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  • Morning Coffee

    Robert Voit’s new trees. Crazy rad optical illusion sculpture schizophrenia test! If I understand this correctly, prosecutors are charging half eaten hamburgers with murder (note: this is a gross misread of this story). Why yes, I am still into abandoned…

  • Tune of the Day

    Artists: MC Lars and K.Flay Song: “Single and Famous” Note: K.Flay will be performing at the next Monthly Rumpus.

  • Morning Coffee

    A little architecture porn to start your day, coming to you from Turkey, Japan, and Wayne Coyne’s heroin soaked brain. Evidently there is some sort of sporting event going on right now. Here are some commemorative stamps. Dead fly art…

  • “This is not a decision we made lightly.”

    “Oh, hey Canada. Yeah, come on in. Have a seat. No, you won’t need to take notes or anything. This is really pretty straightforward. Here’s the thing, Canada – we’re going to have to let you go.” Frequent Rumpus contributor…

  • Bad Luck

    I find this Wikipedia category weirdly fascinating: List of Las Vegas Casinos That Never Opened. A sample:

  • Morning Coffee

    David Maisel’s epic aerial-photography (is good). NPR wants to convince you that you should be into macaroons. I’m willing to listen. A brief history of pretty much everything. Seed Magazine on bee’s past, present, and questionable future. Totally bad-ass green…

  • Notable San Francisco, This Week: 2/15-2/21

    This week: Recover from Sunday at A Valentine’s Day Post Mortem, John D’Agata reads at USF, Noise Pop invades Nightlife, and the Mission loves bikes so much it finally dedicates porn to them. Monday 2/15: Misery loves company.  Drag your…

  • Notable New York, This Week 2/15 – 2/21

    This week in New York Howard Bloom interviewed by Richard Foreman, Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Gopnik discuss mankind, John Cale reflects on music and art, Ed Park and Lynne Tillman read at Triple Canopy and Light Industry’s celebration of their…

  • Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #23

    How many times do I have to tell you that I can’t go to the hospital, Doug? I’m a Christian Scientist! It goes against my beliefs to have health insurance. Plus it saves me a shit-ton of money. How do…

  • Morning Coffee

    Some fun news for you this President’s Day: 38 percent of the world’s surface is in danger of desertification! The entire coast of California in aerial photographs. I am only linking to this because it contains my favorite word. Wayne…

  • Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears

    Note: I’m adding this late, but it’s important. Our sincerest condolences go out to the friends and family and admirers of Lucille Clifton, who died yesterday at the age of 73. She was a tremendous voice for poetry and she…