Posts Categorized Fray

Fray in Today’s Papers

In Event, Fray, San Francisco on 17 January 2008 with 4 comments

That’s the SF Weekly on the left and the SF Chronicle on the right. Woot!
Also, the photo of me is by the super-awesome Robin Andersen.
More info: fray.com

Let’s Talk Binding

In Fray, Magazines, Publishing on 16 January 2008 with Comments Off

I’ve always thought of Fray as more of a book series than a magazine. That’s because most magazines are made to be disposable, but we want issues of Fray to last. So instead of using a traditional magazine “perfect” binding, which falls apart after a few months, Fray uses a sewn binding that’s usually reserved […]

New in Fray: Busted in Jena

In Fray, Magazines, News, Politics, Stories on 7 January 2008 with Comments Off

When a group of black students in Jena, Louisiana, defied tradition and sat under a “whites only” tree, no one could have predicted that it would become a national story, that Reverend Al Sharpton would lead a march through town, or that Michael David Murphy would quit his job and travel to Jena to meet, […]

Making “Hand” Bags

In Craft, Fray, How to, Magazines on 20 December 2007 with 6 comments

A while back I scored a Gocco from a friend. A Gocco is a novel screen printing kit from Japan that’s no longer in production. I stowed it away in our office, waiting for a good project to bring it out. Today was that project.
I wanted to do something cool for Fray’s first subscribers. Since […]

New in fray: Buzz-Kill

In Fray on 11 December 2007 with Comments Off

We’ve just posted a new story from our upcoming book. Check it:
“A friend of mine who used to work for a moving company, once told me that that you learn some amazing things about people when you move their stuff. Particularly when you lift up their beds. People have all kinds […]

New in Fray: Ugly in Norwalk

In Fray on 3 December 2007 with 3 comments

(Man, it’s been a while since I’ve made a post like this. Woot!)
As we’re working on Fray Issue 1, we’re putting a few of the stories online. Check ‘em out!
Ugly in Norwalk
Story by Joe Loya
My rearview mirror showed deputies, kneeling behind their patrol car doors, guns aimed at me. Like Hollywood would do it.
Hobo Balls
Story […]

I told you it was only on hiatus

In Books, For Sale, Fray, Hooray, Love, Magazines on 26 November 2007 with 5 comments

Yes, that Fray.
Illustration by the enormously talented Kevin Cornell.

Last Chance to Submit to Busted!

In Fray, Invitation on 4 October 2007 with Comments Off

This is the final boarding call for submissions to Fray’s premiere book, Busted! True stories of getting caught in the act. Send in your stuff today!
Need inspiration? There are some great busted stories in Fray’s new Flickr group.

Busted Stories

In Fray, Life, Stories on 24 September 2007 with 3 comments

You should never ask someone to tell a personal story that you wouldn’t be willing to tell yourself. So, with Fray’s current call for “Busted” stories in mind, here are some of the many times I’ve been busted:

That time mom caught me with shoplifted candy and made me go back to Vons and apologize.
That time […]

Getting the Band Back Together

In Books, Fray, Invitations on 16 September 2007 with 11 comments

Fray launched on September 16, 1996. It was a totally different time, online and off.
Online, everyone was quite excited about the web, but the era of the blog was still a way off. The idea that web was good at personal storytelling was still a bit weird. Offline, I was 23, single, and just […]