Jay Ruttenberg is editor of the comedy magazine the Lowbrow Reader as well as the Lowbrow Reader Reader, a book anthology due next year from Drag City. He has written for the New York Times, SPIN, Vibe, Details and Time Out New York, where he worked for many years as a music critic.
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