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MAY 1ST, 2013 THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON ISSUE 01

Liz Pelly
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Liz was the former assistant music editor of the Boston Phoenix and current weekend editor for Stereogum. She has strong feelings about Polar seltzer water, the BPD crackdown on DIY shows, and keeping her wardrobe impressively monotone. E-mail Liz at lizpelly at gmail dot com

Faye Orlove
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Faye was a former production artist for the Boston Phoenix. Currently, she splits her time between working nights at the Middle East, pedi-cabbing Boston tourists to Fenway park, and calling her mom crying. She enjoys nachos, riding her bike, and pretending Hole songs were written just for her. E-mail Faye at fayeorlove at gmail dot com or visit her personal website at resilientbastard.com

Matt Orlove
WEB DEVELOPER
Matt used to work for NASA (which his sister thinks is the coolest thing ever). He is currently a software engineer for Captial One (which his sister thinks is less cool but she's still proud of him). His interests include video games, comic books, the J. Crew catalog, and Oreo milkshakes. E-mail Matt at mattheworlove at gmail dot com



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Jenn Pelly
COPY EDITOR
Jenn lives in Brooklyn, New York (heard of it?) and works as a staff writer for Pitchfork (heard of it?) She is excited to distribute Cryptophasia, her new zine alongside twin sister, Liz Pelly. Jenn doesn't like brunch. We don't talk about it. E-mail Jenn at jennpelly at gmail dot com

Tim Manns
ON-CAMERA REPORTER
Tim works at Boomerangs over in Central Square finding awesome shirts to bleach-dye and cool chains to wear around his neck. He makes the most killer Dorito-coated jalapeno poppers, abstract paintings of Garfield, and jokes (just like in general, he's super funny). E-mail Tim at timothy.manns.com at gmail dot com

Elle O'Brien
STAFF WRITER/ORACLE
Elle makes her astrological hypotheses from Baltimore, Maryland, we she also writes dreamy fiction pieces and is trying to stop smoking. She loves her family, telling Jim Morrison her secrets, and wearing smudgy, dark eyeliner that makes her seem so cool and mysterious. E-mail Elle at eleanobr at gmail dot com

Ariel Shearer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Ariel was a contributing writer and social media producer at The Boston Phoenix. The main character in her life narrative is a federally illegal plant. She prefers talking to strangers. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/arielshearer, send her an e-mail at arielshearer at gmail dot com, and check out her writing and multimedia work at thearielview.com

Chelsea Dirck
ILLUSTRATOR
Chelsea is an artist, illustrator, and maker of things. She lives and works in Boston. She likes dogs, ice cream, and drawing with pens. You can e-mail her at chelsea.dirck at gmail dot com, send her love letters to 362 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 or visit her website at chelseadirck.com

Carly Carioli
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Carly Carioli was the Editor-in-Chief of the Phoenix. He worked there from 1994 until 2013. You should definitely be following him on Twitter: @carlycarioli

Larry Livermore
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Larry Livermore edited and published Lookout magazine, co-founded Lookout Records, and played guitar and sang for the Lookouts and the Potatomen. He was a longtime contributor to Maximum Rocknroll, Punk Planet, and is the author of Spy Rock Memories (June 2013). He lives in Brooklyn and blogs at larrylivermore.com

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