Bicoastal Link Roundup, 7/20/15
Are you a New Yorker with California on your mind or vice-versa? You’re in luck, because the common thread of all these links is a fusion…
Which of these Rancid Lyrics Do You Recognize?
Remember these classic pop punk lyrics?
Fiction First Friday: “It’s Only Fair” by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
The line stretched around the corner, and Miri made her way to the end. She’d gotten the notices about the fines but had not paid them,…
An Interview with Biff Rose, Truly Weird Part of Music History
I first found out about Biff Rose a few years ago when my friend opened for him at a house show in Richmond, VA. He wrote…
We Don’t Have to Live Like This: A “Leaving the Bay Area” Essay
Sorry, guys. I gotta get out of here.
How the Litseen App Could Revolutionize the Literary World
A new app aims to connect people in the literary world.
Local Music Scenes through History: The Power Rankings
Nate Waggoner ranks local music scenes of the past from worst to greatest.
I Feel a Lot of Things: The Tusk’s Roundup of Noteworthy Links, 4/9/14
We’d like to draw your attention to some links regarding Weezer, Archie Bunker, getting laid and its opposite (learning the history of an old text-adventure computer game.)
We Are So Sorry: A Hacker Pranked Us
Unfortunately, last night we fell prey to an unfunny April Fool’s joke by a sick person.
The Ghost of How Happy We Think We’d Be
We wake up, red, pale, soft, in the room where I spent my teenage years. Amanda in a transparent purple shirt. Red quilt and NOFX poster. Air conditioning blasting. I am leaving to move across the country for grad school and she and I are breaking up. She says, “I don’t feel done with you.”
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