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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is about time we started advertising to monkeys. Need to get married but short on funds? The AutoWed machine costs a mere dollar to use. Evidently the Olympics own 2012. Today in Russian fire-based art. Fake English houses are…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week 6/27-7/3
This week in San Francisco, NYC mags BOMB and Guernica want to meet you (and maybe make-out with you), the Top of the Mark toasts movies of SF and Neko Case treats Stern Grove to a free show.
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National PTSD Awareness Day
The poster person for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a war veteran, which isn’t surprising given that anywhere from 11 to 20 percent of veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are diagnosed as sufferers. But it’s not solely a…
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How Do We Spend Our Time?
Last week the government released a survey detailing the time-consuming activities of Americans, broken down in terms of gender, race and age. Time spent working is down due to the lack of jobs and alas, an increase in reading is…
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Who Do We Invite To The Orgy?
Tom Lutz at the Los Angeles Review of Books discusses Elizabeth Gumport’s essay in n+1 called “Against Reviews.” Lutz writes “Taste cultures do have something to do with circles of intimates, and the explosion of book clubs in recent years…
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A Bay Area Talk Tonight!
BOMB and Guernica Magazine are collaborating for a talk that is both free and open to the public. Come celebrate indie magazines by mingling with the writers and artists that contribute to them! Where: The Make-out Room, 3225 22nd Street,…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #92
GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Guantanamo Bay Prison.
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Some More on Fair Use
MobyLives has extended the discussion Andy Baio started on his project Kind of Bloop, which I wrote about for The Rumpus on Saturday. MobyLives makes a good point when talking about one of Baio’s examples, that of the artist Jeff…
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Is the Gay Bar Dying?
June Thomas in Slate asks, in the light of the most recent victory for same-sex marriage rights for gays and lesbians and greater acceptance across American society, if the gay bar is in danger of disappearing. It’s an interesting question…
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Chats with Random Men #14: Osama Edition
When she’s not writing music or books, Alina Simone talks with random men on Facebook. This time, about Osama bin Laden.
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Notable New York, This Week 6/27-7/03
This week in New York: Lou Reed’s take on Edgar Allen Poe; The Moth at Summerstage; Ann Curry talks with John Prendergast and Michael Mattocks; readings from Stefan Merrill Block and Alison Espach; lit journal party for Annalemma Magazine, Avery…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
On the making of a 50s neon coca-cola sign. Similarly: Eames’ Kites! Watch out for skimming asteroids today. Hella old reptiles. 50 watts delves into the worlds of pamphlets and tracts.