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We Are Uncool
Here's the first of 3 singles we'll be posting this week from my new full-length mix, Another Fine Mess....
It Was All A Dream
We tried a bunch of songs for the finale of Another Fine Mess and nothing worked. I couldn’t get it off my mind for days. It wouldn’t let me alone. I knew once I stopped pressing I’d find the right song and that’s just what happened when I came across “Sunrays” from Yesterday’s New Quintet’s ep, Ell...
Hemingway On Bullfighting
Choice find by the good people at Longform: Ernest Hemingway's 1930 story on bullfighting for Fortune:...
The Death Of A Cowboy
Sometimes you read a story and everything about it is in harmony—narrative, character, setting, emotion, and insight. Such is the case with Peter Richmond's 1990 tribute to Lane Frost. I'll get out of the way now and let you appreciate it for yourself:...
Studs And Bob
Via the always nourishing Kottke, check out Studs Terkel's 1963 interview with Dylan. ...
Alex And Harpo
Great job by Longform reprinting Ned Stuckey-French's 1999 story on the relationship between Alexander Woollcott and Harpo Marx:...
Whatever Happened To Roller Skating?
Over at the Atlantic Tanya Basu asks: Whatever Happened to Roller Skating?...
When Evel Came To Coopersville
Head on over to the ever stylish site, A Continuous Lean,and check out this post about the time Evel Knievel went to Coopersville....
The Incredible Paintings of Frank Frazetta
Via the cool blog, This, That & Also, Etc. check out Donald Newlove's 1977 Esquire profile of Frank Frazetta. ...
Still Diggin': Museum Of Natural History's Digital Archives
Sam Roberts on the digitized images now available from the Museum of Natural History. ...
The Long Good Friday
Nice post on The Long Good Friday over at the ever-incredible site Cinephilia and Beyond. ...
Illmatic's Dope Sports Reference
The Shaq Fu line from this record, produced by Large Professor....
Searching For Tom Lehrer
This is worth reading. Ben Smith on Tom Lehrer:...
Year of the Pigskin
Over at New Republic, check out Christopher Beam's story about playing football in China:...