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Happy Birthday to Us! The Urchin Movement Turns Two
Today the Urchin Movement website turns two years old! We want to thank everyone who continue to support, read, and/or write for this little effort. We opened our inbox this morning to find some wonderful birthday wishes from some of … Continue reading
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Holidays
Tagged anniversary, Bill Bryson, birthdays, james joyce, Jon Stewart, stephen colbert
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Book People: James Laughlin and New Directions
by Geo Ong James Laughlin had aspirations to be a great poet. A friend of his, a man by the name of Ezra Pound, told him as only a friend (or a critic) could: ‘You’re never going to be any … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged books, dorothy pound, Ezra Pound, fiction, gertrude stein, independent publishing, james joyce, james laughlin, new directions, new york city, paris, poetry, poets, publishing, publishing companies, rapallo, tennessee williams, the way it wasn't, thomas merton, writers
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High Noon Urchins
Today’s theme: I didn’t do it! Sarah Laura Margaret Geo Next week’s theme: This is a reenactment Show us what you reenacted this week!
Posted in Collaborative, High Noon Urchins
Tagged bicycling Vermont, Geo Ong, james joyce, Laura Klein, margaret hedderman, sarah jost
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Hop In! Road-Tripping with the Urchins
By Geo Ong The Urchins hit the road in two days, and while we love each other’s company, we can’t help but wonder who would be the perfect fourth passenger on this historic reUMion. This person would need smarts, wit, … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Travel
Tagged america, cheryl cole, conan o'brien, driving, hunter s. thompson, james joyce, kentucky, new york city, road trip, uk immigration
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That’s What He Said
Joyce put English to sleep in order to wake it up. —Anthony Burgess
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Literature, That's What They Said
Tagged anthony burgess, english, fiction, finnegans wake, innovation, james joyce, language, modernism, writing
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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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Riots and the Points They Make
By Geo Ong Last Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics to win the 2010 NBA Finals. It was a tough, tense game, and when the buzzer sounded, I jumped! I yelled! I shouted! I didn’t start a … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged alcohol, basketball, boston celtics, downtown los angeles, factory farming, finnegans wake, french revolution, huntingdon life sciences, james joyce, los angeles, los angeles lakers, minneapolis teamsters strike of 1934, nba, nba finals, police, riots, sport, staples center, stonewall riots, teamsters, unions, vandalism, violence
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Sarah’s Summer Reading
Sarah is currently reading… The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson This book is a hilarious memoir recounting Bryson’s childhood in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1950s. Interspersed with his personal memories and exquisitely nostalgic depictions … Continue reading
Hacked!
That’s right. I just hacked into the Urchin blog. Who am I? Someone who’s sick and tired of the Urchins. I stumbled upon their website a couple months back, I accidentally clicked on More Than Just a Pretty Face thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money
Tagged james joyce, judd apatow, martin scorsese, numbers, urchin manifesto
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