By Emily Witt 4/12/11 5:19pm

The Chronic

He Means It When He Says Alternadad

Neal Pollack is either just a stoner or he’s addicted to marijuana, but he can’t decide. Today, on The Fix, he consults The Pot Book, an anthology that he also contributed to. He reads everything but “the boring bits” of the book, and still can’t decide if pot is bad for him or Read More

By George Gurley 12/18/06 12:00am

2003 Power Punk: John Hodgman

John Hodgman was drinking a smoothie inside the cavernous Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Soon the 32-year-old would switch to rye whiskey. It was 7:30 p.m., and the place was filling up with the 100 or so people Mr. Hodgman has met during his 10 years in New York City. In 2001, he began Read More

By Rebecca Traister 10/28/02 12:00am

They Might Be Authors

On a recent Saturday night, a cocky 21-year-old college sophomore named Zaki was making time with Rory, a doe-eyed high-school senior. “I’m a fan of Eggers,” said Rory, referring to novelist Dave Eggers. He was the reason she had paid $25 to Ticketmaster and piled into a smoky nightclub in downtown Philadelphia with 500 other Read More