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The Eyeball #37: Kenneth Anger
Are there some films you have to take drugs to enjoy? I asked this question toward the end of this week’s session of the class on experimental films I’m teaching at Richard Hugo House, after spending two hours with the…
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
So the big news for Rumpus Poetry Book Club members is that our chat with Elizabeth Alexander will take place on Friday November 5 at 8:00 p.m. EST, 5:00 p.m. PST. Be ready to wow her with your questions about…
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The Needs of the Many
The Texas Supreme Court has cited Mr. Spock in a legal opinion, but it was a scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, which makes it okay. If they’d pulled something from the one where they searched for…
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The More Things Change…
In 1968, the year I was born, Ronald Reagan was considered too extreme to be the Republican nominee for the presidency. Richard Nixon was the nominee and served a term and a half before resigning under threat of impeachment. In…
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Science Saturday
Sorry this is late–the line for early voting was longer than I expected. That’s a good thing, though, so I’m fine with this being a little late if you are. Apparently, your fingers catch typos, or rather, there are two…
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Saturday Morning Links
I’m voting this morning because there’s no possible way for me to vote on Tuesday. It’s clichéd to say this, but I do it anyway–no matter what your political views, cast your votes. It’s important. Don’t let anyone intimidate you…
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Best Petition Ever?
“Plaintiff has news for these slime ball, piece of shit, ass clown judges […] that think they are going to rig the system and railroad the poor and innocent […]–that is simply not going to happen in this case. You…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Getting ahead of ourselves just a little bit: totally sweet Dia de los Muertos papercuts! A look into New York’s future past and the Manhattan Brooklyn merger that could have been. Today in Polish street art: Urban Jewlery! Everyone likes…
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I Would Like Very Much to Hate You: A Rumpus Lamentation
My wife got upset last night, after she heard about the Rand Paul supporters who tackled a progressive activist named Lauren Valle. One of them stepped on her head. Valle suffered a concussion. The technical term is aggravated battery.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
2Today written on a stool! Please do not misuse this: how to break open an airplane bathroom. Every day is a good day for vintage Irish book design. This link features a BEARD OF BEES. On Lemmings and baby killing.…
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Rumpus Comics
You are keeping up with The Rumpus Comics section, right? We currently have nine (nine!) featured strips as well as our ongoing Spotlight Series. Find them all here.