Dan Sinker/now

I always have a lot going on, here's what I'm doing now:

I'm wrapping up Question Mark, Ohio, with the novelist Joe Meno …

while also helping the Chicago Reader revitalize their website …

and shipping the Trying, Cooper Black, and Marginally Employed patches I made for you …

and helping run the Civic Media Fellowships at USC …

and actually being a fellow at the DePaul Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence

and hosting and producing the weekly podcast Says Who

and making stickers for the Says Who Sticker Club

and wow that is a lot.

My most recent blog posts

Thank you, Steve Albini

In honor of Steve Albini's birthday today, here's an excerpt from an interview with him Punk Planet #26, in which he talks about how he approaches his life. Happy birthday Steve, miss you.

Posted on Jul 22, 2024

Do What You Want, 'Cos This is the New Art School. Punk Planet: Year Two

I'm writing an essay a month marking the 30 year anniversary of Punk Planet. This month, Year Two. If the first year of Punk Planet was about figuring out the function of the magazine, the second year was about the form.

Posted on Jun 30, 2024

Rebel Rebel

For the last year I've been working with Akilah Hughes to make Rebel Spirit, a podcast about her quest to change her high school mascot from the Rebels, named after the confederacy, to the Biscuits, a part of Southern heritage that everyone can get behind. It's been an infuriating, hilarious, and extraordinary journey and one I'm so excited to finally let you into.

Posted on Jun 19, 2024

Updated July 24, 2024. This page is inspired by @nownownow.