(Metro Silicon Valley 8/7/2003)
Profile of the cyberpunk science fiction pioneer, with he and I walking through San Jose and Los Gatos, investigating the locales he placed in his novels. Featuring tirades on fractals, cellular automata, plot development and San Jose's redevelopment failures.
(Metro Silicon Valley 11/27/2003)
Cover story where I infiltrate a spoonbending party. Sooooo 1970s.
(Mabuhay Magazine 6/1/2009)
The Fremont East District in Las Vegas tries to re-incubate itself as a new locals-only area for those who want to escape the tourists and the gamblers.
(Airlines Magazine 3/1/2004)
Travel feature on Auberge des Gallant, a Quebec countryside inn.
(Wine Enthusiast 11/1/2005)
Destination/restaurant piece on Vancouver.
(Metro Silicon Valley 5/21/2005)
Chuck Palahniuk probes for a visceral response in his harrowing new novel, 'Haunted.'
(Metro Santa Cruz 1/21/2010)
Story on Don Lattin's book, "The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America."
(Metro Silicon Valley 4/23/2008)
They put electrodes on Gary's head and convert the EEG to a piano track so he can sleep better. Featuring secret Russian technology.
(Metro Silicon Valley 3/24/2004)
Bizarre occult treatises on display at the Rosicrucian Museum.
(Metro Silicon Valley 8/11/2004)
Art review of Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile, in San Francisco.
(Metro Silicon Valley 1/12/2005)
How a group of die-hard fans banded together and saved the San Jose Earthquakes for one more season, before the team moved to Houston.
(Meetings Focus 10/1/2010)
Destination feature on the Big Island of Hawaii.
(Sports Travel 3/1/2011)
Cover story on Major League Soccer and how it's evolving, via new franchises, supporters groups, youth academies and more.
(Traveling Boy 9/1/2010)
A rip-roaring hysterical piece. While on a tour of Thailand, Gary uses Antero Alli's eight-circuit brain theory to analyze everything that transpires on the trip. Timothy Leary would be proud.
(Mabuhay Magazine 9/1/2009)
Feature on San Mateo County, near San Francisco.
(Northwest Travel 11/1/2009)
The Four Host First Nations have played a significant role in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
(Mabuhay Magazine 10/1/2009)
A three-pronged glimpse into Los Angeles: The beach, the skyscrapers and the literary underbelly.
(Chess Life 8/1/2001)
Grandmaster and gadfly Jim Nysted talks about killer instincts on the chessboard. Using ideas and characters from Trevanian's book, Shibumi, Nysted ponders his own situation.
(Metro Silicon Valley 12/11/2003)
Cover story about $5000 Japanese toilets. Asiaphile pervs will love this one.
(Metro Silicon Valley 5/1/2003)
Hedonistic story on the Silicon Valley Chapter of Slow Food USA, with a last minute gorgeous cover painting by Alfonso Kellenberger.
(IEEE Computer Graphics & Applicaitons 1/1/2004)
Profile of Latvian computer graphics artist Armands Auseklis.
(Metro Silicon Valley 10/17/2002)
Infiltrating the Witches Ball. Tons of French bohemians, but no absinthe.
(Metro Silicon Valley 9/29/2004)
A new book puts extreme heavy metal through the grinder.
(Metro Silicon Valley 10/6/2004)
Intuitive Surgical attempts to pioneer robotic surgery.
(GoNOMAD 2/1/2010)
Gary stays in a remote Malaysian village to experience how the locals pass the time away. It is Hari Raya Aidilfitri, marking the end of Ramadan. Dean Martin covers included.
(Metro Silicon Valley 1/5/2010)
Cover story on Chinese-American realist painter Wayne Jiang, San Jose's answer to Edward Hopper.
(GoNOMAD 9/1/2010)
An entertaining travel piece where Gary walks through Duesseldorf, visits a plastic surgery clinic, watches the World Cup and more.
(The Meeting Professional 7/1/2008)
Destination feature on Ottawa and Gatineau, Quebec.
(The Meeting Professional 3/1/2003)
Destination feature on Japan for the meetings and conventions industries.
(Traveling Boy 7/1/2010)
Gary visits the oldest continuously-operating accordion shop in the oldest city in Switzerland. Neo-gonzo journalism at its most succinct.
(Metro Silicon Valley 4/26/2010)
Legendary travel writer Tim Cahill spends a semester teaching at San Jose State University.
(Metro Silicon Valley 11/10/2004)
Macintosh guru Bill Atkinson's magnified images reveal hidden beauties in the rocks around us.
(GoNOMAD 8/1/2010)
A trip through the underbelly of Berlin's rock music history, including Nick Cave, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Ramones and Einsturzende Neubauten.
(Metro Silicon Valley 11/11/2009)
A heartfelt tribute to the hilarious poet, singer and songwriter, as his 2009 tour concludes in San Jose. Featuring one section with the author wandering through Cohen's neighborhoods in Montreal.
(Mabuhay Magazine 8/1/2008)
Travel piece where I walk through the multicultural areas of Vancouver.
(Meetings Focus 2/1/2011)
Destination piece on San Diego.
(GoNomad 10/31/2009)
Guided by Jungian alchemy, the author travels in the footsteps of H.R. Giger, the macabre Swiss artist.
(Metro Silicon Valley 2/18/2010)
A local gallery's annual zines show brings together the ridiculous and the sublime, forever slaughtering the boundaries between art and design.
(Mabuhay 10/1/2010)
Tam runs the Amita Thai Cooking School out of her home in Bangkok. In this short piece, I attend the class and learn the ropes.
(Metro 9/5/2002)
Hysterical rampage through the 60th World Science Fiction Convention.
(IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications 1/1/2002)
Profile of computer graphics artist Eric Heller.
(Mabuhay Magazine 7/1/2009)
Article on the First Nations' role in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, including places to experience aboriginal art in Vancouver.
(IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications 11/1/2002)
Profile of computer graphics artist John Best.
(Mabuhay Magazine 12/1/2008)
Travel story primarily about Long Beach and Redondo, with a little Hermosa and Huntington thrown in.
(Metro Santa Cruz 9/3/2003)
Author and cult figure Chuck Palahniuk encourages everyone to disrupt his readings as often as possible.
