Month: October 2014
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‘One of the great quotes in American literature …’
“We live in a post–authentic world. And today authenticity is a house of mirrors. It’s all just what you’re bringing when the lights go down. It’s your teachers, your influences, your personal history; and at the end of the day, it’s the power and purpose of your music that still matters.” —Bruce Springsteen, SXSW keynote, […]
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One night at the Euphoria (1975)
It was freezing for Gainesville. On TV, there was a full-on freak out over frost. I zipped up my jacket and went in search of a library which, all jock factory jokes aside, is a very nice library. Libraries, actually. The George A. Smathers Libraries. And within them is the The Department of Special & Area Studies […]
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My Little Brony
Excerpted from last week’s Ryan White & Associates newsletter. Give or take, it goes out every week. The associates (there are no associates) are playing catch up after a fantastic Sunday night. To sign up for the newsletter, click. I’m Shining Armor. Sometimes the kiddo is Cadance. Other times she’s Princess Celestia, or Twilight Sparkle. But […]
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Scenes from a book party
Book party. Book party. Book party. So, book parties are fun. Thank you to everyone who came out to Mississippi Pizza last night, and sorry to those who couldn’t get in because it was packed. Like, unexpectedly packed. It was nice. It was a lot of fun. As I said on Facebook and Twitter, for […]
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Rockin’ all over the world
“A here we are and here we go/all aboard and we’re hittin’ the road/here we go, rockin’ all over the world”
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Thanks
If I’m up early enough, I can stand in my garage and watch the sun rise over Mt. Hood’s peak. I don’t like to be up early enough for that, but sometimes I am. It was a hell of a sunrise this morning, pink and orange and the mountain blue and hazy as the future. […]
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Book news, by the numbers (Or: Talk, Talk, Talk, etc.)
BOOK PARTY: Still Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. at Mississippi Pizza. Jim Brunberg, Casey Neill, Sarah Gwen and Mark Orton, and Rebecca Gates will still be joining me. It will still be fun. NEW: Jim’s band, A Year Afar, will take the stage at 9 p.m. for anyone who wants to hang out and enjoy […]
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