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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Hip, Hip, Ouray!
By Margaret Hedderman Ouray is “The Switzerland of America.” Yep. They went there. But don’t let their odd choice of a slogan fool you, Ouray is quickly becoming one of my favourite small Colorado towns. And it has nothing to … Continue reading
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The Three Habits of Highly Effective Urchins
You may think that running a hit blog followed by readers in the low zillions is easy, but actually it requires a lot of time and hard work. The three of us also have individual pursuits in addition to day … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism
Tagged free-writing, research, writing, writing habits, writing rituals, writing techniques
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High Noon Urchins
Today’s theme: Scandal! Sarah Geo Next week: All out.
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, High Noon Urchins
Tagged Geo Ong, margaret hedderman, sarah jost, scandal
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That’s What He Said
Thank you. This has been very encouraging. —Tom Waits, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Music, That's What They Said
Tagged musicians, rock and roll, rock and roll hall of fame, singers, songwriters, tom waits
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The Fire Garden at London’s National Theatre
By Sarah Jost From 1 June to 9 September, London’s National Theatre is hosting Inside Out, a series of events both in the theatre itself and outside in its courtyard and graded terraces. The Pop-up Workshop features costume and puppet-making … Continue reading
Posted in Sarah, Theatre, Travel
Tagged aswarm, concrete inferno, london national theatre, the fire garden, the world famous, thor mcintyre
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The Urchin Mix Tape
Gather yourselves together, warm up your ears, and give this installment of the Urchin Mix Tape a good listening to! Skatorna Last weekend I attended the Angsjöns Musikfestival in northern Sweden and saw a performance by the exquisitely-voiced Skatorna aka … Continue reading
The First Instance of Purple Rain
By Geo Ong Now that Prince is legendary, it’d be interesting to consider a time when he wasn’t. Not many of us were present, of course. We were around, but we didn’t know outright that Prince wasn’t famous because we … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Music
Tagged concerts, first avenue, live performance, prince, prince and the revolution, purple rain, songs, wendy melvoin
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High Noon Urchins
This week’s theme: A Matter of Fact Margaret Geo Sarah Next week’s theme: Scandal. UMail us your scandalous shots for next week’s High Noon Urchins.
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That’s What He Said
He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.” -Michael Pollan
Vera Chytilova’s ‘Daisies’: In Which Two Women Make a Mess of Things
By Geo Ong The 1960s saw, among many other things, the development and emergence of the Czechoslovak New Wave film movement in the country known then as Czechoslovakia. The films and filmmakers to come out of this artistic movement were … Continue reading →