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Casey Rae-Hunter

Casey Rae-Hunter is a writer, editor, musician, producer and lover of fine food and drink. He is the Communications Director of the Future of Music Coalition — a Washington, DC think tank that identifies, examines, interprets and translates issues at the intersection of music, law, technology and policy. The Contrarian is his personal blog, and does not necessarily represent the views of his employer. Thrill to Casey here.

James P. Caldwell

James P. Caldwell holds a Bachelors degree in Arctic beekeeping and a Masters in Handbag Design. A golfer, he makes a decent gin and tonic but can't dance. He lives in America. [James is no longer an active Contrarian contributor, but his posts live on.] Thrill to James here.

Ethan Covey

Ethan Covey is an audio explorer of great repute, whose insightful music writing scored him the coveted role of Senior Music Correspondent at The Contrarian. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he makes hipsters and little girls cry. Thrill to Ethan here.

Bill Simmon

Bill Simmon is a filmmaker, writer and media educator in Burlington, VT. His particular interests include film, atheism, free speech, science fiction, astronomy and the social effects of the democratization of media and technology. Bill is the author of the award-winning blog, Candleblog. Thrill to Bill here.

Matthew King

Matthew F. King lives in Boston and tries really, really hard not to be angry all the time. When not shouting at the news, he plays bass in a rock band, The Lights Out, and works at one of the oldest alt-weekly publications in the nation, The Boston Phoenix. We’re told that he really likes pie. Thrill to Matthew here.

Jebson Interlandi

Not much can be said about this mysterious fellow. Even less can be understood. [Jebson is no longer an active Contrarian contributor, but his posts live on.] Thrill to Jebson here.

Tanner McCuin

Tanner is the Contrarian's resident computer nerd. He keeps the tubes clean, if you catch our drift. Thrill to Tanner here.

Wes Covey

Wes Covey is the reclusive, multi-instrumentalist leader of The Ten Thousand Things — a sacred musick/blackened folk/drone confederacy of some renown. He's also The Contrarian's Grand Master of Recherché Arcanum. When not traveling the astral planes, Covey enjoys nature, dusty books and the music of Stryper. He works as a public librarian in rural Maine. Thrill to Wes here.

Undead Molly

Molly Hodgdon lives in Vermont where she proudly serves as the Chief Anthropologist of the Northeast Revenant Reconnaisance Operation - Division of Special Projects. In her spare time she enjoys disaster preparedness, Rule 34 and improvised weapons. She is the proprietress of Undead Molly, a crucially addictive and disturbing piece of web real estate. Thrill to Molly here.

Dr. Agamemnon Cox

Dr. Agamemnon Cox is a psychedelic visionary who is wanted by several governments. He contributes to The Contrarian Media via highly-encrypted and infrequent messages delivered by falcon or dwarf. If you see him, you didn't see him. Got that? Thrill to Dr. Agamemnon here.

Neil Cleary

Neil Cleary is a musician and songwriter who has toured internationally as a solo artist and a sideman with acts such as The Essex Green, Erin McKeown and Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove. Around the turn of the century, he used to front Hank Williams' Lonesome Cheatin' Hearts Club Band, a New York based all-Hank-Williams outfit. Currently he lives in Cambridge, MA with his girlfriend, two cats, his three solo albums, and the remnants of his broken dreams. Thrill to Neil here.

Norton

God protects fools and babies. Thrill to Sue here.

Chris Parizo

Chris Parizo is Contrarian Media's resident paranormalist. While living in Atlanta, Parizo was a member of a notable local investigation team, but currently works as an independent investigator with like-minded colleagues. He is a high school literature teacher and is currently working on throwing another degree on the pile. He can eat an entire tub of French Onion dip by himself - just pass the Ruffles and stand back. Thrill to Chris here.

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell comes on board as the Teutonic Correspondent for Contrarian Media, LLC, or as it is called here in the Federal Republic, 'Entgegengesetzt Medien, GmbH.' An amateur linguist and speaker of three-plus languages, Herr Farrell is an educator with an M.A. and a music maker with many instruments. Thrill to Nicholas here.

Katie Ehlers

Katie Ehlers lives in Brooklyn, works in book publishing, and is after words, beats, melody, and the perfect whiskey sour. Thrill to Katie here.