Chris Carrabba demonstrates his true feelings about the book. (Note: he's kidding. I hope.)



Me hanging a poster in the window of Hi-Fi.



Hip-hop and basketball journalist extraordinaire (and star of chapter three) Chris Ryan demonstrates his affection for G-Unit, flanked by John Harwood (former college roommate, current star of academia), and Mike Hauswirth, the bedrock of Vibe/Spin.com (RIP).



Photographer Justin Borucki (Revolver) and publicist Kathi Haruch (The Syndicate) share the love.



Sarah Brennan and Lara Cohen (aka best friend since kindergarten) make cute.



Mendoza Line guitarist/heartthrob Pete Hoffman makes nice with VH-1 employee (but former Spin.com partner in rhyme) Beth Wawerna.



Laura Sinagra (the Village Voice, etc) enjoys quality bar-time with Alex Pappademas (Spin).



The braintrust of MTV Magazine (aka Marty Edlund and Sam Schechner) are quite taken with their "Nothing Feels Good" pins.



As are Vagrant Records' Fernando Aguilar and Nasty Little Man's Laura Eldeiry



And so are my parents, apparently.



Jonah Weiner (Blender), Kelefa Sanneh (NY Times), Katie (whose last name I don't know!), Nick Catucci (Village Voice), and another fellow (whose name I also don't know) all seem to be having a festive time.



Jenny Williams, Whitney Joiner, Farrin Jacobs, and Chuck Klosterman enjoy a frosty pint or twelve.



Sophie McManus and Mara Goldwyn were reimbursed for endorsing this dubious product.



Justine Williams, Gina Hirsch, Max Finneran, and Chi-Wang Yang are just here for the pool.



Art director of Revolver Lara Behnert and freelancer extraordinaire Jon Caramanica (aka Jonny Bling) look fetching.



After a long night of drinking, there's nothing Sean Howe, Rachel Bien, and I enjoy more than responsive reading from my own book.