Essay
Unsupervised: My Life as a Bad Girl
Erika Schickel
I recently watched a “reality” show called “The Bad Girls Club” and was saddened to see what has lately become of the Bad Girl brand. The show devotes itself to a lot of scantily clad, cranky harlots who do nothing b...
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Music
Our Song – LaMacchia / Myrner / Feiszli
LaMacchia/Myrner/Feiszli
Our Song, Michael LaMacchia’s adventurous new trio recording, is an alluring arc of luminous songwriting and deeply centered conversations that capture our attention and invite us to participate. Our Song sonically narrate...
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Story
Fat Wallet
Díre McCain
As luck would have it, Tecate Flats turned out to be a goldmine. Throughout the duration of my addiction, I had a fortuitous knack for attracting people—more specifically, men—who not only facilitated my habit, b...
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Essay
Beer Mystic Burp #12: Stroh’s Cans to the Head
bart plantenga
I suddenly have vivid memories of survival in Flint, Michigan, Motor City Jr., birthplace of GM. I was a stranger here because I rode a bike with books of poetry in my back pocket and some locals could smell this alienness ...
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Music
Don’t Miss Fred Frith, Live in Downtown Berkeley, this Saturday night!
Fluffy Schwartz
I am not joking when I say that in my mind, Mr. Frith is one of the most important guitar players in the history of the instrument. For me, it goes like this, Jimi Hendrix then Fred Frith in terms of people who have expanded...
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Music
Mr. Adams Live
Fluffy Schwartz
Steve Adams is playing at the Berkeley Arts Festival this Thursday night, run don't walk to hear him play! Steve is the real deal and a local gem. he will be appearing with Lisa Mezzacappa - bass, John Hanes - electronics ...
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Where the Exiles Go — The Canadian Literary Outlaw in a Conformist Culture
Mark McCawley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkoByHco_Ig&feature=related
For as long as I've been writing and publishing in Canada, the concept of a Canadian Literary Outlaw has always been something of a contradiction. Not that ...
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What I Did Today, Carl Watson's Issue
Ron Kolm
After contributing to an earlier issue of What I Did Today, Carl Watson collected three two-thousand word essays to go along with his already published one, to complete his own follow-up issue. Here’s Michael Randall’s ...
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Music
Mississippi Muck!
Fluffy Schwartz
Ok, went to see Hank III, huge dis-appointment. Sorry to say, the band was great but, the mix was so loud & terrible that it was worse then a trip to the dentist for a root canal. After about an hour of trying every corn...
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Music
Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project
Fluffy Schwartz
You may remember the feature piece Sensitive Skin did on Ralph Carney last year - good news! The one and only Ralph has a new album out!
Smog Veil Records announces Ralph Carney's new Serious Jass Project album titled, Se...
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Art
For Rent & Smokestacks – Photographs by Danny Kolm
Danny Kolm
Two photographs from Danny Kolm, "Smokestacks" and "For Rent."
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Music
Back to School
Fluffy Schwartz
Working on an amazing project with musical legend Fred Frith and the Berkeley High School orchestra conducted by the talented Karen Wells. Today was our first full rehearsal and run thru and it was a blast. The whole thing i...
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Music
Mississippi Mudd
Fluffy Schwartz
Did I tell you that I absolutely love Hank Williams. He has written some of my favorite songs ever. So a little while back I was with my son in a pizza place and they were playing some cool stuff and it turned out to be Hank...
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Sadie and Della
Michael Aanavi
"What do these children do without storybooks?" Naftali asked.
And Reb Zebulun replied: "They have to make do. Storybooks aren't bread. You can live without them."
I couldn't live without them." Naftali said.
—Isaac Bas...
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