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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2006 Stories by Seven Mcdonald

• Onward, American Soldier

  published December 21, 2006

  It’s sunny at the Greyhound bus station in downtown Los Angeles. Dressed in his service alphas (khaki shirt, olive-green service coat),... More >>

• After the Rapture

  published December 7, 2006

  LOOK AT ALL THOSE HEAVILY ACCESSORIZED 18-to-24-year-olds pouring out of the Rapture show at the Henry Fonda Theater on Hollywood... More >>

• Good Morning, L.A.

  published November 23, 2006

  ERIC WOKE UP EARLY THIS MORNING. Maybe it was the dawn light in his eyes or the heat in his bedroom or just the fact that he was... More >>

• The Side Man

  published November 9, 2006

  LEANING BACK INTO A MIDCENTURY COUCH in the Atwater Village storefront office of his independent label Everloving Records, Andy Factor... More >>

• Rescue Me

  published October 26, 2006

  Alexis Smart is sitting in the warmly lit breakfast nook of her Echo Park bungalow, attempting to explain what flower essences are.... More >>

• Can't You Smell That Smell?

  published October 12, 2006

  DAN SHARP AND DAN HOLZMAN are cruising down Washington Boulevard in Sharp’s used 1989 Honda Accord. The two are on a mission to... More >>

• Used Country

  published September 28, 2006

  ADRIAN FERENC IS LEANING UP AGAINST the “Used Country” section at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. Dressed in red lace-up Vans and... More >>

• Listening to E. E. Johnson

  published September 14, 2006

  Eric Ernest Johnson’s head is bent down over his Technics turntable as he delicately drops a needle onto one of his all-time favorite... More >>

• The Other Art Tatum

  published August 31, 2006

  Gus Seyffert is tall. Six feet, four and a half inches to be exact. Tall enough so that when the Echo Park bass player gets into the back seat... More >>

• Summertime, and the Livin' Is Easy

  published August 3, 2006

  PARTY PROMOTER APPLE VIA CUTS a slim silhouette against the moonlight as she lies on a chaise longue poolside at the Hollywood... More >>

• Let Me Ride

  published July 6, 2006

  It’s a hot and muggy summer day in Silver Lake, and 35-year-old Michael and his friend Scott are drinking iced coffees under the cooling... More >>

• Given to Flier

  published June 22, 2006

  Michael Bauer is putting up a “broke-ass flier” for his band The Front on a phone pole at the corner of Sanborn and Sunset in the... More >>

• Native Sun

  published June 8, 2006

  Patti Sun is walking up a dirt path that winds through Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, 280 acres carved out of Los Angeles’ Monterey Hills... More >>

• Tom Tom Club

  published May 11, 2006

  THIS PAST JANUARY, 30-YEAR-OLD former lawyer and would-be filmmaker Jeremiah Gall sat down to watch every Tom Cruise film ever made. Two... More >>

• Remember to Smile

  published April 27, 2006

  Behind a pair of burgundy, oversize Armani shades, 29-year-old “Alex,” as she’s asked to be known here, is navigating her way... More >>

• Eye of the Storm

  published April 20, 2006

  Mike Andrews is walking through his Glendale Craftsman on a sleepy tree-lined street, strumming a 3/4-size 1950s Martin guitar. Mid-century... More >>

• Jason the Beachcomber

  published March 30, 2006

  Jason used to work for Infinity Broadcasting selling airtime to advertisers back in Dallas. Before that, he worked for Hyatt Regency. In fact,... More >>

• Tiffany Is Going to France

  published March 9, 2006

  Seated across the table from her 15-year-old sister Natalie, in a Chinese restaurant in Venice Beach, spunky, pretty redheaded Tiffany is... More >>

• I Drive, Therefore I Am

  published February 16, 2006

  If you’ve ever seen Angelo de la Cruz ’s customized car, chances are you did a double take. The 1987 Ford Bronco II, which... More >>

• Face in the Hip Crowd

  published February 2, 2006

  The white felt head of a snow tiger bobs up and down on the black vinyl dashboard of Dylan Haley’s 1987 Volvo. An unsigned San... More >>

• Fairy Lust

  published January 19, 2006

  Do you believe in fairies? Snowlake does. In fact, back on Elphinstone Mountain, along the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, where she... More >>