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Hey, that’s me, the featured subscriber at awesome indie...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:10:37 -0700

Hey, that’s me, the featured subscriber at awesome indie e-bookstore emilybooks!

Manjula Martin runs the important and revolutionary site Who Pays Writers, which asks and answers that important question. She also does many other things, which are detailed here, and has excellent taste in music and vintage photos of Justine Frischmann. (!!) We love having her as a subscriber.

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YBCA past midnight, after watching The Clock on Flickr.

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:54:17 -0700

YBCA past midnight, after watching The Clock on Flickr.

“Suicide” (2 of 2) on Flickr.

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:14:48 -0700

“Suicide” (2 of 2) on Flickr.

“Passing side” (1 of 2) on Flickr.

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:13:13 -0700

“Passing side” (1 of 2) on Flickr.

Freelance lifestyle ftw. @ Thieves’ Tavern. on Flickr.

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:09:38 -0700

Freelance lifestyle ftw. @ Thieves’ Tavern. on Flickr.

rachael-maddux: Here is the great video for Pistol Annies’...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:10:58 -0700

rachael-maddux:

Here is the great video for Pistol Annies’ “Hush Hush,” which has been lodged in my brain for more than week now. And here is something I have written for Slate about the seemingly unlikely but increasingly cozy relationship between weed and country music. And now I would like some green bean casserole please.

We’re all Willie’s kids now.

susie-c: The Lunny family, which owns the Drakes Bay Oyster...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:49:59 -0700

susie-c:

The Lunny family, which owns the Drakes Bay Oyster Company, has been fighting for years to stay put — the family’s appeal is due to be heard in court this week. But recently, this dispute has gotten caught up in national environmental battles, including the fight over the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Members of Congress and national green groups have weighed in. And what ultimately amounts to just two square miles of “potential wilderness” have split the environmental movement right down the middle, locally and nationally.

The battle for this estuary has become far more than a fight about an oyster farm — it’s become a flashpoint in the debate over what we want out of the natural world, and what we can afford. At a time of both economic and ecological crisis, how much sense does it make to put a fence up around nature? How much sense does it make to let business interests capitalize off public lands? And who gets to decide?

The battle for Drakes Bay, me for Grist

The ghost of Saturday night, Valencia Street, San Francisco on...

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:54:33 -0700

The ghost of Saturday night, Valencia Street, San Francisco on Flickr.

Pretty Tape Machine. @ Tiny Telephone on Flickr.

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:51:58 -0700

Pretty Tape Machine. @ Tiny Telephone on Flickr.

The Believer Logger: More and more birds get dropped off, most of them with wing trauma,...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:17:53 -0700

The Believer Logger: More and more birds get dropped off, most of them with wing trauma,...:...

poetrysince1912: —Rabindranath Tagore, Poetry, June 1913The...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:36:55 -0700

poetrysince1912:

—Rabindranath Tagore, Poetry, June 1913

The original “Come as you are.” It’s Tagore’s birthday today.

I go back to New York.

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:31:00 -0700

I go back to New York. I feel like I’m always going back to New York, I will always be in a state of...

ucresearch: From UC Berkeley’s digital collection: Stereo Views...

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:00:58 -0700

ucresearch:

From UC Berkeley’s digital collection: Stereo Views from Alaska to Mexico, ca. 1859-1902.

Soundtrack to when the fog comes back. on Flickr.

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:39:12 -0700

Soundtrack to when the fog comes back. on Flickr.

largeheartedboy: Elliott Smith’s live cover of Big Star’s...

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:38:30 -0700

largeheartedboy:

Elliott Smith’s live cover of Big Star’s “Thirteen,” from a collection of Big Star covers at Largehearted Boy.

2-way mirror, Astoria, Queens on Flickr.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:36:01 -0700

2-way mirror, Astoria, Queens on Flickr.

“Art is a creation for the eye and can only be hinted at...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:58:42 -0700

“Art is a creation for the eye and can only be hinted at with words.” -What Is Painting, John Baldessari on Flickr.

Brooklyn wildlife. on Flickr.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:21:33 -0700

Brooklyn wildlife. on Flickr.

"Part of my own affection for Kim Gordon, I realize, is her association with an era when even boys..."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:04:44 -0700

“Part of my own affection for Kim Gordon, I realize, is her association with an era when even...

thisrecording: My courage fails me and I think I ought to stop...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:47:59 -0700

thisrecording:

My courage fails me and I think I ought to stop working, live in the country and devote myself to gardening. But I am held by a thousand bonds. Nor do I know whether, even by writing scientific books, I could live without the laboratory.