Jeff Ignatius is a journalist who has, at various points in his career, been published as a movie, music, and book critic (in descending order of aptitude) and has interviewed internationally renowned musicians (from David Harrington of Kronos Quartet to Kris Kristofferson to Neko Case to Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet) as well as authors and filmmakers of more modest repute.

He will forever be working on a book-length analysis of Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia.

The Snob-in-Chief was born in 1971 and married in 2001.

He and his wife, a damned lawyer, have a dog about whom Wesley Willis wrote a song from beyond the grave.

A human child was born on February 1, 2008. Bride of Culture Snob swears that Culture Snob is the father.

The Culture Snobs live in the Quad Cities, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.

Culture Snob rabidly roots for the Boston Red Sox, and — thanks to the 2004 team — is no longer waiting ’til next year. By graduation, he follows the sports teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. By marriage, he is a fan of the Washington Redskins.