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On My Radar: Afro-Punk 2009

June 5, 2009

BAMcinematek and Toyota present
The 5th Annual Afro-punk Festival
featuring Film, Music, Art, Skateboarding and Independence
July 3 – 8 in Brooklyn, NY
Thanks to BFF, I’ve been going to AP shows since 2005. Last year I did a feature on the Afro-Punk festival and community for MTV News. It took six months to pull everything together and [...]

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A Multiplatform Life: Things I Learned In D.C. Covering The Presidential Inauguration

January 27, 2009

I spent January 17th – 21st in D.C, working with MTV News to provide coverage of the presidential inauguration. I spent my days and some evenings shooting interviews and performances for televised broadcast on MTV. I worked at the following events:
- Shepard Fairey Manifest Hope Gallery show
- Green Inaugural Ball
- Latino Inaugural Ball
- Pepsi, Spike [...]

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Breaking It Down: Hey Meghan McCain… “Punk Rock Republican” Is An Oxymoron!!

October 30, 2008

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Meghan McCain was recently quoted by MTV News (my job) as saying that “the only way to be punk rock anymore is to be conservative”. Not only did she say this with a straight face, she said it while allowing herself to be interviewed at what has to [...]

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Traumatizing my Co-Workers To Remind You To Register To Vote

October 8, 2008

A few days ago I tried to check my registration status online and was shocked to discover that I had no record. The realization that I still needed to register to vote (combined with low blood sugar) resulted in me writing a very bizarre script that I didn’t think would be approved, let alone made.
Thankfully [...]

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My Girl In A Coma Story

April 16, 2008

- image via lightyearradio’s flickr

Tuesday evening (April 15th) I went to a show at The Knitting Factory. My favorite band Girl In A Coma were performing there and I figured it was time to stop being a hermit. I was an online fan for a long while (watching their videos, listening on itunes) but I [...]

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