Zinester and I can relax a llittle because the new issue of Stay Free! has been mailed to subscribers and distributed around Brooklyn. I have three articles in the magazine: interviews with sports economist/Ratner-consultant Andrew Zimbalist and anti-stadium activist and writer Neil DeMause about the Brooklyn Nets’ Atlantic Yards stadium proposal; an interview with Mark G. Peters, a candidate for Brooklyn D.A.; and a feature on fellow comic Mike Dobbins. There is so much other great stuff in the magazine.
* Zinester has a great article on the history of the advertising industry’s depiction of the “idiot” consumer
* Bill, the founder of flash mobs, looks back on his legacy in an interview by Francis Heaney
* A brief (and hilarious) history of McDonald’s commercials by former Onion and Late Night writer Tim Harrod
* Restaurant “reviews” by Eugene Mirman
* A photo essay of the Federation of Black Cowboys
* Negativland’s Mark Hosler interviews a man who makes robots for Christian theme parks
* Interview with Jeffrey Meikle, on the cultural history of plastic
There is a lot more, but I think I’ve said enough. A list of places in Brooklyn to pick up the magazine for free is below the fold (list in progress). If you want to subscribe, go here.