hobart=(in no particular order)

Aaron Burch ~ 1 email

Sadly, while looking over the bios, Aaron realized he is not a home brewer, he has never lived in Paris (much less ever been to Europe), and his body is far from proportionate. He also has no advice, but believes Wes is on to something.

Mike McGowan ~ 2 email

Once he became sober enough to realize he was unhappy with his life, Mike decided to begin drinking with Aaron. He is Irish, and is generally regarded as the judge of all things cool. He is a substitute teacher who once told a student to stop making an ass of himself. He was later cited for verbal abuse.

Jonny Lieberman ~ 6 email

Jonny Lieberman is a lifetime member of the John Birch Society.
At his current weight of 220 lbs, Jonny is hoping to bulk up for summer. As he says, "I have always wanted to weigh 260-270 pounds, I figure now is the time." In addition, Jonny will be stripping at his best friend's fiancée's bachelorette party to the wicked sounds of his close friend and collaborator DJ Wonder.
In addition to writing fiction, Jonny is a very active home brewer. Stop by his home in Echo Park anytime to enjoy a delicious brew. Next up, Honey Porter!

Logan Ryan Smith ~ (pic) email

Logan Ryan Smith has had work in 2River View, Stirring, The Rose & Thorn, blah blah blah. He has a heart the size of his fist. His arm span measures his height exactly. And, his forearms are the same length as his feet. He considers himself very proportionate. He publishes a literary print

magazine called Small Town.

Aaron Gwyn

Born in 1972, Aaron Gwyn grew up on a farm in central Oklahoma. He reviews novels and short story collections for The Review of Contemporary Fiction, and has stories appearing or forthcoming in 'New Stories from the South: The Year's Best (2002),' 'Louisiana Literature,' 'The Chiron Review,' 'Appalachian Heritage,' 'Sojourn,' and other journals, anthologies, and websites. He is currently finishing his PhD at the University of Denver where he teaches composition, literature, and creative writing, and has just completed a short story collection, 'Dog on the Cross,' for which he is seeking a publisher.

Wayne H.W Wolfson ~ 7

Wayne H.W Wolfson is a California based author. Internationally published his works have appeared in many literary journals including 3 A. M. Magazine, Happy and Poems Neiderngasse. In 1998 he was nominated for a Push Cart Prize. Currently he is working on full length CD with Boston based composer/producer Grenadier. Updates and more info can be found at www.waynewolfson.com.
His pic is the grave of Gulliaume Apollinaire which he saw last time in Paris.

Adam Clay

Adam Clay lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas and is working on an MFA in creative writing. His poems have appeared in Mississippi Review, Yemassee, and Slipstream. Much of his time his spent talking to his dog and wishing he was in a rock band. He likes bees from a scrupulous distance.

Brad Epperson ~ 3 email

Brad is both pissed and thankful that hobart has simplified his entire existence into "stuff he likes v. stuff he doesn't." He has a degree in Communications which is kind of like God's golden ticket to go anywhere he wants in life; nothing is out of reach. He likes Vegas, roulette, Coors Light... actually he agrees with all of our (dis)likes. Except for Ashley Judd. He likes her. We don't. He is wrong. Although granted, she is nowhere near as bad as Tara Reid.

Weston Sewall ~ 8 email

Age: 22
Birthday: August 23rd
Marital Status: Not married, no kids
Career Ambition: Pilot
Favorite beer(s): Kokanee, Fat Tire, Miller Highlife, Alaskan Amber.
Favorite Liquor: A somewhat expensive bottle of Whiskey.
Favorite most recent quote: "My penis is bright orange cause I like to eat cheetos and watch porn!"
Favorite bands: Pink Willy, Smashing Pumpkins, Botch, Nirvana, Harkonen, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Stella Brass, Cave In, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Medeski Martin and Wood, Britney Spears.
Favorite past times/hobbies: build miniature replicas of vintage WWII aircraft, classic cars like Ford Woodies, movie cars such as the Delorean from Back to the Future. Music composition and recording, playing drums, playing guitar, playing ball(basket and base), running, chilling in my basement, chilling with my homies, and drinking with my homies.
Special Talents: I have a vacuum for a butthole.
Little quirk: I have an obsessive compulsive disorder to be very neat and clean and tidy and orderly. We're talking everything at right angles to each other.
A life goal: Put out my own cd. Be part of a collaborative effort amongst my best buds to create something amazing.
A fantasy: I have always had a fantasy that one day I would be at a Botch show, a favorite band of mine, and the drummer would all of a sudden not be able to play. So the lead singer just points to me and says,"Hey, you, yeah you, get up here and play the drums for us." Now I would never be as good as their drummer but for some weird reason once I sit down I would possess all his magical drumming powers. The show would go on and I would be a hero, getting high-fives by all the other band members and finally getting accepted into their circle of friends.
Advice: Experiment with yourself sexually.

