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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Revel in Blue Ridge

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

GETTING WHAT YOU DESERVE—publicly, proudly, with panache: my working definition of a good wedding. Last month I witnessed the union of college comrade/attorney/zine impresario/poetic soul Marc and tank thinker/continent hopper/yogalista/fast friend Evelyn in the shadow of Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains. Even after weeks of travel, I was pumped for this party. Walking off the tarmac [...]

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Wild West

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

TURN YOUR BACK ON THE WEST COAST FOR ONE MINUTE and weed goes quasi-legal, sold by foxy salespeople at luxurious dispenseries from Denver to Oaksterdam, with angry GUARD BEARS patrolling the yard. Images of the state of the North American pot economy in the runup to Cali’s Prop 19 on Boston.com’s Big Picture. This New [...]

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Through the past, darkly

Thursday, October 14, 2010

UNLOVED FILM SLIDES WILL BE SHOWING UP at second hand stores for at least a few more generations. Some photo fads hung in there as technology progressed in the ’90s and ’00s (Polaroid, 110 film), but the digital era doesn’t so much shun film and its products as act like they never existed. Digitizing old [...]

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Etherworld

Monday, October 4, 2010

YESTERDAY I AWOKE IN A FOG (literally for a change). It shrouded our ‘hood in mystery and grandeur. A sudden suburban jungle. On my way to get a paper. Click to enlarge. The crowing of our neighbor’s illegal rooster completes the equatorial village vibe. Some neighb’s wish this empty school would disappear. And for several [...]

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A jam named Saturday

Saturday, October 2, 2010

WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG to listen to the old-school hip-hop show on KMOJ 89.9 The People’s Station, Saturdays 12-3 p.m? I’m phasing out Good & Country on KFAI for a few week in favor of DJ Divine and crew. Kane, LL, Slick Rick, Notorious B.I.G., MC Lyte. Lots of entertaining PSAs. Testament to [...]

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