The Alaina Rautio Interview
A controlled rainstorm, dolls that come to life, an accidental fire. Joshua Allen talks with architect Alaina Rautio about a house she built in a bottle in Portland, Maine.
Personalities
A collection of 122 issues
Joseph Zoettl's Grotto
The American South has many strange places to visit, though most towns don't have their own Hanging Gardens of Babylon, complete with plastic elephants.
This Week Beyond Baseball
A dim light in the booth. A buzzing, and the microphone fizzles back on. Welcome back the ghost of Mel Allen, the departed host of “This Week in Baseball!” With Biff Loman in tow, his soul walks again to give us the rundown on who to watch in the 2002 pennant race.
Is Gotham the New Interstate?
Most graphic designers are lazy about type, so when they find a font they like, they stick to it. In the ’90s, everyone used Interstate. Dmitri Siegel interviews Tobias Frere-Jones, Interstate’s designer, to see if he’s drawn the next big face.
The Personal Injury Files
Damages incurred may never be rewarded, but at least they can be remembered. Forever. Our writer has the files on anyone who ever wronged him.
Who’s Lee Hazlewood?
He’s truly one of the most influential and innovative figures in modern music. He’s been around a long time and left for dead more than once. And now he’s back. Our writer traces a life in music.
I Remember Patty
Good friends bring out the best in us. Bad friends bring out the instincts that can lead to years in prison. Our writer remembers the girl she almost stabbed.
Chagrin and Men I Have Loved
Shark attacks, public gaffes, ruining a prom dress: as topics for nightmares, any may cause a bad night’s sleep. But only our writer has survived them all in full daylight, with the help of a few good men.
Shy Child
New York City ‘Synth-rock’ duo Shy Child makes a unique type of music, an amalgam of synthesizer and live drums, with energy and precision. They spoke with ANDREW WOMACK about what’s happened, what’s next, and what’s in a genre.
The Secret Machines
The very extraordinary Secret Machines, en masse, spoke to ANDREW WOMACK about scaring the audience, the recording of September 000, and potluck dinners.