Author Archives: Julianne

A hilarious mini-talent show/ reality video by Wm. Steven Humphrey, the man who was my editor, boss and mentor from 2000-2004 at the Portland Mercury in Portland, Oregon. People always ask me and I give them the same answer every … Continue reading →

current events-pertinent: the latest, deeply ironic scissor sisters video, a pastiche video where many things are happening. I became obsessed with one part, at about 2:01, where two people are tied to a chair and dogs run by, paper-doll scissor … Continue reading →

lily allen is dean martin

starring Michael Mayer and Sasha Frere-Jones. I explained the experience to Mo’s Mom, visiting from Washington, as follows: “Imagine a German DJ sampling a ping-pong ball. When he switches the sound from a ping-pong ball to a pepper-grinder, the whole … Continue reading →

I have just interviewed Felix Bunton, producer of Basement Jaxx. Contrary to the pasty-dance-producer-in-bedroom stereotype, he was very tan from vacationing in Cypress. Ha. He said that when he was younger, his father could never listen to one station on … Continue reading →

This morning, on the way to The Lodge, Viacom’s ski-resort-themed luncheon hall, a talking cardboard Mr. T, life-sized, told me to “quit” my “jibber-jabber.”

per the WAM listserve, donors choose is raising money for back-to-school books for kids, and particularly the Student-Run Book Club for Middle-School Girls, which helps girls at the Future Leaders Institute Charter School in Harlem with money for their book … Continue reading →

nothing says “I’m keeping you at arm’s length” like a letter signed “best”

I mean, realistically, what club is already jumpin by 11:30?!

By Piotr and I on the occasion of DFA’s fifth anniversary, up now at Urge.com. Click here to read if you are Urgeless. We went over to their studio/office and sat at a silver table on the “veranda,” an indoor … Continue reading →