
They thought we were just a bunch of fuckin’ scumbags putting out a paper, having a good time, smoking a bunch of pot. But they couldn’t give up that ultimate control and let us go nuts.
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Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
They thought we were just a bunch of fuckin’ scumbags putting out a paper, having a good time, smoking a bunch of pot. But they couldn’t give up that ultimate control and let us go nuts.
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
"I have one regret from my Dig time, and it’s the story I never wrote."
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
“Sure! I’ll run into an abandoned subway tunnel for a freelancer I just met! No problem!”
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
"It was kind of a perfect storm moment. Gay marriage was on the ballot. When you get a cover like that, it sticks with you for a while."
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
I asked Billy Joel fans questions that a fundamentalist Christian would ask after a Marilyn Manson concert in 1997, swapping the names “Billy Joel” for “Marilyn Manson.”
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
The intern wrote something like, “The ’80s! It’s fun! Dance party!” I looked at that and said, “No, this is too earnest. I will destroy it.”