My name is Arianna Stern and I am a freelance writer, videographer, and Spanish student. This page is a collection of my work. For a collection of oddities curated by me, go here. email: arianna [dot] s [at] gmail [dot] comTumblr (3.0; @ariannastern)http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku0bqcy3SU1qzvxljo1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote><a href="http://www.heebmagazine.com/100/media/amy_phillips">10.09 “Amy Phillips” in the Heeb 100: Media</a></blockquote> <blockquote><a href="http://www.heebmagazine.com/100/art/daniel_gordon">10.09 “Daniel Gordon” in the Heeb 100: Art</a></blockquote> <blockquote><a href="http://www.heebmagazine.com/100/entrepreneurship/sam_lessin">10.09 “Sam Lessin” in the Heeb 100: Entrepreneurship</a></blockquote></p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/265804779http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/265804779Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:13:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z4w_CGPERg4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z4w_CGPERg4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.venuszine.com/clips/video/music/44/Venus_Zine_interviews_Au_Revoir_Simone">“Venus Zine interviews Au Revoir Simone”</a> for <i><a href="http://www.venuszine.com">Venus Zine</a></i></p> <p>Responsibilities: shooting, editing, posting to web</p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/137217013http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/137217013Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:32:42 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8pHEEY9A3o4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8pHEEY9A3o4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.venuszine.com/clips/video/events/43/Issue_40_Summer_2009_Release_Party">“Issue #40 (Summer 2009) Release Party”</a> for <a href="http://www.venuszine.com">Venus Zine</a></p> <p>Responsibilities: shooting, editing, posting to web</p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/125994762http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/125994762Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:34:00 -0400<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/oomKf5vo6og7j6eyPPAHA00Vo1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/users/ariannastern">My author page</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/art_and_culture/reads/3671/Goodbye_20th_Century_A_Biography_of_Sonic_Youth">07.17.08 “Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/features/2571/Greatest_Female_Guitarists_of_All_Time_AG">3.08        ”The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time A-G” articles on Carrie Brownstein and Rosie Flores</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/features/2572/The_Greatest_Female_Guitarists_of_All_Time_HM">3.08        ”The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time H-M” articles on Chrissie Hynde and Christina Marrs</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/features/2574/The_Greatest_Female_Guitarists_of_All_Time_O_Z">3.08        ”The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time O-Z” articles on Odetta, Donita Sparks, Marnie Stern, Mary Timony, Sarah Utter, and Tal Wilkenfeld</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/3360/Be_Your_Own_Pet">03.08      ”Be Your Own Pet </a><i><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/3360/Be_Your_Own_Pet">Get Awkward</a></i><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/3360/Be_Your_Own_Pet">”</a> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/features/3336/Gift_certificates_you_can_actually_use">03.08      ”Gift certificates you can actually use”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/art_and_culture/staff_favorites/2475/Arianna_Stern_loves_Fafi_for_MAC">02.21.08 “Arianna Stern loves Fafi for MAC”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/2379/Atlas_Sound">02.19.08 “Atlas Sound </a><i><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/2379/Atlas_Sound">Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel</a></i><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/2379/Atlas_Sound">”</a> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/features/2427/Band_of_the_Month_Midtown_Dickens">02.07.08 “Band of the Month: Midtown Dickens”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/art_and_culture/staff_favorites/2220/Arianna_Stern_loves_Arnie_Palmers">01.24.08 “Arianna Stern loves Arnie Palmers”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/art_and_culture/reads/2061/How_vandalism_became_brandalism">01.02.08 “How vandalism became brandalism”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/1815/Viva_Voce">12.11.07 “Viva Voce</a><i><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/1815/Viva_Voce"> Lovers, Lead The Way!/The Heat Can Melt Your Brain</a></i><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/1815/Viva_Voce">”</a> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/features/1755/When_life_gives_you_lemons">12.06.07 “When life gives you lemons”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/art_and_culture/staff_favorites/1702/Arianna_Stern_loves_freericecom">12.06.07 “Arianna Stern loves freerice.com”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/art_and_culture/staff_favorites/1362/arianna_stern_loves_tiny_masters_of_today">11.14.07 “Arianna Stern loves Tiny Masters of Today”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/fashion/features/1421/more_than_a_music_scene">11.12.07 “More than a music scene”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/features/1219/band_of_the_month_the_bridesmaids">10.29.07 “Band of the Month: The Bridesmaids”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/features/1393/mother_mother">05.05.07 “Mother Mother”</a></blockquote></p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/119757959http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/119757959Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:08:06 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WiEmW_IYeAY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WiEmW_IYeAY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.venuszine.com/clips/video/music/42/At_Home_with_Grand_Duchy">“At Home with Grand Duchy”</a> for <a href="http://www.venuszine.com">Venus Zine</a></p> <p>Responsibilities: editing, posting to web</p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/107759956http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/107759956Thu, 14 May 2009 12:54:12 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rhzpspViLxU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rhzpspViLxU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.venuszine.com/clips/video/music/41/Backstage_with_the_Black_Lips">“Backstage with the Black Lips”</a> for <a href="http://www.venuszine.com">Venus Zine</a></p> <p>Responsibilities: interviewing, shooting, editing, posting to