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Writer, editor, photographer, but mostly concertgoer. The Guardian, Los Angeles Magazine, NME, Nylon, Rogue / Journalism professor + adviser / @nyu_ajo alum

Los Angeles
Joined October 2008
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As the profile of community violence interrupters grows, these workers say that being on the frontlines can take a similar toll as other first responders like paramedics or firefighters. This week's newsletter rec, from @sonya_singh for @guardian: theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
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If you can pull a muscle in your face from smiling, this would happily be the scene that injures me
I think this is my favorite scene in a movie
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Excited to share my first for @guardianUS on Taste of Soul Festival in Inglewood, where you can bask in the joy of all-day Whitney Houston karaoke while also supporting a local economy facing big changes theguardian.com/us-news/2022…
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In sunglasses, on what looks like a throne, surrounded by friends — there is no way to improve this
Joni Mitchell singing Both Sides Now at Newport Folk Festival this weekend. It doesn’t get much better than this. Legend.
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What might we be if only we tried. What might we become if only we’d listen.
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“Nobody writes better English prose than Joan Didion,” critic John Leonard once wrote. “Try to rearrange one of her sentences, and you’ve realized that the sentence was inevitable, a hologram.” latimes.com/obituaries/story…
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“Maybe it's impossible to know what happened when Joni Mitchell made Blue because every time the record plays, it's still happening.”
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The International Women’s Media Foundation (@IWMF) does great work helping female journalists in danger. They are fundraising to help Afghan women journalists who are now especially at risk. You can donate here: impact.iwmf.org/give/353004/…
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I’ve happily spent the better part of this week figuring out how to work “easing into a lobster bisque” into a conversation
It’s been an honour commentating the gymnastics today.
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whew. here's to triples of the Barracuda, triples of the Nova, triples of this guy's health & happiness
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All hail Sister Rosetta for giving us, no joke, all of rock and roll
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What a joy and privilege to watch the Poem of Amanda Gorman (feat. the inauguration of Joe Biden)
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I can barely grasp how amazing this moment must’ve been, but Jason Isbell’s very relatable reaction in the background says it all.
The ultimate Highwoman. Happy happy birthday, @DollyParton. 💛
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thinking about cnn’s chyron writer, who is tired
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