INSIDE SPIN CONTRIBUTORS

Sasha Eisenman

Photographer, Weezer (page 60)

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At this month’s cover shoot, Eisenman caught the band having a little too much fun with the props: “Weezer really enjoyed the Rascal scooters they were driving down the boardwalk—several attempts were made to catch air off curbs at seriously slow speeds.” The Californian has also shot for i-D, V, and British Elle. Favorite Weezer song: “Hash Pipe”

Jeff Pearlman Writer, “Y.M.C.A.” oral history (page 74) < Pearlman admits that as a child he didn’t grasp the homoerotic content of the Village People: “I thought they really were blue-collar workers who loved singing.” A columnist at ESPN.com, he is the author of Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty, out in August. Favorite disco song: “I Was Made for Lovin’ You,” by Kiss

Blossom Berkofsky Photographer, SXS W photo gallery (page 90) > “It was my first time at South by Southwest, but I will definitely be going back next year,” the ³³-year-old Berkofsky says. “The highlight was seeing X at the Spin party. They were so good, it felt like ¹⁹⁹⁰ again!” The London native and Brooklyn resident also shoots for Nylon, Vice, and Dazed & Confused. Favorite bands at SXSW: N.E.R.D. and the Raveonettes

Joseph Contreras Writer, Mexico’s emo riots (page 68) < “I found myself identifying with the emos up to a point,” says Contreras, Newsweek’s Latin America regional editor. “But I could never picture myself at their age getting so thoroughly immersed in their chosen subculture. It all seems a bit too self-referential.” First concert: Creedence Clearwater Revival, ¹⁹⁷⁰