Monthly Archives: June 2011

A Thank-You Letter to DIESEL, A Bookstore

By Geo Ong Alison Reid, co-owner of DIESEL, A Bookstore and my boss for the past two years, once told me a story that I thankfully will never forget. She was, as it were, lamenting the slow demise of another … Continue reading

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Skulls, Teeth and a Bit of Mechanical Debris – Fine Art in Colorado

By Margaret Hedderman. Photos by Rory Chapman Recently Rory and I drove four hours up to Pagosa Springs, CO where I was to cover a new show at the Shy Rabbit Gallery for The Durango Herald. “Down To The Bone” … Continue reading

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Le Quattro Stagioni

By Sarah Jost When I first moved to LA from Chicago, I thought I would never leave. Thanksgiving of my first year university I stepped off the plane in Chicago, my nose hairs froze, and I thought Oh, hell no. … Continue reading

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Currently on Tap

Welcome to the Skinny Arms, the pub of the future! Quite literally, actually, as one of our goals is to have our very own pub sometime in the future. And you’ve been invited to the first week of its opening … Continue reading

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High Noon Urchins

Today’s theme: This Is a Reenactment Laura  Margaret  Geo  Sarah Next week’s theme: This Just In… Snap away!

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That’s What He Said

The present is so powerful in New York that the past is lost. —John Jay Chapman

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Three Blogs Worth Reading

A week and a half ago, the Urchin Movement received a very kind award (no, we weren’t awarding ourselves Urchies again…). The wonderful blog Sparks in Shadow included us in a list of blogs worth reading, and we couldn’t be … Continue reading

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Words of Wisdom: An Extended ‘That’s What They Said’

If Stephen Colbert or Conan O’Brien gave the commencement speech at our graduation, we’d probably all be rich right now. Stephen Colbert – Northwestern University Conan O’Brien – Dartmouth College

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Kick Back and Keep it Real with Singer-Songwriter Mathias Olson

By Margaret Hedderman There’s a point when the search for new music feels like combing sand with a bulldozer. The internet, in all its diverse and uncensored glory, generally produces a list of Top 40 hits about as fascinating as … Continue reading

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My Slow Spiral into Crazy, As Told through Pictures with Statues

By Sarah Jost Sometime shortly after moving to Vermont, I began hanging out with statues. This was partly because there are not a lot of actual people in Vermont (only 621,760 to be exact), and partly because it made me … Continue reading

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