TAG Magazine was formed by the merger of three independent media sources – TheFourFour (music), RecSpecsOnline (sports) and S.A.U.C.E. (arts, culture, community). TAG is comprised of classically trained journalists who formerly worked for SGF’s “corporate” media outlets. We take pride in the city we’re from and strive to be a progressive resource for SGF’s entertainment scene.
TAG was founded by Chris DeRosier, Brett Johnston, Scott Perket, and Allen Vaughan in late 2009.
Chris DeRosier
Music Editor
Chris DeRosier has run with bulls, taken rocks to the chest at offroad car races, shot pool with some of SGF’s best hustlers (and lost, badly) and seen more concerts than he can possibly count. Obsessed with writing, cars, music, sports, art, science and the progression of the world, you will find him spending 95% of his waking hours serving any or all of these masters to varying degrees. It is not unusual for them to invade his sleeping hours, too. These obsessions have served him well, making money as an award-winning writer so he can spend money on the rest of them.
Skills: Using the English language to get himself into, and then back out of, trouble; a constant desire to learn new things; a phenomenal memory for stuff that doesn’t really matter and the best beard-growing ability on the staff.
Brett Johnston
Editor / Mag Design / Co-Owner
Brett Johnston grew up in SGF, went to college in SGF, got a couple “real jobs” in SGF, quit them all and has never brought himself to try a different city. TAG cohorts refer to him as “Willie F-ing Bloomquist” for his ability to do a little bit of everything (read: utility man) — it’s a result of indecisiveness and undiagnosed/untreated ADHD. He’s obsessed with his family, “the process” of the Kansas City Royals, and craft beer. He won awards as an amateur, but doesn’t want them mentioned in fear of compromising his “professional” status.
Skills: Ruler of Kamchatka, media production (video, audio, writin’ words), soft hands on a softball diamond, former card-carrying member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating.
Harry Keegan
Sports Intern
Harry Keegan grew up in Kansas City throwing pillows at the TV on Sunday afternoons. Once he realized that the Chiefs weren’t in the market for a 6’ 140 pound quarterback, he turned to writing. He’s a journalism and French major at MSU. He was a manager for the men’s basketball team for the past three years and writes sports for the school paper. He’s interning at TAG for the summer in the sports department.
Skills: getting interviews, fixing cars, running, wii golf.
David Norman
The Statler’s Waldorf (theatre columnist)David Norman is an out-of-work English major who reads more comics than he would care to admit or even really should for his age. He landed his job at TAG for an uncanny ability to process and manipulate multiple forms of media at once; notably, he has been seen mass-texting his entire contact list, while updating Facebook for a live webcast hosted by him, while playing Halo, while insightfully discussing, then reciting from memory, numbers 1-128 of Shakespeare’s Sonnets to an audience of local news anchors who happened to be softly humming a harmonized version of Defying Gravity because he bet them they couldn’t. Shortly afterward, he tweeted his thoughts on the experience and how it affected him personally. He hopes you know all of that may have been a lie.
Skills: STR 16, DEX 12, CON 10, INT 16, WIS 10, CHA 20, can kind of draw a little, a white belt in Kung Fu, and was once Vice President of the Houston Community College Student Government Association (HCC Northeast campus, located in Greenspoint Mall).
Alex Stocksdale
Photo Assassin
Dateline 1984. 14 countries participate in a Soviet-led boycott of the Los Angeles Olympics. The city is thrown into a state of panic as the now infamous Night Stalker attacks continue. Dr. John Buster performs the first successful embryonic transplant at Harbour-UCLA Medical Center. Incumbent President Ronald Reagan defeats Walter Mondale in a landslide victory. And another seminal event that may forever overshadow other headlines. Alex Stocksdale is born.
After (sometimes) attending film school Alex moved to SGF to experience a slice of Americana. When not breaking cameras, he has spent the past 5 years using them to document the unique people and places of the Ozarks. In his spare time he enjoys wasting time, yelling, and gardening.
Favorite Wu-Tang Clan member: Ghost Face KillaSkills: Flaking out; Staking out; Making out
Allen Vaughan
Sports Editor / Co-Owner
For better or worse, Allen Vaughan is addicted to sports, music and moving pictures. To save his life and to avoid getting a real job, he’s worked himself into an award-winning writer and sports talk show host. He believes multimedia is the future and challenges you to think about your current news and information sources. He also believes that Sriracha dominates your favorite hot sauce.
Skills: Original thought, above average jump shot, drunken rap freestyles, how to take a joke and how to deliver one.
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