Articles by Patrick Brown
January 26, 2010
Nobody Wants to Go Home: A Unified Theory of Reality TV 10
The Real World may be the most important show of a generation. Its first two seasons contain the seeds of all reality television, as well some elements that would find their way into today’s most successful scripted programming.
January 14, 2010
Sleep Talkin’ Man 1
“I can’t control the kittens. Too many whiskers! Too many whiskers!” A woman writes down everything her husband says in his sleep. Why isn’t this on Twitter? (via attackattack.tumblr.com)
December 28, 2009
Off Campus Housing: Richard Rushfield’s Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost 3
The Supreme Dicks seem to oppose more or less everything and everyone else. And therein lies the greatness of this book.
December 12, 2009
A Year in Reading: Patrick Brown 4
Stoner is the sort of book that people aren’t writing right now.
November 16, 2009
Appearing Elsewhere 0
For those in the Bay Area, Millions contributor Edan Lepucki will be reading from her novel Days of Insignificance and Evil at the Intersection for the Arts Award Celebration tonight at 7:30 p.m. The address is 446 Valencia St, San Francisco, 94103.
November 3, 2009
In Play – Runs: Baseball and the Internet 11
Much of the discourse about sports is couched in a conservative ethos, regardless of the political inclinations of those in the dialog. But the internet has changed what it means to be a fan.
