Interview by Matt D’Angelo, December 2008
Since 1991, Erick Lyle has edited Scam, an influential ‘zine that featured personal writing, politics, reports on protest events, and interviews with activists and punk bands. He has been a frequent contributor to the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the anthologies, San Francisco: The Political Edge and Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority. Read the rest of this entry »

Story by Katie Packer, December 2008
Photos by Charlie Doerner
As Dane Brevoort raises his sharpened knife and hacks it down from tip to heel in one continuous motion, a few tears fall from his eyes. It’s 10:40 a.m.
He blinks rapidly in an attempt to shake them, but he can’t. Once the first one’s out, there’s no stopping the rest.
He knows his pointed knife will make a clean cut, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. It makes his job easier since the tears tend to blur his vision. Read the rest of this entry »

By Shem Fleenor, November 2008
Dr. Stanley Laham was dismayed by the sounds of sizzling fry grease, the tart smell of cooking oil, and the shiny bright colors of fast-food joints surrounding him at the Reitz Union, smack-dab in the middle of the University of Florida’s sprawling, verdant campus.
“Outside the Reitz Union, we were inundated by fliers, most of which were advertisements for corporate products like cell phones, iPods and cars,” Laham said. “The student body had voted to allow corporate entities onto campus.” Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to the Satellite Magazine’s inaugural Young Gainesville special issue celebrating 18 young people who decided to build their life in Gainesville, and in doing so, helped to build the community. By their hard work starting businesses, researching health science and perfecting their art, they espouse the Satellite’s mission of adding another facet to town.
Have a look through all of the stories.

By Matt “Ned” Brown, September 2008

{Well known in Gainesville’s cultural scene, long time resident Matt Brown passed away last month in a kayaking accident while traveling through Canada. Excerpted from Brown’s journal of his bicycle tour from Tampa to Brooklyn, summer 2004; shared with permission and minimal edits.}

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By Daniel Eddy, August 2008

Once we get past the ubiquitous answers of “No Parking” or “Do Not Enter,” we get back to the most popular pick-up line of the 1970s: “What’s your sign?” With a serious response of “I’m a Leo!” or “I’m a Capricorn. What are you?” If the person responds with three signs, such as “Pisces, Scorpio, Gemini,” then you know you have someone with real astrological background. If they respond in Sanskrit, like “Vishakka,” then you’ve got a Vedic astrologer.

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By Lars Din, May 2008

With a guide, Lars Din explores homelessness in Alachua County and stumbles upon some distressing results.

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Survived by Kent Russel

I volunteered to write a story on the haunted places in Gainesville because I believe in ghosts. There was no pretense either journalistic or specter-elucidative. I just wanted an excuse to try and scare myself.)

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By Rocco Castoro, September 2007

“Cześć zdejmij majtki.” That means, “Hello my beautiful rose,” in Polish. Or at least I though it did. It really means, “Hi, take off your panties.”

You see, I moved from Gainesville about half a year ago and the editor of this publication e-mailed me a couple weeks back asking if I’d contribute something about my transition from the maternally comfortable loins of Gainesville to an overpriced stretch of concrete and dog shit better known as Brooklyn.
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By Drew Harwell, September 2007

You may not know Patrick Hughes, but you know people like him. He’s what they call a party storyteller.

You know the type: the guy whose drunken friends pester him endlessly until, with everyone at the party encircled and silent, he tells the gathered audience his stories of shame.
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