Justin Cober-Lake spends most of his time on the mean streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lives with one wife and one dog. He works by day for an electronic publishing company and indulges his musical side by night, writing reviews and playing guitar, bass, keyboards, banjo, harmonica, and kazoo. After getting his BA in English from Gettyburg College in 1999, he spent time as a stockboy, a teacher, a golf instructor, a landscaper, and a news reporter. He enjoyed being unemployed the most.
He's written steadily since college, except for a brief interlude to pick up a Master's in English with a concentration in American Studies from the University of Virginia. He made his first dollar by selling a haiku, and it's been all chocolate and peppermint ever since. Besides his pieces at PopMatters, Justin publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and lyrics in a variety of places. He's been writing steadily for Wrong Note Media for several years, and his work recently made its first appearance on CD with the release of Todd Goodman's first symphony, Fields of Crimson.
Never Mind the Bollocks
[25.May.07] :. As Evelyn McDonnell's new book illustrates, motherhood should be neither something done on the side, nor something that pushes everything else away, and it's that balance that our culture and government can be striving for.
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Never Mind the Bollocks
[10.Jan.07] :. Popular songs like Da Muzicianz' 'Hush' suggests that it's not only okay, but romantic and positive to assume to know what a woman wants, and to act in her best interests, while she may not say otherwise.
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Never Mind the Bollocks
[12.May.06] :. Rounder Records' new tween collective, a manufactured group of girls with inflexibly 'distinct personalities', is little more than harmless fun for a very specific target market. But what potential effects will Girl Authority have on the developing identity of its audience?
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