Panic
We Asked an Expert if the Ebola Virus Will Kill You
It's become a sort of annual ritual for Americans to go wild over the possibility that an exotic, lethal illness might spread from Africa or Southeast Asia to their own backyard.
Listen to The Echo Friendly's New Song "Panic"
When two bandmates are lovers and that love goes south, what do you do? Man up and write a bunch of songs, duh.
The Panickers
You can always tell who can't hang from the way they react to someone offering them weed. They get that “I’m not falling for that again” look in their eyes and put their hand up. I always have to ask them why. These are the responses I usually get...
Should We Panic About the Strain of Deadly Meningitis Hitting the Gay Community?
This year, four men have come down with meningitis in New York City, bringing the number of infections to 22 and the death toll to seven since 2010, and similar cases have appeared in West Hollywood, California. How worried should we be?
Twenty-Four Straight Hours of College Basketball Destroyed My Mind
What happens when a writer tries to watch the first 24 hours of the college hoops season? A lot, turns out.
Twenty-Four Straight Hours of College Basketball Destroyed My Mind
An endless parade of crimson-lipped cheerleaders and reptilian coaches began to bleed together, and all the games merged into a single, massive, all-consuming monstrosity of competition whose sole purpose was to wear me down. Here, in the cruel light...
Fondly Remembering the Y2K Panic
Millennium Bug is a thoughtful look at how we got into this whole Y2K mess and how we are going do to survive it. Because your safety is important to me, I’ve created this digest version of the book. I’ve jumped around page-wise, but I’ve tried to not...