Why so many pictures of Elvis and Jesus on the office walls?
Elvis is the King. And Jesus was the king before the king. I was brought up Catholic, so I love Catholic stuff. My Elvis fish borrows from it. First job: Delivery boy for The Baltimore Sun for $30 a month. My [fraternal] twin brother and I were in a rock band when we were 12 or 13, and we wanted to buy a guitar, but it was $350. So our dad bought it for us, and we paid him back. Smartest thing he ever did for his career: Whine at [Press founder] Russ Smith until he caved in and let me move to New York and go to work at New York Press in 1990. Heroes: My friends; people I’ve met who are doing things that impress the hell out of me (they’re often not famous for it often they’re laboring in something like obscurity, which makes their efforts that much more heroic to me). Latest obsession(s): My girlfriend. He’ll always read a story by: I read at least the opening few grafs of every story that comes in to New York Press. Honest. We’ve found many of our favorite contributors that way. Stori