web</p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/89453060http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/89453060Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:08:56 -0400<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/oomKf5vo6lfft2y1ZWUpq6FMo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=18740&c=11">03.23.09 “Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians”</a></p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/89212545http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/89212545Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:12:52 -0400<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/oomKf5vo6ktmv4bv32N7Xy0Jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.brooklynradio.net/i-love-my-wife/">I Love My Wife show archive</a></p> <p>“Aside from scones, weirdos with guitars are the favorite things for Chicago-based music writers Britt Julious (aka “Wife Material”) and Arianna Stern (aka “Tough Love”). Throw in a couple of ear-bleeding yelps, the eclectic use of electronics, and heavy distortion and you’ve got “I Love My Wife.” We’re Listening. Maybe you should be, too.”</p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/84655350http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/84655350Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:59:28 -0400<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/oomKf5vo6jr0ezngV9UFOhd2o1_r2_250.png"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/illustrator-arthur-jones-on-the-postit-note-readin,26772/">04.18.09 “Illustrator Arthur Jones on The Post-It Note Reading Series”</a></blockquote> <blockquote> <a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/covering-their-bases-lez-zeppelin-on-led-zeppelin,25997/">04.03.09 “Covering Their Bases: Lez Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin”</a><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/covering-their-bases-lez-zeppelin-on-led-zeppelin,25997/"> (reprinted in </a><i><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/covering-their-bases-lez-zeppelin-on-led-zeppelin,25997/">Deciders</a></i><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/covering-their-bases-lez-zeppelin-on-led-zeppelin,25997/"> Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Twin Cities)</a> </blockquote> <blockquote><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/city-council-to-art-institute-raise-admission-fees,25367/">03.19.09 “City Council to Art Institute: Raise admission fees, kiss your water goodbye” </a></blockquote> <blockquote> <a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/dont-rock-a-sham-chicagos-real-irish,24985/">03.17.09 “Don’t rock a sham: Chicago’s </a><i><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/dont-rock-a-sham-chicagos-real-irish,24985/">real</a></i><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/dont-rock-a-sham-chicagos-real-irish,24985/"> Irish”</a><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/dont-rock-a-sham-chicagos-real-irish,24985/"> (co-written)</a> </blockquote> <blockquote> <a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/love-is-not-in-the-air,23776/">02.13.09 “Love is not in the air”</a><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/love-is-not-in-the-air,23776/"> (co-written)</a> </blockquote> <blockquote> <a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/celebrate-valentines-day-in-white-castle-with-styl,23209/">01.29.09 “Celebrate Valentine’s Day in White Castle with style” </a><br/><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/while-you-were-impeaching-me,23126/">01.28.09 “While you were impeaching me”</a><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/while-you-were-impeaching-me,23126/"> (co-written)</a><br/><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/new-ac-newman-album-to-be-played-at-empty-bottle-t,22446/">01.15.09 “New A.C. Newman album to be played at Empty Bottle this Saturday” </a><br/><a href="http://chicago.decider.com/articles/fleetwood-mac-announces-another-chicago-show-in-ma,22441/">01.15.09 “Fleetwood Mac announces another Chicago show in March” </a><br/> </blockquote></p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/76940236http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/76940236Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:15:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RwLPePwOZUg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RwLPePwOZUg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“<a href="https://www.venuszine.com/clips/video/music/39/Backstage_with_Lissy_Trullie">Backstage with Lissy Trullie</a>” for <a href="http://www.venuszine.com">Venus Zine</a></p> <p>Responsibilities: interviewing, shooting, editing, posting to web</p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/76288989http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/76288989Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:58:00 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1882159&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1882159&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1882159&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“Retired Generals of the Israeli Defense Forces and high-ranking Mossad officials on Barack Obama” for <a href="http://www.jcer.info">JCER.info</a>  </p> <p>Responsibilities: research and development</p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/75100747http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/75100747Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:12:03 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/oomKf5vo6jh1s027sjcwatzLo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/newfood/">09.06 “Diet Pepsi Jazz Strawberries and Cream”</a>  <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dckn8x7p_74gg5b8z8b&revision=_latest">(or view as a Google Doc)</a><br/> </blockquote></p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/75097574http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/75097574Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:56:00 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/oomKf5vo6jh18kj9CrasOWpCo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dckn8x7p_71xvwkhhd5&revision=_latest">04.07 “Peter Bjorn and John”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dckn8x7p_68jqw65kk4&revision=_latest">03.07 “ADULT. </a><i><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dckn8x7p_68jqw65kk4&revision=_latest">Why Bother?</a></i><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dckn8x7p_68jqw65kk4&revision=_latest">”</a> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dckn8x7p_66g54kgtfq&revision=_latest">03.07 “120 Days”</a></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dckn8x7p_64cwhbw6cw&revision=_latest">02.07 “Talking Back</a><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dckn8x7p_64cwhbw6cw&revision=_latest">”</a> </blockquote></p>http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/75094596http://ariannastern.tumblr.com/post/75094596Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:41:08 -0500