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WRITING
"I have my youth, and I'm not afraid to use it."
HUMOR
CHOOSE YOUR OWN LOSER ADVENTURE (2003)
NOEL GALLAGHER EXPLAINS THE HISTORY OF U.S. PRESIDENTS (2004) [with Jason Kiernan]
NINA (2003)
THE RUSSIAN SPIES (2009)
THE GANJA-SMOKING GHOST OF FOREST HILLS (2006)
COUNT CHOCULA (2006)
WE FELL IN QUICKSAND AND BEGAN TO SING: A TRUE STORY (2009)
LLOYD & THE WILD CIGARETTE ALLEGATION: A TRUE STORY (2009)
LOSING EVITA: A TRUE STORY (2008)
SNOWCONE GIRL: A TRUE STORY (2007)
DANE, THE BAND, AND THE TRIAL: A TRUE STORY PART ONE / PART TWO / ADDENDUM (2005)
MR. THOMAS, OR WHY I AM NOT A ROLE MODEL: A TRUE STORY (2005)
THE CUTTING BOARD IN THE SINK: A TRUE STORY (2004)
STEPHEN'S AMNESIA: A TRUE STORY (2004)
GRANT BUELL VS. ART (2003)
WHEN NATHAN MET SMARTERCHILD (2003): A confrontation with a robot.
THE GHOST (1992): My 3rd-grade ghost story and, in all seriousness, my best work to date.
THE BIG BIG BIG BIG CHERRIES (1991): Except maybe this, from 2nd grade.
LIANA THE DELI CLERK REVIEWS EVERYTHING (2004)
OL' DIRTY BASTARD OBITUARY (2004)
PERSONAL ADS & OTHER WRONGDOING (2008)
PATHWAYS TO YOUR FUTURE (2003): My self-help book.
NBC'S "DUSTY BOOKS & PICTURES" HIATUS FOR RETOOLING (2004)
MY GRADUATION SPEECH (2002)
CHOOSE YOUR OWN LOSER MINI-ADVENTURE (2000)
CRITICISM & REPORTAGE
P----F--K REVIEW: Talking Heads Live / P----F--K RETRACTION: Nathan Resigns! (2004)
ALBUM REVIEW: James Ross If I Could Take the Blame (2004)
ALBUM REVIEW: Buddy Williams My Bad (2003)
ALBUM REVIEW: Clocktower (2003)
ALBUM REVIEW: The Statistics Government Problem (2003)
A History of WOBX-TV
NONFICTION & COMMENTARY
DREAM ON TOP OF A BUILDING (2008)
PHIL SPECTOR: THE MURDER, THE BULLYING, THE HAIR, AND THE MUSIC (2009)
BRIAN WILSON'S SMILE: A LOST REVIEW IN THREE PARTS (2006)
THE BEACH BOYS: WHEN I GROW UP (TO BE A MAN) (2009)
JOHN LENNON (1940-1980) (2005)
25 ALBUMS THAT CHANGED THIS EDITOR'S LIFE (2009)
IT'S OK: ADVENTURES IN DEEJAYING (2009)
TEACHERS (2005)
BELIEVE IN IT: SUNRISE (2007)
OUT DANCING (2008)
NON-NONFICTION: BLACK NARCISSUS & BIRTH OF A NATION (2006)
BOOKNOTES (2006)
THE SHANGRI-LAS: MYRMIDONS OF MELODRAMA (2007)
DAVID LEAN'S GREAT EXPECTATIONS (2008)
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN and why it doesn't work
25 TRUE FACTS ABOUT THIS EDITOR (2009)
(2006)
THE STANLEY KUBRICK COLLECTION DVD review (2008)
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: VERSIONS & COMPARISONS (2008)
My Contribution to Philip Skerry's THE SHOWER SCENE IN HITCHCOCK'S PSYCHO book (2004)
JOURNAL ENTRY #1000 PART ONE / PART TWO (2007)
TALKING HEADS COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY REVIEWED (2004)
BRIAN'S BACK? (2004): regarding the rise and fall of Brian Wilson
FEATURES
WEEKLY DISPATCHES [that I'm still comfortable with people seeing] (2002-04):
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FICTION
THE 8800 (1999): Completely revised 2006.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS (2005)
ROMEO & JULIET'S THIRD WHEEL (2005)
THE THINKING MAN'S BAD HABIT (2005)
ERIC J. HINEZ, JUNIOR ASTRONAUT (2003): I sort of like this one; it's a rewrite of a story I did in fifth grade.
LARGE SAUSAGE? (1998): This is the winner of a few small awards, but I did not post it for the first years I had the website, for fascinating reasons documented behind the link.
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