KEVIN DORIA of GROWING – Best of 2007

In no particular order:

1) Brady to Moss connection. Not since Montana to Rice has the viewing public been granted the gift of art through professional football. It’s a beautiful lesson, really. Magic of unprecedented levels can be reached when an obnoxious yuppie teams up with a misunderstood genius. Don Shula is a self-loathing fascist. The kings are dead. Long live the kings.

2) Brownsounds. A small “record label” that no one will ever know of. Small vinyl only runs of fine musical output by some of my favorite artists. If you can find the records… buy them.

3) The rise and collapse of Rudy Guiliani. Eat a dick, fuck nuts.

4) Clint Bowyer. More proof that NASCAR is in a slow descent to the darkest level of hell. What started out as what could’ve been the feel good story of the year ended like McGovern’s brutal defeat in ’72. What’s become of the finest sport ever conceived on American soil? Rich Californians and wealthy Europeans have surrounded over five generations of American moonshiners and are moving in for the kill. The South has fallen again.

5) Designer babies. Ah, the gifts of science.

Kevin Doria is a member of the band Growing, who were cover featured by writer Peter Relic and photographer Eden Batki in the still-available Arthur No. 22 (May 2006).