Rap the Vote
October 27, 2004

Last week in the Dallas Observer, I wrote about the recent flood of anti-Bush music. My point was that the trend has become not so much a political risk as a media opportunity – artists who rarely get the spotlight... more

More Where That Came From
October 21, 2004

The truth is that I stopped liking “Truth or Dare.” After about age 21, the dare part left me queasy. It seemed as though people always ended up making out uncomfortably or stuffing a full banana in their mouths, so... more

Everybody's a Critic
October 15, 2004

The first movie I really, really loved was On Golden Pond. It spoke to my seven-year-old fear of, like, death and family dissolution. Also, I thought that blond kid was cute. However, please don’t tell my bosses at Nerve, who... more

The Shocking Truth (Minus the Dare)
October 14, 2004

My college friends can confirm: I’m a fan of the Truth or Dare. Every party, somewhere around beer #500, I’d get that crazed look in my eye that said it was time for some good old-fashioned confessions. (Actually, my game... more

This Is the True Story...
October 06, 2004

I came late to The Real World. Having no cable until late in college, the show just sounded like programming in some futuristic dystopia: People sit around watching other people live their lives. Sorry, I had laundry to fold. That... more