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Violence in Oslo
As is the case in any developing story, details are sketchy and limited right now, but here’s the basics in what’s happened in Oslo, Norway today. 16 are reported dead as a result of an explosion and a shooting. Police…
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badbadbad On Tour
Jesus Angel Garcia’s touring around with his badbadbad, his latest book, in tow. Remember his interview here on the Rumpus? Here is a blog post from Virginia Beach, the sixth of his blog updates from the tour. This Virginia Beach…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Everyone knows China’s the place to go for fake iPhones…but now they have an entire fake Apple Store. Employers are now requiring social media background checks. Hugo Chavez is governing Venezuela via Twitter while he undergoes medical treatment in Cuba.…
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“We Love You From the Start”
The Rumpus and the Bay Citizen Proudly Present: “We Love You From the Start” Click Here to Purchase Tickets! August 8th, 7pm, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. Featuring brilliant authors Melissa Febos, Brendan Constantine, Steve Fainaru, and…
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Albums of Our Lives: Kate Bush’s Director’s Cut
From the moment that music and literature convened in my family’s suburban rec room, the one soundproofed with mustard shag carpeting, nothing was ever the same. I’m talking about the liner notes to a curious song called “Wuthering Heights”…
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What Dedication Looks Like
Remember when R. Crumb blew our minds and our concept of dedication with his thorough illustration of the Bible? That project sounded physically and emotionally exhausting. Still, he must have started a trend because artist, Matt Kish, is creating an…
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The Chipped Mosaic, The Dust
As a poet, [Joanne] Diaz trusts her readers to understand; she conveys the electric, what we feel and are jolted by, but cannot ever fully grasp in words or phrases.
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Bowie’s New Biography
Paul Trynka wrote a Bowie biography, titled David Bowie: Starman. It will combat all the David Bowie aggression you may have experienced as a result of the decisions he made in the 80’s. Even if you’re one of those people…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Fact: there are a lot of time capsules buried under LA. Daily Routines is a pretty neat site. (via Letters of Note.) Have we perhaps found the world’s first question mark? Let’s all look at some old kid’s science kits…
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How I Learned to Fight
At the Jackson Arms shooting range in South San Francisco, we were issued earmuffs so tight I felt the beginnings of a headache
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Pop Strategies, Political Ends
John Maus converses with BOMBLOG about his recently released album. Topics include utopia, isolation and collaboration, the “language of pop,” lyrics as an afterthought, gender as an effect of language, Minnesota, and more. Stick with the philosophy-dense interview and the…
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Independent Astronauts
Atlantis just returned from its last mission and here we are with our feet firmly on the ground. But surely there is an alternative to NASA. For inspiration into space travel here on earth experience the short film Life as…