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Monthly Archives: July 2010
That’s What She Said
For having lived in Westminster–how many years now? over twenty–one feels even in the midst of the traffic, or waking at night, Clarissa was positive, a particular hush, or solemnity; an indescribable pause; a suspense (but that might be her … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Sarah, That's What They Said, Travel
Tagged london, Mrs. Dalloway, virginia woolf
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A Hero Through Rain Of Goats
By Margaret Hedderman Schladming, Austria – On July 26th, an Austrian hiker was rushed to the hospital after a falling goat knocked him from the mountain. Though the animal survived his 50 ft. fall, the man suffered goat related injuries. When … Continue reading
The Urchin Book Trunk
As we mentioned earlier, the Urchins are embarking on our first ever Urchin road trip. In preparation for our journey, we look to the interesting minds that have done it before us. Here it is – the Urchin Book Trunk! … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Literature, Travel
Tagged air-conditioned nightmare, america, america day by day, Beat Generation, beats, bennington, Bill Bryson, books, dogs, edna st vincent millay, electric kool-aid acid test, england, essays, expatriates, frasier, gothic literature, henry david thoreau, henry miller, Jack Kerouac, john steinbeck, london, mark twain, new journalism, nonfiction, novels, on the road, poetry, poodles, pulitzer prize, riding toward everywhere, road trip, roughing it, sal paradise, shirley jackson, simone de beauvoir, sixties, stephen fry, stephen fry in america, the lost continent, tom wolfe, train hopping, travel literature, travels with charley, urchin book trunk, urchin bookshelf, Vermont, walden, we have always lived in the castle, william t vollmann
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Refudiate, Misunderestimate, and Wee-wee’d Up: Palin and Bush Take on Shakespeare
By Sarah Jost Shakespeare famously coined many words that now enjoy every day use in the English language. Shakespeare was also a literary genius who wrote 37 exquisite, thought-provoking plays and 154 sonnets. Last week, Sarah Palin coined a word. Refudiate. … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Politics & Global Issues, Sarah
Tagged abbreves, coined words, English language, etymology, Fox Neams, george w. bush, Ground Zero, misunderestimate, mosque, Muslims, NAACP, nicknames, Obama, racism, refudiate, sarah jost, sarah palin, Sean Hannity, Shakespeare, Tea Party
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Artists of Tomorrow
By Geo Ong London, 2008 – My friend Kyle and I spend four hours at a pub on Goodge St., bonding over pints of beer and bowls of chips. Having just met, we discuss our pasts leading up to this … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Literature
Tagged alice b. toklas, art, beer, bergamot station, books, c.s. lewis, england, ernest hemingway, f. scott fitzgerald, France, gertrude stein, goodge street, henri matisse, j. r. r. tolkien, james joyce, london, los angeles, oxford, pablo picasso, paris, paul cezanne, pubs, science fiction, shakespeare and company, slake, sylvia beach, the eagle and child, The Lord of the Rings, ulysses
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Marx and Engels Establish New Meanings
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
Posted in Geo, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged amazon, chains, communism, communist manifesto, corporations, friedrich engels, karl marx, mcdonalds, money, proletarians, starbucks, Walmart
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High Noon Urchins
Geo Being an Urchin means choosing to not drive as often as you can, despite living in an automonoculture like Los Angeles. (This is me walking away from my parked car and walking to the library.) Sarah Being an Urchin … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, High Noon Urchins
Tagged Cohasset, Geo Ong, los angeles, MA, margaret hedderman, Nature, rain, sarah jost, vegan cupcakes, walking
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News Recap: What Brian, Katie, and Diane Didn’t Tell You
“Is anything happening in the world?” This question frequently arises during the weekly Urchin Meeting (UMtg). As a matter of fact, yes! There’s a lot going on in the world, it’s just not airing on the major American news networks: … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Margaret, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged ABC World News, bbc, BBC World News, Brian Williams, CBS Evening News, Colombia, Diane Sawyer, Fallujah birth defects, Hugo Chavez, Katie Couric, Kosovo, Lindsey Lohan, Mel Gibson, NBC Evening News, Serbia, UN recognizes Kosovo, Venezuela, Venezuela severs ties with Colombia
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A New Urchin Manifesto, Part Two: The Revolution of the Urchin
[Read Part One if you haven't done so already!] Why should we be taken seriously, especially in this age where everyone blogs, everyone has something to say, without any credentials or anything? While we often resist the urge to blog … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Examples in Urchinism, Geo
Tagged anger, apathy, art as social revolution, blogs, change, cynicism, justin bieber, money, responsibility, revolution, urchin manifesto, young people, youth
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A New Urchin Manifesto, Part One: The Evolution of the Urchin
The Urchins have been on the move for over two years, but we’ve hit a stride ever since crossing the border into cyberspace. While the audience that cyberspace provides will always be randomised and unpredictable, we knew the possibilities of … Continue reading
