ISSUE 35: GAMBLING

COVER STORIES

OLIVER STONE + SNOOP DOGG + CALIFORNIA SPLIT REUNITED

The tribute to California Split features interviews with actor ELLIOTT GOULD, screenwriter JOSEPH WALSH and an essay by JONATHAN ROSENBAUM

INTERVIEWS

Writer and Deadwood creator DAVID MILCH + actress and poker player
JENNIFER TILLY + poker player PHIL LAAK + author MARTHA FRANKEL + racetrack announcer TOM DURKIN + writer NICK TOSCHES + Harlem kingpin NICKY BARNES

ESSAYS

PETER ALSON on teaching poker to Natalie Portman for the film My Blueberry Nights
STEVEN CRIST of the Daily Racing Form on gambling odds
PATRICK SISSON on slot machines in Prague
RICHARD STRATTON on the risks of drug smuggling

EXCERPT

Gambler on the Loose by Joseph Walsh

FOOD

A talk with Stephanie Izard, winner of Top Chef

PRINT

A talk with BILL McKIBBEN

FACE TO FACE

Alex Abramovich talks to BOOTS RILEY

MATCH POINTS

Stories from screen legend NORMAN LLOYD

LIMITED EDITION 7” SINGLE: PLUSH

A limited edition run of the first single from Bright Penny by Plush, “Take a Chance” b/w “If I Could,” is included in the first 500 copies of the Gambling Issue

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