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Writing credits include the San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, The Believer, 7x7 Magazine, SFGate.com, Bookslut, Crawdaddy!, San Francisco Examiner, The Las Vegas Weekly, Greencine, SFStation, Film Threat and more.

Corporate copywriting for print and internet: Jaman.com, Astrology.com, 80108.com, Go2.com, Filmjunkie.com and Going.com.

Resident Writer: The Nervous Breakdown

Staff blogger for SFGate.com: Off The Record

Here are a few recent clips:

Truth or Sedaris: An Interview with David Sedaris, Mother Jones
Nick Cave: Hands Up, Who Wants To Die?, Crawdaddy!
Love Bites: An Interview with Toby Barlow, Mother Jones
For the Deceived, Here's Billy Childish, Crawdaddy!
Miranda July interview, Bookslut
Skinny Puppy, San Francisco Chronicle
Vincent Gallo: Selling Sperm but not Selling Out, Crawdaddy!
Les Claypool, 7x7 Magazine
Slim Cessna's Auto Club, San Francisco Chronicle
Closure is Bullshit: An Interview with James Ellroy, Film Threat
Todd Solondz interview, Clamor Magazine

He won Literary Death Match #6 and read for the All-Star Literary Death Match #9

More articles:

The Rumpus
Closing night party of the San Francisco International Film Festival (May 14, 2010)

ILiveHereSF
Mission District Essay (March 2, 2010)

Guest Blogger at Powell's
February 1, 2010 - Leaving the Nest
February 2, 2010 - Punk Rock, Me and My Novel
February 3, 2010 - So, You Wanna Write a Novel
February 4, 2010 - Pushing Pause on the Treadmill of Life
February 5, 2010 - Ten Minute Coffee Break

San Francisco Chronicle
Limbomaniacs (December 31, 2009)

The Nervous Breakdown
With Love, Nick Cave (September 30, 2009)

The Believer
Nick Cave Interview (September 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Monotonix (September 17, 2009)

Crawdaddy
Andre Williams

Crawdaddy
Steve Kilbey of The Church

Crawdaddy
Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits (July 1, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Paul Williams (June 25, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Nouvelle Vague (June 18, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Turbonegro: Norwegian punk band returns to S.F. (April 16, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Jeepster (March 12, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Zu (March 19, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Bad Livers: Old-time hip, not hippie (March 19, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Scott Pinkerton and the Golden Bolts of Tone (February 19, 2009)
Essentials (February 19, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Loudon Wainwright III digs into his past (January 15, 2009)
Essentials (January 15, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle
Hepcat (December 18, 2008)
Essentials (December 18, 2008)

Crawdaddy!
He Is... I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond
Book Review (December 2008)

Mother Jones
Gus Van Sant interview (December 5, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Hauschka (November 20, 2008)
Essentials (November 20, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Elephone (October 16, 2008)
Essentials (October 16, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Thingamajigs (September 18, 2008)
Essentials (September 18, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
David Olney (August 21, 2008)
Essentials (August 21, 2008)

Mother Jones
David Sedaris interview (July/August 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Melvins (July 17, 2008)
Essentials (July 17, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
La Plebe (June 19, 2008)
Essentials (June 19, 2008)

Crawdaddy
Summer Reading List: 924 Gilman (June 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Dresden Dolls (May 15, 2008)
Essentials (May 15, 2008)

Mother Jones
Love Bites: An Interview with Toby Barlow (April 15, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Meat Beat Manifesto (April 10, 2008)
Essentials (April 10, 2008)

Crawdaddy
Vincent Gallo: Selling Sperm but not Selling Out (April 9, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Holy Kiss (March 20, 2008)
Essentials (March 20, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Gogol Bordello (March 13, 2008)
Essentials (March 13, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Flexx Bronco (February 21, 2008)
Essentials (February 21, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Om (January 17, 2008)
Essentials (January 17, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Vincent Gallo and Rriiccee (December 20, 2007)
Essentials (December 20, 2007)

Crawdaddy!
New Model Army: 27 Years of Underground Cult Rock (November 21, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
David J (November 15, 2007)
Essentials (November 15, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
TSOL (October 18, 2007)
Essentials (October 18, 2007)

Crawdaddy!
Nick Cave: Hands Up Who Wants To Die? (October 17, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Enablers (September 20, 2007)
Essentials (September 20, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Case (August 16, 2007)
Essentials (August 16, 2007)

San Francisco Examiner
Grinderman - Nick Cave (July 26, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Departed (July 26, 2007)
Essentials (July 26, 2007)

Crawdaddy
For the Deceived, Here's Billy Childish (July 18, 2007)
(Same text, print version)

Bookslut
Miranda July Interview (July 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Skinny Puppy (June 21, 2007)
Essentials (June 21, 2007)

Crawdaddy
Rykarda Parasol: The Underhanded Heroine (June 20, 2007)
(Same text, print version)

San Francisco Chronicle
A Do-Over Novel, Pretty Little Mistakes (June 14, 2007)
Heather McElhatton

San Francisco Chronicle
Nerd's Revenge, I Love You, Beth Cooper (June 7, 2007)
Larry Doyle

Crawdaddy
Oh You're So Silent Jonathan Richman (May 23, 2007)
(Same text, print version)

San Francisco Chronicle
Uni and Her Ukelele (May 17, 2007)
Essentials (May 17, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Xiu Xiu (April 19, 2007)
Essentials (April 19, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Badly Drawn Boy (March 22, 2007)
Essentials (March 22, 2007)

Bookslut.com
Vikram Chandra interview (March 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Army of Anyone (February 22, 2007)
Essentials (February 22, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Chop Tops (February 15, 2007)
Essentials (February 15, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Tinkture (January 18, 2007)
Essentials (January 18, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Karla LaVey's Black X Mass (December 21, 2006)
Essentials column (December 21, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Peaches (December 14, 2006)
Essentials column (December 14, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
ArnoCorps (November 16, 2006)
Essentials column (November 16, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Slim Cessna's Auto Club (October 19, 2006)
Essentials column (October 19, 2006)

Film Threat
James Ellroy interview (October 10, 2006)

Bookslut.com
Irvine Welsh interview (October 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Mark Z. Danielewski (September 22, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Nina Nastasia (September 22, 2006)
Essentials Column (September 22, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Zen Noir (September 14, 2006)

Greencine
Bent Hamer (August 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Church (August 17, 2006)
Essentials column (August 17, 2006)

7x7 Magazine
Les Claypool article (August 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Contractions (August 3, 2006)
Essentials column (August 3, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Clerks II (July 20, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Bellmer Dolls (June 29, 2006)
Essentials column (June 29, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Blag Dahlia (June 1, 2006)
Essentials column (June 1, 2006)
96 Hours podcast (June 1, 2006)

Greencine
Terry Zwigoff interview (May 12, 2006)
Daniel Clowes interview (May 12, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Billy Childish (April 20, 2006)
Essentials column (April 20, 2006)
96 Hours podcast (April 20, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Frank Portman (April 27, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Essentials column (April 27, 2006)
96 Hours podcast (April 27, 2006)

Cherry Bleeds Literary Magazine
Creator and Editor (2000-present)

2001 - 2005

KQED, Filmfestivals.com, SFStation.com, Clamor Magazine, Bookslut.com, The Las Vegas Weekly, chapbooks and anthologies.

The Las Vegas Weekly
Miranda July (June 9, 2005)

Clamor Magazine
Todd Solondz interview (Fall 2005)

BookSlut.com
William T. Vollmann interview (November 2005)