SMITH Magazine, the online story telling community, is home to some of the most moving and progressive naratives being shared today. Shooting War followed the exploits of one video-bloggers sojourn through a future-Iraq, A.D:New Orleans After The Deluge is a compelling mix of multimedia testimonials from Katrina survivors, and the comic that was born from them. Their latest project, Next-Door Neighbor, features today’s brightest writers and illustrators spinning true tales of urban proximity. It’s just starting to unfold, but growing comfortably into the large shoes left by Smith’s earlier collections.…
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For second year in a row, Kristin Sloan of NYCBallet has collected signed merchandise from the NYCBallet to Auction on Ebay for the Aids walk 2008. She launched the auction from her behind the scenes blog, thewinger.com. Check out the Photos, they are really beautiful, I almost think they should sell prints of the the dance shoes that Sloan took. Also take a look on thewinger, they have a section that demystifies the pointe shoe.
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One of the better online art rags, Ruby Mag has just dropped issue #29. This Argentine-export is a global survey of young, working artists, and this issue invites contributors from the first twelve issues to resubmit new pieces.
Stunning images, easy to navigate site, fresh perspectives, and a color-themed title. Peep it.
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Scott Kirsner of Cinema Tech has thrown together a comprehensive list of the sites that share revenue with video content providers and creators. Creating short videos and sharing them is a bodily function at this point, effortless and occasionally unexpected. But generating revenue - at least from the content side - is still difficult.
There is no formula thats appied across the board here. Each site is experimenting with its own way of giving back to the community that have bolstered their net worth to the billions. YouTube, for example,…
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Blogs? Please. Paying for an MFA? Please. Craigslist is the new literary genius breeding pool.
Just got this link from friend.
The posting is called: JO ON RAILS
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It’s been almost 20 years since the first printing of John J. Muth’s graphic novel adaptation of Fritz Lang’s film, M.
Long out of print, Abrams is bringing the hotness (and darkness) back this spring with a special edition one-volume re-printing of the noir classic.
NY Mag published a special excerpt last week. The charcoal and ink drawings are eerily immersive: you can feel the soot, the clatter-wail of trains and sudden burst of a pigeon flock.
See the full excerpt here.
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Not only are the objects that make up this world utterly fascinating - the way we document those objects is equally intriguing.
Wikipedia gives the title of every entry exactly the same preference, the same weight. There is never any disparity between boldness, font, size. However detailed the body copy, in the headings we are all created equal.
Open several Wikipedia pages at once and read the title of each entry in a judicial monotone:
“Jesus. Bottlenose Dolphin. Tim Allen.”
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For further proof that the world is populated by…
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Copyranter will rant no more (at least not on that site):
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Print Mag New Visual Artists party last night at Groupe on Elizabeth.
Jonathan Harris and Phil Lubliner were among the 20 visual artists being recognized.
Good times. Super-packed. I stepped on a guy’s foot and he said, “Guess I’m back in New York.”
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J.K. Rowling says that her lawsuit to stop publication of an unauthorized Harry Potter Lexicon is giving her writer’s block.
The “Lexicon” was created over seven years by Mr. Vander Ark, a trained librarian and Potter fanatic, said one of the defense lawyers, Anthony Falzone, during his opening statement. Mr. Vander Ark had read the seven-novel series nearly 50 times, the lawyer said, and for him, annotating the Rowling oeuvre was “a hobby, passion, labor of love.” Mr. Vander Ark is expected to take the witness stand later in the trial.…
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Lost at E Minor, a fellow Largetail network site that LVHRD is a proud member of, just launched a redesign. Look out for an improved LVHRD interface reboot in the coming weeks as well.
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LVHRD member Karin Partin sent us this transcript from the thick of things last night: 3 train from Clark Street to Utica Ave. We’re grateful to Karin for putting herself in the line of fire and for being able to write so damn fast. She swears that what follows is absolutely true.
CHARACTERS
BLACK WOMAN (40s)
Long black skirt, sweatshirt, and a blue shawl around her head. She has two big black suitcases, three trash bags tied in a knot and two black duffel bags.
WHITE GUY (30s)
Red sporty jacket, light jeans, white hair.…
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