Welcome to Racket Magazine, the lifestyle magazine for those with no life. Since 2005, we’ve been your trusted source for untrustworthy opinions on whatever the hell we want to talk about.
For many, many years, Racket Magazine has curated a blend of essays, reviews, interviews, and features that capture the variety of interests Racket’s editorial staff has had.
Started by Jonathan Yost, Emperor Emeritus, and rounded out by dozens of amazing friends that want to share what they like (and what the absolutely fucking despise), Racket has covered a wide variety of music, art, food, film, and culture in a manner that is equally authentic and irreverent.
Our interviews have run the gamut from Katy Perry to Ace of Cakes himself Duff Goldman. Did we interview Joanna Angel from a storage closet while we were supposed to be working at our day job? DUH.
Unlike typical lifestyle magazines, Racket celebrates not giving a shit about piss-all. Are we nihilists? Nah. Do we care about shit that matters? Yes. Is this sometimes contradictory? Absolutely.
This is your invitation to embrace, uhhh, us. Please give us validation by reading and/or commenting.
Notable Alumni & Clutch Hitters:
Armando Olivas is a latchkey kid who can’t seem to decide what the hell he is doing. One minute he’s in college booking shows, the next he’s on tour selling merch for a band whose members put Rock Hudson to shame. The one consistent element in his life however is his commitment to Racket. Quite honestly he is the true poster child of the average Racket Mag reader: lives with his parents, unemployed and single. So who better to write for Racket than someone who can identify with the fan base. Follow the little fella on his TWITTER.
Caitlin Elgin
Caitlin is spends her day Facebooking for a living and reading books for life. She spends most of her knowledge, effort, and spare time trying to get the Emperor to get stuff done. Sometimes it works. Racket Magazine suits her fancy as it allows her loads of free reading, bossiness, picking on people with poor grammar, and hitting on drummers at shows. Drop Caitlin a line for any information on Racket, media related business, advertising, job applications, Monty Python quotes, or a good sarcastic kick in the ass. Peas out! She also has partnered (in a non-sexual way) with several other women to bring you LadiesOnTheShelf.net
Laura Gaddy
Raised by a pack of college-educated timber-wolves, she likes her culture like she likes her meat- raw and sprinkled with wit. Armed with a mind as sharp as a steel-trap and as diabolical as a Jr. Jumble, her job is to add a touch of class to this joint. If you can put it up on a screen, she’s on it. Whether scrawled, pressed, screened, or deep fried, she tears into it like a hungry orphan. When the moon is out on a cloudless night, some say you can still hear her howl show-tunes from Annie.
Original Knockoff
Original Knockoff consists of Dennis Chung and Gabriel Zuniga. Since they were young, their mothers had always told them they were the best at everything. Unlike most of us, this idea really got cemented in their minds. Having become friends recently, they spend most their time humiliating themselves and alienating friends. Even worse, they have fallen into a circle of people who seem to strengthen their delusion and have lost all grasp on reality. Watch them fall further away from us here and at their website http://OriginalKnockoff.com.
Also, they do the video production.
Jonathan – Founder, Editor In Chief, The Emperor.
The cogs and mastermind of the Racket Empire, Yost, AKA “The Emperor,” is a man among men. He has interviewed countless artists and has attempted to set up a fantasy cage-fight match, but has so far failed to find a group of musicians who value their lives less than entertaining people. Trained in the ways of Magazine Moguling (not really), armed with an actual degree in music and possessing a dazzling background in bad-assary, he vows to take Racket “to the limit”. In his free time, he enjoys cooking elaborate dinners for himself, re-naming people’s pets and Scrabble (Words with Friends will suffice, set up a game, yo: username: DrEmperor). Writing since 2002, he worries that one day someone may call him a journalist, which would add unneeded pressure. He one day hopes to make it big and win the heart of his boyhood crush, actress Molly Ringwald, by buying her a solid gold robot that contains the real beating heart of a man.
Let him know how much he’s touched your heart: Jonathan@racketmag.com
Notable Alumni & Clutch Hitters:
Caitlin Elgin
Caitlin is spends her day Facebooking for a living and reading books for life. She spends most of her knowledge, effort, and spare time trying to get the Emperor to get stuff done. Sometimes it works. Racket Magazine suits her fancy as it allows her loads of free reading, bossiness, picking on people with poor grammar, and hitting on drummers at shows. Drop Caitlin a line for any information on Racket, media related business, advertising, job applications, Monty Python quotes, or a good sarcastic kick in the ass. Peas out! She also has partnered (in a non-sexual way) with several other women to bring you LadiesOnTheShelf.net
Laura Gaddy
Raised by a pack of college-educated timber-wolves, she likes her culture like she likes her meat- raw and sprinkled with wit. Armed with a mind as sharp as a steel-trap and as diabolical as a Jr. Jumble, her job is to add a touch of class to this joint. If you can put it up on a screen, she’s on it. Whether scrawled, pressed, screened, or deep fried, she tears into it like a hungry orphan. When the moon is out on a cloudless night, some say you can still hear her howl show-tunes from Annie.
Original Knockoff
Original Knockoff consists of Dennis Chung and Gabriel Zuniga. Since they were young, their mothers had always told them they were the best at everything. Unlike most of us, this idea really got cemented in their minds. Having become friends recently, they spend most their time humiliating themselves and alienating friends. Even worse, they have fallen into a circle of people who seem to strengthen their delusion and have lost all grasp on reality. Watch them fall further away from us here and at their website http://OriginalKnockoff.com.
Also, they do the video production.