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AUGUST 9TH, 2013 THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON ISSUE 15

Liz Pelly
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Liz was the former assistant music editor of the Boston Phoenix and current weekend editor for Stereogum. She has strong feelings about Polar seltzer water, the BPD crackdown on DIY shows, and keeping her wardrobe impressively monotone. E-mail Liz at lizpelly at gmail dot com

Faye Orlove
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Faye was a former production artist for the Boston Phoenix. Currently, she splits her time between working nights at the Middle East, pedi-cabbing Boston tourists to Fenway park, and calling her mom crying. She enjoys nachos, riding her bike, and pretending Hole songs were written just for her. E-mail Faye at fayeorlove at gmail dot com or visit her personal website at resilientbastard.com

Matt Orlove
WEB DEVELOPER
Matt used to work for NASA (which his sister thinks is the coolest thing ever). He is currently a software engineer for Captial One (which his sister thinks is less cool but she's still proud of him). His interests include video games, comic books, the J. Crew catalog, and Oreo milkshakes. E-mail Matt at mattheworlove at gmail dot com



CONTRIBUTORS


Tia Doran
ILLUSTRATOR
Tia is a graphic designer and illustrator who goes to a lot of shows where she schmoozes with musicians through her fixation with astrology. She has a lot of photos of medical diagrams on her phone, and wearing colors makes her feel funny. Her comics and illustrations can be seen at vanishingtwin.tumblr.com

Ethan Silverstein
VIDEOGRAPHER
Ethan once got $100 from a drunk millionaire impressed that Ethan stood up for a friend outside a Bruins game. Ethan's just a good dude like that. One of the best. Contact him at ethanethan at riseup dot net and feel free to throw more hundred$ his way.

Evan Minsker
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Evan Minsker is the nights and weekends staff writer at Pitchfork. He lives in Ann Arbor, which has an unstoppable selection of Korean restaurants. He recommends the stonebowl be bim bop at Arirang.

Tao Lin
MIXTAPE CURATOR
Tao Lin is the author of the novel Taipei and 6 other books. He lives in Manhattan.

Kevin Banks
ILLUSTRATOR
Kevin was the former Art Director of the Boston Phoenix. Now he only likes to design and draw stuff while riding trains. Sometimes he teaches design at Suffolk University, other times he is sneaking off and binge-eating jumbo shrimp. E-mail him at kevin at claymoregoboom dot com

Britni de la Cretaz
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Britni de la Cretaz is an intersectional feminist, activist, queer femme, former pessimist, dopeless hope fiend, and super rad chick. She is a social worker by day and a spiritual gangster by night, as well as Site Director of Hollaback! Boston somewhere in between. Her goal every day is to make just one person’s day a little bit better.

Kate Ziegler
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Kate Ziegler is an operations professional by day, Partner at Union Jack Creative by night, Site Director of Hollaback! Boston on the side, and a Rider of Bicycles in Stilettos. She thrives on challenging expectations, believes that street harassment does all of us a disservice, and will not apologize for instagramming double rainbows.

Elle O'Brien
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Elle makes her astrological hypotheses from Baltimore, Maryland, we she also writes dreamy fiction pieces and is trying to stop smoking. She loves her family, telling Jim Morrison her secrets, and wearing smudgy, dark eyeliner that makes her seem so cool and mysterious. E-mail Elle at eleanobr at gmail dot com


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