Email Author Seven Mcdonald

Awards

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 20, 2006

  "Onward American Soldier"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 6, 2006

  "After the Rapture"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 26, 2006

  "Remember to Smile"

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2004 Stories by Seven Mcdonald

• Funny Young Things

  published December 30, 2004

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• All About Laura

  published December 23, 2004

  She loves reggae, Bob Dylan, Ben Stiller and Dostoyevsky. She used to chain smoke, has a dark past and may have once been a... More >>

• What’s That Sound?

  published December 16, 2004

  In January 1970, Lee Zaslofsky fled New York for Canada. Drafted into the U.S. Army the year before, he was serving at Fort Jackson,... More >>

• The Billy Pulpit

  published November 25, 2004

  The sky is filled with clouds, smoky gray and pink, as some 90,000 people at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl file out into the night... More >>

• Prick Up Your Ears. The Hand Job Is Back!

  published November 18, 2004

  IT’S A FRIDAY and "Carrie Berkowitz," a 30-something TV writer who’d prefer to hide her real identity, is sitting over a bowl of ... More >>

• Thanks for the Weirdness

  published November 11, 2004

  It’s November 3, and Harper Simon doesn’t feel so good. He’s just spent election night with high-level Republican movers and shak... More >>

• Silver Lake's Top Dog

  published October 28, 2004

  Everybody here LOves Bingo. See for yourself. That gray-haired man carrying his newspaper: "Hi! Bingo." Those three cool rocker... More >>

• Party of Five

  published September 30, 2004

  Sean Cooley, Andrea Buchanan, Kathlyn Horan, Denise Plumb and Gabrielle Grant just finished editing their new documentary this... More >>

• Breakfast with Tiffany

  published September 16, 2004

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• 'You Can’t Tell a Hero To Stop Being a Hero'

  published September 9, 2004

  NATHANAEL WEST ONCE WROTE that the retired people who flock to Los Angeles for its sunshine and oranges are “savage and bitte... More >>

• Republican Dawn?

  published August 19, 2004

  Sprawled under a tree on the Cal State Northridge campus, 22-year-old Eric Eisenhammer is reeling from a successful day of activism. This... More >>

• Girl, There’s a Better Life for Me and You

  published July 29, 2004

  This is a love story about how two people can be brought together by a city they don’t particularly like. “Ironical... More >>

• Give Pies a Chance

  published July 15, 2004

  Shana Lutker, 26, is presently taking a paring knife to a large slab of doggie-treat dough, which she has enhanced with a... More >>

• The Curse of Buddyhead

  published June 24, 2004

  Travis Keller isn’t making too many deep bros these days. Consider that the moment he walked into the 101 Coffee Shop in Hollywood the othe... More >>

• Kids Rock

  published June 17, 2004

  Photos by Wild Don Lewis Behind a large green house on Rampart, just below Beverly, a bunch of teens and 20-somethings are... More >>

• Couch Hopping in L.A.

  published May 27, 2004

  Sitting on the red-painted curb by the pay phones at the 76 station on Hollywood and Bronson, 21-year-old Greg is sipping from a Coke can.... More >>

• Marlayna From His Memory

  published May 6, 2004

  Back in the Inland Empire, Marlayna was wild. She listened to Suede, the Cure and Morrissey and went into an alcoholic coma the first time... More >>

• SK8ER Girl

  published April 15, 2004

  It’s 11 a.m., and Brie “like the cheese” Ford is cautiously making her way up Talmadge Street in Los Feliz. It’s the first time... More >>

• Liz and Max After School

  published April 1, 2004

  Liz and Max are sitting on the steps in front of their middle school. They have been here for an hour, since “3:19,” Liz says, when they we... More >>

• Something Wicket This Way Comes

  published March 18, 2004

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• A Bear of Very Little Shame

  published March 18, 2004

  Imaginary Bear is seated on a window table at the newly revamped Bright Spot coffee shop in Echo Park. The bear, who claims to have helped... More >>

• Leapin’ Ladies

  published March 11, 2004

  Forget about the Mercury retrograde and Saturn return. If you’re single, you should be worried about the fact that we’re in the midst of... More >>

• Return of the Free Spirits

  published February 19, 2004

  The new Age of Aquarius is upon us. Or at least upon 19-year-old Emily Anne, who sways her hips and twirls her arms in the center of a drum... More >>

• Material Girls

  published February 5, 2004

  “I want to be rich, like Bill Gates,” says Heidi, a pretty Korean eighth-grader. Heidi and her best frien... More >>

• Ten Years After

  published January 8, 2004

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