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music from the tiny desk
Here in Kekionga we’re big fans of that great gospel flavored rhythm and blues band from Alabama, St.Paul and the Broken Bones. When they played the Manitou this fall, they pretty much blew the roof of the place. Took this … Continue reading
Posted in art and culture, other stuff
Tagged Kekionga and the Knotted Rope Universe, music, photography, recommended
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old school photography to blow. your. mind.
No, we’re not talking about film here. No Instamatics or Polaroids, not even a box Brownie. No, we’re talking daguerreotypes, a marvelously complex system for making a photographic positive on a mirror polished metal plate. The year is 1848. The … Continue reading
calamityware: blue willow has never looked so good
Don Moyers is an artist working in an esoteric but delightful medium found somewhere where comics meets ceramics. Or where cheesy science fiction/pop culture tropes meet traditional Chinese export art, if you are thinking thematically. Whatever it is, his “Calamityware” … Continue reading
moleskine #2 is closed — the changing of the notebook guard
It’s one of those small but dramatic events in the life of a natural media writer or artist– the end of one notebook and the beginning of another. Since high school I’d tried periodically to keep a proper notebook, and … Continue reading
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Tagged a cartoonist's life, notebook, recommended, writing
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making a spectacle of work avoidance
The “Little Maudie” pages of Sluddle are proving to be far more difficult to lay out than I expected– I had proper little scribble breakdowns, I promise you that, but they are now in the recycler because they did not … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing tools, personal blathering on, recommended
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storyteller’s delight (but beware)
Just a link today but it’s pretty nearly the best link ever (!) for anyone who is interested in storytelling. If you write stories, or if you enjoy reading/watching/looking at stories written by others, visit the Periodic Table of Storytelling, … Continue reading
media discovery of 2013: welcome to night vale
“A friendly desert community, where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep. Welcome to Night Vale.” If you hear these words being read aloud in your head in … Continue reading
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Tagged history and culture, internet, recommended, writers and artists
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television history, or why the past is past-er than you think
Recommended reading: this essay by Wolfie that begins as an appreciation of a classic television program, and ends up in deeper historical waters. Definitely something I wish I had thought of myself, which of course is a writer’s highest compliment. … Continue reading
at the movies: the world’s end
This is going to be a short (or shortish) review, and you won’t find any spoilers under any cuts. The World’s End, more than any other movie I’ve seen in a long time, is a story that needs to be … Continue reading
at the movies– now you see me
This, my friends, is a movie. It is not a sequel to anything. It is not a reboot. It isn’t based on a book, a short story, an ad campaign or a long-cancelled television series. It isn’t a reimagining of … Continue reading
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