Rik Livingston ~ 4

I work in a variety of mediums: Sculpture, Painting, Cartooning, and various computer programs. I have been creating art professionally since 1987, with an emphasis on imaginative subject matter.
My work has been exhibited in around 20 galleries, but I also do graphics under the name, "Z.A.P! ZONO Art Productions!" and have taught art at the Art Institute, the Academy of Art, Whitney Young and more. I've had quite a few cartoons published in various magazines, comics, newspapers, and web sites.
I have a Masters Degree in Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute. My work has shown in the Cartoon Art Museum. I have received a few scholarships and awards here and there, there and here, once and a while...if you have an award you'd like to give me, I'd be happy to show up at the ceremony!

Andrew Feuk ~ 5

Andrew Feuk recently graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts with an Individualized Bachelor of Arts. If you want to know what that means, it means he is dope. Originally from Tacoma, WA, Andy is "good people."

Galen Wade ~ (pic)

Galen Wade lives and writes in the Berkshires, MA. He is co-founder of the Brooklyn based multimedia company El Flex, Inc.

elflex.com

galenwade.com.

Brian McDonald sillydilly.com

My paintings are saturated in bitter disappointment. They represent the disparity between idealism and realism; a collision between fantasy and reality. My characters are most often nonobjective self-portraits. They express the way I see myself and others in a society that is both overly stimulating and overly demanding. My cartoon-like figures never quite live up to societal ideals and, as a result, are filled with anger, frustration, emptiness, and desire. The crude distortions of the figure highlight the awkwardness of self-concious awareness and a universal vulnerability to social pressures and expectations. I use collaged scraps of paper to speak of a former life, of nostalgia, and of memory. These discarded consumer items are collected and recycled much in the same way as one's experiences are collected and recycled to form identity. Fragmented, reassembled, then painted over, the collaged pieces become an autobiographical search for a greater sense of identity and wholeness in contemporary society.

Joel Elrod ~ (pic) joelelrod.com

Joel Elrod has been painting since age 2 and in 1993 received his bachelor of fine arts degree with an emphasis in illustrtation from Northern Arizona University.

Joel moved to San Francisco in 1995. In 1996, he began creating concert posters for Bill Graham Presents, including Train, Bob Dylan, Phish, Creed, Tricky, The Waterboys, Widespread Panic, Sonvolt, Tommy Castro, and the Horde Festival. His BGP posters for Korn, Weezer, Jane's Addiction, Willie Nelson, David Byrne, and Ryan Adams were accepted into Print's Regional Design annuals, and his Korn, David Byrne, Willie Nelson, and Ryan Adams posters were printed in the American Illustration annuals.

He also does editorial illustration for magazines and newspapers such as Men's Journal, Smart Money, the Dallas Morning News, the (SF Bay) Guardian, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and Bike.

In the midst of the dot-com insanity that was so prevalent in the late-'90s Bay Area, Joel began to learn more about corporate structures and politics. At this time politics, environmentalism, social satire, and spirituality became strong influences on Joel's painting.

Working as a rock poster artist has allowed Joel the freedom of expression on many issues that other commercial art would not allow him. In his paintings, he hides messages such as "NAFTA kills" and "corportations kill democracy" in the hope that people will find them, grow curious, and try to find out more about these issues.

Joel also plays drums in the band Sandfly which is a down tempo rock reggae project based in San Francisco. Influences include Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, radiohead and femi kuti and many others.

Jonah Hall

Jonah Hall is a flunky of Wesleyan University who is an aspiring writer/musician. To pass the time among the common people, and to continue living under a roof and with food in his belly, he waits tables.

Bethany Mattone

I am a 3rd year law student at brooklyn law school by day. A singer and writer by night. Originally from Long Island, I've been living in Brooklyn for 2 years. I really enjoy eating avacados.

Jennifer Bowers

I am a technical writer by trade, which is the "other" thing you can do with a degree in English if you decide not to teach the youth of our nation. I prefer creative writing, but alas, it doesn't pay the bills...and I just can't be a starving artist no matter how noble it is. I reside in Kennesaw, GA, a small town north of Atlanta. My friends would probably describe me as a pagan hippie chick, but not a grungy one--I do shave, after all. I also make hemp jewelry, eat a vegetarian diet, practice yoga and meditation, and I should probably live on the West coast instead of the deep South where cholesterol-laden food and fundamentalism go hand in hand. I'm 27, single, and so far, I'm happy with that arrangement. I like scruffy guys with goatees who can shoot pool and talk philosophy in smoky bars. I can't stand prissy women with shoe sizes to match their IQs, power-hungry corporate assholes, tobacco-chewing rednecks, fakers, whiners, and anyone who is unable to carry on a meaningful conversation over coffee. I like to write about things that make people uncomfortable...those moments in life where you hope the floor will swallow you whole. I like to make my readers cringe and remember when a similar situation happened to them. I have enough twentysomething angst to fill volumes.

Shya Scanlon ~ (pic)

shya scanlon's fiction and non-fiction has been published in several web and print journals, including taint magazine, pindeldyboz, and 3am magazine. please contact him here: shya@nterrobang.com, and he will write a story about you meeting a famous person you admire, who then will fall in love with you. he promises.

Mark Walling

I have published fiction in recent issues of Louisiana Literature, River Styx, The Chariton Review, South Dakota Review, Blood & Aphorisms, and RE:AL. I am completing my first novel. I live in Ada, Oklahoma with a dalmatian named Disco.