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Dr. Murray Brown and the Roller Coasters

Posted by Chris Parizo on Sat, Apr 10, 2010

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As the school year winds to a close and my second year as an American Literature teacher comes to an end, I begin to think back on semesters past. I analyze my mistakes, calculate changes for next year, and begin to think of my students in a nostalgic sense. Just the other day I scanned [...]

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For Those About To “Rock”

Posted by Neil Cleary on Thu, Apr 8, 2010

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So it’s your regular old story of insomnia: waking up in the middle of the night, unable to doze off again, you grab the iPhone and Google the phrase “Sting’s cock.” Don’t pretend you’ve never done it. The little fella got mad press in the ’90s, what with its renowned Tantric stamina, and I was [...]

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The Last Lovecraft

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Feb 19, 2010

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Here’s a somewhat amusing trailer for an upcoming horror-comedy called The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu. Summary: Jeff is an ordinary guy that is stuck at a dead end job with a boring life, but when a strange old man gives him an Ancient relic and tells him that he is the last bloodline of H.P. [...]

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J.D. Salinger Checks Out

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Thu, Jan 28, 2010

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I’ve always meant to get around to researching J.D. Salinger’s recluse years, which ended up comprising the majority of his life. My wife knows more about the situation, and occasionally it comes up in conversation. At any rate, I’m morbidly fascinated by characters like Salinger and Harper Lee, who, in the wake of a defining [...]

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A Novel in Words, Sounds and Images.

Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Wed, Jan 13, 2010

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Just thinking it not fair to write about the cold, dark Berlin winter while on vacation in mild, sunny San Francisco, your friendly Contrarian Teutonic correspondent is back in the Fatherland and ready with more stories from the Continent. As with most creative arts, musicians have been known to occasionally dabble in the fields other than [...]

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