While we’re not big on celebrity here at the Rumpus, we did link to these previously unpublished photos of Marilyn Monroe when LIFE made them public this past summer. So…
At first I was excited about this. Combine two Japanese cultural traditions — contemplative poetic exercise and atomic age monster from the deep — and you get humor and existential…
It is important to remember that the world can be pretty ok. Oh hey tiny robot fish, what’s up? Did you know there was an Art Handling Olympics? Presumably you…
This Week, tweet for a good cause at TwestivalSF 2010, stop by for just an hour or the entire day to hear sounds of all sorts at the Switchboard Music…
This week in New York a tribute to George Carlin, James Wood reads a book he’s never read before, Shya Scanlon gets other people to read his poems, NYC Twestival…
A visual history of tourism ads. The Ghost Orchid has risen from the dead. And as long as we’re on the subject: the Pompeii fast food establishment Thermopolium is set…
Update: The White House has reached a deal with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) for his vote on the bill. Rep. Stupak says “We’re well past 216,” the number of votes…
Who doesn’t like bookplate porn? (via) The Rumpus doesn’t do pop culture, but if you happen to have written something about Lady Gaga, you might want to send it here.…