oh, and i'd like to bid a fond farewell to nylpm--and an even more fond hello to tom ewing!--as it closed its doors on the final day of 2005.

though not my best work, here are the two pieces i wrote there that generated the most disgust and hatemail, both from 2001 : my lecherous appraisal of mandy moore and my vitriolic assault on weezer.

vain, selfish & lazy would not have existed w/o nylpm, for sure, and the role that it played in my music, writing, and internet life can never be understated--nor can tom ever be thanked quite enough.