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October 5, 2008
Meat in time of desperation.
Topic: Literature

From Ask The Dust by John Fante:


 

 


Posted by damnintellectuals at 10:10 PM PDT
Updated: October 5, 2008 10:17 PM PDT
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September 4, 2008
How things are made.
Topic: Poetry

Posted by damnintellectuals at 10:42 AM PDT
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September 1, 2008
The Mathematics of Poetry
Now Playing: Inger Christensen
Topic: Poetry

From Anne Carson's introduction to "it" by Inger Christensen:




 

 

 


Posted by damnintellectuals at 1:30 PM PDT
Updated: September 1, 2008 5:49 PM PDT
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August 21, 2008
Barney's Version
Topic: Literature

From Mordecai Richler's masterpiece, Barney's Version -


 


 

 

 


Posted by damnintellectuals at 10:42 AM PDT
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August 20, 2008
Day of The Locust
Topic: Literature

Day of The Locust is regarded as one of the greatest Hollywood novels.


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Posted by damnintellectuals at 12:23 PM PDT
Updated: August 20, 2008 12:30 PM PDT
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August 11, 2008
Good Blonde
Topic: Literature

Kerouac's Good Blonde, where he hitchhikes a ride from, you guessed it, a "good blonde". From 1965 Playboy, with accompanying painting by Roy Schnackenberg.

 

 

 


Posted by damnintellectuals at 12:22 AM PDT
Updated: August 11, 2008 12:28 AM PDT
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August 9, 2008
Kenneth Koch
Topic: Poetry

From the New York School.


Posted by damnintellectuals at 10:49 AM PDT
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August 5, 2008
The Weather Underground
Topic: US History

Prairie Fire: Political Statement of the Weather Underground. Interesting note regarding Prairie Fire.


 


 


 

 

 

 


Posted by damnintellectuals at 8:11 PM PDT
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August 3, 2008
The Digger Papers
Topic: US History

The Diggers, 1960's organization based in San Francisco. From the Digger Papers, "The Post Competitive Comparative Game of a Free City." Emmett Grogan, ( see "Ringolevio") claims that he was the author of this article.



 

 


Posted by damnintellectuals at 10:21 PM PDT
Updated: August 3, 2008 10:47 PM PDT
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July 28, 2008
Hunter Thompson's Last Article For Rolling Stone
Topic: Journalism

Fear And Loathing 2004, title page with Ralph Steadman illustration. Compare to Hunter Thompson's first article in Rolling Stone two posts below (Battle of Aspen, 1970).


Posted by damnintellectuals at 1:31 PM PDT
Updated: July 28, 2008 1:37 PM PDT
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