[07.08.07] Self Made on the eve of her new cd
release, mieka pauleY is a pleasant reminder that hard
work does pay off >>BY
kiri jewell>> pic
by clarence smith jr
Many try, but few musicians have the tenacity
to endlessly tour and make a name for themselves by
playing and touring at a nonstop rate. Five years after
graduating from Harvard with a degree in Biological
Anthropology, Mieka Pauley has gained both a following
and a list of performers she’s shared the stage
with (Eric Clapton and Wyclef Jean, to a name a couple)
that would make many jealous. Kiri Jewell sat down with
Mieka to talk about everything from the creative process
of penning a song to sharing couches with cats all across
the country. READ
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»video:
CHUCK
DUKOWSKI INTERVIEW 1980
1980 Los Angeles TV
interview with Chuck Dukowski about violence
at punk shows. Includes live footage clips
of Black Flag.
»ARTICLE:
JOHN
FANTE BIOGRAPHY EXCERPT
"Hemingway by
the Bay," From Beach Magazine. A fascinating
article about a great yet-unheralded American
author.
»books:
CITY
LIGHTS BOOKSELLERS & PUBLISHERS
Co-founded by Lawrence
Ferlinghetti, City Lights is a landmark
independent bookstore and publisher in San
Francisco that specializes in world literature,
the arts, and progressive politics.
»ANIMATION:
CLONE
HIGH
Every episode of the
short-lived cartoon that aired in 2002 on
MTV.
fiction: Blues
the Prophet, Jazz the Messiah
Text by David Herrle
Pic byDaniel Altherr
Though Alexander had adored the blues since
boyhood, adult social madness complicated
his adoration and, consequently, his simultaneous
love for jazz. Instead of simple, direct
teenhood edification, adult Alexander felt
like an interloper in the post-African “blood
rite” implied in the blues. READ
MORE
more: Lord
Byron Circus
Text by D. Harlan Wilson
Pic by Matt Williams
Polar bears inundated the Midwest, walking
on their hind legs and willing to work for
below minimum wage...The Mexicans shed their
tuxedos and picketed until dusk. The Puerto
Ricans went home and ate breakfast. READ
MORE
Kid
and Maria
Text by Sean Lambert
Pic by Sergei Krassii
A few weeks later he saw Maria again, dancing
at that same bar, and approached her with
the strangest pickup line she’d ever
heard: You have a classic Italian profile.
I could get lost in your visage. READ
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art: Something
Sketchy
Text by Tobi Elkin
Pics by Molly Crabapple Molly Crabapple, functioning
on just four hours of sleep and looking
no worse for the wear, perches on a bar
stool in a t-shirt emblazoned with the words
“Art Monkey.” She’s conducting
an interview with a pair of students holding
video cameras. Her doe-eyes are rimmed in
a heavy black kohl, a fringe of fake eyelashes
emanate like
porcupines. READ
MORE
more: the
rise of Reason
By Lisa Rierson I have not, since
my first peek of John Webster or Poe in
early high school, had a taste for macabre
inclinations or perspectives. I have, however,
quite a taste for anyone who can wrap me
up in a dimension of their life that is
more about the human experience than about
shock value. I am drawn toward that ever-penetrating
sensation that comes with someone putting
their most treacherously critical times
out there for people to visit and acquiesce.
I appreciate sincerity in art and it is
really what brought me around to revisit
Mark Hosford's work. READ
MORE
comix: abstract
fantasy
By Nate Pollard
Drak takes a trip to dreamville and finds
that his brain is fat with disposable cultural
references. Not for babies!
more: abstract
fantasy
By Nate Pollard
Tera Patrick makes a visit to the Holy Dead
Bull Head Show. This shit be awesome!
Run,
Dopey, run
By Nate Pollard Cartoon spokesanimal
Dopey the Duck makes his bid for President
of the United States of America.
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