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Porn Ads With My Coffee
(Editor’s note, Rumpus reader Katie Ryder wrote in to complain about the sex ads on The Rumpus sex blog. Links are NSFW) ** So, this afternoon I was taking a coffee and Internet break from my long exciting day of…
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Movies for the Left
Over at Riku Writes, Richard Hourula has posted “Movies For Your Inner Leftist, That Are Suitable For All Political Persuasions.” In the piece Hourula offers little write ups on left leaning movies, some historically, some not. I mean, did you…
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Swinging Modern Sounds #16: Indeterminate Activity
Lovers of contemporary experimental music will likely remember the moment in the early eighties when John Cage, the godfather of minimalism and of most New York City experimental music, referred to Glenn Branca (he of the pieces for ensembles of…
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The Berlin Reunion
“Earlier this week, 1.5 million people filled the streets of Berlin, Germany to watch a several-day performance by France’s Royal de Luxe street theatre company titled ‘The Berlin Reunion.’ “Part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall…
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Horsley
Over at Open, the British writer Sebastian Horsley, who claims to have slept with 1,300 prostitutes, writes an article explaining his reasoning. Horsley dabbles on a plethora of topics pertaining to his love of prostitution and he implores us all…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week 10/12-10/18
This week in San Francisco home-ec gets a rock’n’roll makeover, Doug Dorst does multiple events, LitQuake kicks into full swing, and The Rumpus gets its groove on at The Rickshaw Stop.
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The Definition of Doing It
If you thought having sex was complicated, try defining it. Lexicographer and language expert Jesse Sheidlower, author of the famed F-Word, and currently serving as Editor at Large (North America) of the Oxford English Dictionary, writes about the challenges of defining…
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Notable New York, This Week 10/12-10/18
MONDAY, October 12, 2009 – SUNDAY, October 18, 2009 This week in New York, The New Yorker Festival hits town. And yes, while the “Humor Revue,” “About Towns,” and “Kaffeeklatches” seem to have been sold out before they were on…
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Sherman Alexie on Kindles, Sexiness and Controversy
Sherman Alexie, whose novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was banned in some school districts, is no stranger to controversy. He’s recently come out with a new collection of stories and poetry called War Dances. In this…
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Interview With Michael Stuhlbarg, Movie Star
The folks at Greencine posted an interview with Michael Stulhbarg, the star of the new Coen Brothers movie A Serious Man. In the interview, Greencine and Stulbarg gab about how the movie is being labeled as a ‘starless’ film, Stulbarg’s…