Clips
FAVORITES
Peter Braunstein is a former coworker from Fairchild who committed a terrible crime and became a tabloid bogeyman. I visited him in and wrote a 26,000 word story about him, available as a Kindle Single. Excerpts were published by The New York Observer and Gawker.
Five years after profiling Prussian Blue for GQ (see below), I reconnected with them for an interview in The Daily, “Change of Heart,” July 17, 2011.
Shia LaBeouf had a fling with Megan Fox and he decided to tell me about it for a Details cover story, “Hollywood’s Last Bad Boy,” in August 2011.
“How a White House Flickr Fail Outed Bin Laden Hunter ‘CIA John,’” my first foray into tradecraft, from the New York Observer.
“The Adventures of Maer Roshan, Editorial Boy Wonder,” a profile of my former boss at Radar, from The New York Observer, June 2011.
“Strange Love,” an in-depth profile of musician-artist-performance art legend Genesis P-Orridge, from Radar, July 2008.
The Brooklyn Free School, “Higher Learning,” as originally written for (and spiked by) New York, 2006. A highly condensed version ran in The New York Times as “Land of the Free,” on March 7, 2006.
“Minor Threat,” a profile of Lamb and Lynx Gaede, the white nationalist pop-singer twins of Prussian Blue, from GQ, March 2006.
An essay about society impostors, “The Liars’ Club,” from W, January 2004.
“Junior League,” a look at the lives of the children of New York socialites, from W, August 2002.
“If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…,” a process piece about the development of the first national women’s museum, in Dallas, from Salon, November 2000.
“The Coaster Chronicles,” a satirical piece from Radar on Spy magazine founders Kurt Andersen and Graydon Carter, pegged to the 2006 publication of The Spy Book. I was one of three co-conspirators, and not the funniest by any means.
BLOGGING
For Mediaelites
PROFILES
Laura Hillenbrand, “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - A celebrated Author’s Untold Tale,” Elle, December 2010
John Varvatos, “Rock Steady,” Hemispheres, September 2010
Laura Linney, “The Responsible Anarchist,” New York, July 25, 2010
Taylor Swift, Cover story, Elle, March 2010
Alison Pill, “Looking for a Fight,” New York, February 7, 2010
Kelly Cutrone, “I’m Easy to Hate,” New York Magazine, January 24, 2010
Gabriel Orozco, “Crazy Tourist,” Hemispheres, December 2009
Zoe Saldana, “Zoe Saldana,” Elle October 2009
Gwen Stefani, Cover story, Elle, June 2009
Flight of the Conchords, “Will Success Spoil Flight of the Conchords,” Maxim, March 2008
Shannen Doherty, “Shannen Doherty,” Radar, October 2008
Nick Cave Q&A, “Nick Cave,” Radar, 2008
Pete Wentz, “Is It Time to Stop Hating Pete Wentz?” Details, November 2008
Beyoncé, “Natural Woman,” from Elle, November 2006
Shakira, “Love in the Time of Shakira,” Elle, April 2006
Mark Wahlberg, Cover story, Details, April 2005
Princess Elizabeth Karageorgevic, “The Princess Diaries,” W, September 2004
Catherine Zeta-Jones, “The Showgirl,” W, July 2004
Graham King, “The Money Man,” W, February 2004
Jennifer Lopez, “Vida la Lopez,” W, October 2003
Julianne Moore, “Less Is Moore,” W, December 2002
FEATURES
“The Waldorf-Astoria Gets Served,” the story of a Muslim waiter accusing the hotel of discrimination, from The New York Observer, May 2011.
The Brooklyn Free School, “Land of the Free,” The New York Times, May 7, 2006
“A New Departure,” about the sudden trendiness of airports, Travel + Leisure, October 2004
“The Studio,” a company profile of DreamworksSKG, from W, February 2003
ITEMS
E.L. Doctorow interview, “Collective Memory,” Hemispheres, September 2009
Rich Cohen interview, “Middle Eastern Promises,” Hemispheres, August 2009
Marlene Von Niekirk interview, “Out of Africa,” Hemispheres, May 2010
Brian Wilson interview, “His Pet Sounds,” New York, August 1, 2010
Os Mutantes Q&A, “Os Mutantes Release First New Record in 35 Years,” vanityfair.com, September 25, 2009
OZOcar item, “Green Streets,” Vanity Fair, May 2006
