indian Collages

"Well I think most people can make as much money as I do in the music world, as it really is not that much money. A monkey that performed KISS covers on the streets of Portland could make as much as I do in a year." Full story

FYF Fest, LA: Everyone Is Fucking Nice and Pretty

"Then about six bong rippers next to me started noodle-dancing, while the singer crooned theatrically about what I can only assume is a bunch of stories about elves." Full story

A Living Diary of a Dying Industry

Have You Hugged a Music Publicist Today?

Music publicists are here to help you, not to spam you, and certainly not to get rich off you. We talked to two of them about what their jobs are like. Full story

I Reported on the Mets and It Killed My Fandom

For most of my life, I was a Mets fan the way your little sister is a 'Twilight' fan. It was my identity. Then, I reported on the team for a season. And now I see the players I revered are just regular guys with real demanding jobs. Full story