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    Gold Dust width=
    Gold Dust
    February 29, 2008
    By Charles

    Yet more unearthed creations from the mind of Albert Beauparlant. In the artist’s typical fashion, this newly discovered work builds on previously witnessed themes. However, while most of his work was done in standard pencil, the majority of these pieces incorporate hastily applied strokes of color that oddly detract from the stark, yet intricate beauty [...]

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    Down the Rabbit Hole
    February 16, 2008
    By Marcus

    The inherent sadness of estate sales, Lewis Carroll, and what kind of looks like Wilfred Brimely hovering inside of a disembodied vagina . . .

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    The Pemp of All
    February 9, 2008
    By Charles

    \"A bich caint do nothin for him . . .\"

    Forcing the Hand, pt. 1 width=
    Forcing the Hand, pt. 1
    January 31, 2008
    By Marcus

    Will’s not much of a people person. I’ve come to this conclusion after the latest in a series of menacing phone messages in which Will has implicated me as a key figure in a city-wide conspiracy to bury his burgeoning dog walking business by collaborating with the Department of Public Works and rival walking services [...]

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    Forcing the Hand, pt. 2
    January 31, 2008
    By Marcus

    The following Sunday, Charles (who’s always game for crazy) and I show up to Gordon’s pet store with photos of our cats jammed in a manila envelope. As promised, Gordon, the last hippie in the Haight, mans the register in loose tie-dye, his thin ponytail crawling over one shoulder like something expecting to be fed. [...]

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    Forcing the Hand, pt. 3
    January 31, 2008
    By Marcus

    Several days later another voice mail from Will is waiting on my machine. Clearly unhinged by my bout of self-sabotaging phone calls, he is making it clear that I’ve pressed too hard. “Listen man,” he cautions, “tell your lady friend to stop tearing down my signs all over the place, because that shit’s not cool!” [...]

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    Fleet Week, 1919
    December 11, 2007
    By Marcus

    A tiny drawing of a very big ship.

    39th Yearly Game width=
    39th Yearly Game
    December 3, 2007
    By Charles

    I don\'t know much about Mark Keller Barnes except for the fact that when he died, he left behind a portfolio of paintings that I really appreciate.

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    Dixie
    November 20, 2007
    By Marcus

    The saddest snapshot in the world. Unless you\'re a Yankie.

    Cursive: A Lost Art width=
    Cursive: A Lost Art
    November 13, 2007
    By Charles

    On the art and aesthetics of handwriting.

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