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INSIDE SPIN CONTRIBUTORS

Josh Radnor

SPINHOUSE LIVE LA

Presented by Oakley Falcon, Los Angeles October 3, 2007

SPIN celebrated Ben Lee’s newest album,
Ripe,released by New West Records, in
true Los Angeles style. With the help of
Oakley’s Split Thumps—the world’s first
digital-audio eyewear—guests got a special
UV-protected preview of Ripe before
Lee performed outside.

João Canziani
Photographer, “I, Puscifer” (page 82)
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The L. A.-based Canziani, 34, found Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan both aloof and in tune with nature. “He only talked a handful of times, and every once in a while he’d point to some trees,” he says. “We later realized there was a bald eagle.” Canziani also shoots for Travel + Leisure. Favorite album cover: “Any old-school Blue Note release.”

WHO
When guests and artists weren’t
wearing their sunglasses at night or
mingling with LA scenesters at Falcon, DJ
Them Jeans kept the beats going.

Ben Lee
Team Oakley

John McAlley
Writer, “I, Puscifer”
(page 82)
< One thing that surprised McAlley
during his visit to Keenan’s vineyards
was the quality of the rocker’s booze.
“As celebrity wines go, it’s a lot closer
to Coppola’s,” he says. “Definitely better
than whatever Vince Neil is bottling.”
McAlley is a freelance writer and
editor based out of Dallas. Favorite
Tool song: “AEnema”

Amy Henry Prop stylist, “Radiohead, Inc.” (page 35), “Booty Call” (page 103) > Designing the photo for the news story on In Rainbows, Henry contemplated whether a cluttered desk equals a cluttered mind. “I hope not,” says the 31- year-old. “Mine looks like Martha Stewart and Francis Bacon got wasted together, then did some paperwork.” She can be found at amyhenryproductions.com. Favorite Radiohead album: OK Computer

DJ Them Jeans

Photographs by ROB SHANAHAN

Lane Brown
Writer, “Radiohead, Inc.”
(page 35)
< Former Spin research associate, now
coeditor of New York ’s Vulture blog,
Brown got great insight into Radiohead’s
new business model by talking to one of
its masterminds. “Jonny Greenwood said
the whole thing was easy,” Brown, 26,
says, “so I’m pretty sure any band could
do it on their own.” Favorite Radiohead
song: “Electioneering”