Writing
Profiles and interviews
“Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up,” New York Times Magazine
Trevor Paglen: “Prying Eyes,” The New Yorker
Daft Punk: “All Hail Our Robot Overlords,” Rolling Stone
“Kanye West Has a Goblet,” Slate
Louis C.K.: “The Man Who Loves to Hate Himself,” Rolling Stone
“Here’s Jimmy Kimmel,” Rolling Stone
The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress, New York Times Magazine
Patrice O’Neal: “Death of a Stand-Up,” Rolling Stone
Diplo: “The Search for the Perfect Beat,” Rolling Stone
Justin Timberlake profile, New York Times
Brock Enright: “If Your Life Were a Movie,” New York Times Magazine
Mike Tyson Takes Broadway, Rolling Stone
Robert Duvall profile, New York Times
Phoenix profile, Rolling Stone
Todd Solondz profile, New York Times
David Shrigley: “The Art of the Doodle,” New York Times Magazine
Bradley Cooper profile, New York Times
Criticism and reported essays
YouTube’s new wave of pop-music weirdos, Businessweek
Louie TV Club roundtable, Slate
Rick Ross and the end of hip-hop cred, Slate
Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, and pop-music Illuminati conspiracy theories, Slate
The Glorious .GIF renaissance, Slate
How Gomorrah tore up the mob-movie rulebook, Slate
David Grann: The Storyteller’s Storyteller, Slate
On Blaxploitation cinema, New York Times
“No Homo” and hip-hop, Slate
On married-crimebuster movies, New York Times
On interracial buddy-cop movies, New York Times
The strange conservatism of 30 Rock, Slate
