July 2011
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Longshot!: and the Issue Two theme is... →
longshotmag:
The moment has arrived. Here’s how this works: Starting right now, you have 24 hours to produce and submit your work. We’ll take the next 24 to select, edit, design and lay everything out. The end result will be a beautiful glossy paper magazine. And a super sharp digital edition.
And this…
Theme: Debt. GO!
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Not gonna lie — I’ve had this on...
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Longshot!: Issue #2: One week to the starting gun!... →
longshotmag:
Seven days remain until the kickoff of our next issue. There are many reasons to get excited. This time around our digital team will be experimenting with all sorts of interactive features, we have a new audio crew coming in to invent Longshot Radio (sweet!), the magazine’s art direction will be…
I love everything about Longshot — the concept, the content, the...
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Q: The Gathering of the Juggalos or the Pitchfork...
As reported by Greg Kot:
… the music was almost beside the point. This was a collective outburst, the crowd fist-pumping itself into exhaustion. Dozens of fans streamed past me at the edge of the stage, soaked in sweat, some wobbling to the medical tent, at least one throwing up, swigging water and then returning to the fray. Medical personnel reported no major problems, other than treating...
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This is supposed to be adorable
“Todd.” Except it didn’t sound like it reads. It reads flat, one syllable. It sounded more like a sigh — a head in your hands sort of sigh.
That is, by and large, how my shrink says my name. She sighs it. It doesn’t matter what story I was relaying to her that resulted in the sigh. It could be any number of stories — examples of which are in the archives on...
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The great Harry Potter cram session of 2010 (or...
Let’s say the following had been presented to you as a choice for a second date last November: 1) Go see Aziz Ansari or 2) Go see the latest “Harry Potter” film, the first of the two-part ending, on opening weekend.
Everyone have their hands on their buzzers? OK, go! DING! Aziz! That’s right. Easy choice. Ten points for the reader in red.
In case it’s needed,...
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I might buy you dinner *
This week I am not even going to try.
One too many times upon attempting to make a reservation to LudoBites I have been burned with a rejection-by-OpenTable. So all of you top-notch Internet refreshers, I am out. I cede LudoBites to you and your carpal tunnel-less trigger hand. I don’t need the aggravation.
However, I still want the food. So make the reservation, and I will buy you...
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D&D, etc.
Presto!
Uni!
Original character concept art for the early ’80s animated series “Dungeons & Dragons.”
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Postcard from Scotland
New Sons & Daughters. I knew it was a good sign when the British press seemed disappointed in this album.
Although I’m kinda in love with bassist Ailidh Lennon, so I would understand if anyone sought a second opinion.
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Parents, a warning sign
Should this be the type of writing done by your 11 year-old, just know that his/her next 10 - 25 years are gonna be a little rough.
Odd, though, as it appears I was scolded to write in cursive halfway through my gnomes description.
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“To have a really great home-grown brewery like Eagle Rock, who produce really...”
– Tony Yanow of Tony’s Darts Away on the upcoming City Hall appearance by Eagle Rock Brewery.
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The best albums of 2011 (thus far)
Preface: I don’t write too much about music on here, unless it intersects with stuff about girls, as writing about music = work. Nevertheless, making a list is one of the greatest joys of music criticism. So while I wasn’t called upon to write one of these doohickeys for my place of employment, I still couldn’t help myself with this mid-year list. And thus …
The Top-10...
A public service announcement (without guitars)
A note from Eagle Rock Brewery:
Hello friends!
Despite these 18 months that Eagle Rock Brewery has been open to public without incident, we’ve got yet another public hearing! We’d like to try to pack the room with supporters that day so that we can show the city that we’ve got the overwhelming support of the community and be able to keep our permits at our current location....