August 2010
14 posts
Longshot Magazine | Issue One →
What's your Longshot Magazine story?
We’ve been hard at work for the last 21 hours and we know that you have been, too. What keeps us going is hearing all the unexpected stuff you’re doing out there in the real world.
Laura Yudich told us, “I photographed the very Studer A827 24 Track Recorder that Nirvana recorded “In Utero” with during my @longshotmag investigation…whoa.” (How awesome...
The Great Longshot Treasure Hunt
longshotmag:
Longshot Magazine has hidden $750 somewhere in the city of San Francisco. Over the course of the afternoon, we’re going to gradually reveal clues that lead to its location. It’s yours if you can find it.
Clue Number One: Look among the smelly invaders and colorful edibles.
Clue Number Two: Beginning Advanced Spanish
Got an idea where the treasure may be? Post it below. (That...
In Pakistan, Watching Lifetimes Get Washed Away →
What's Wrong With 'X Is Dead' — The Atlantic →
Me.
Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad Blueprint for a... →
In which I confront my favorite author outside of Colson Whitehead… In which I confront my love for technology… In which a dachshund makes an appearance.
The best thing I’ve written in… Ok, ever.
“This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our...”
– Dan Maes, Republican gubernatorial candidate for Colorado, warning that efforts by Denver’s mayor to promote biking and other green initiatives will move the city a step closer to UN control. (via officialssay)
“I’m still learning how to write. I don’t know what technique is. All I know is...”
– James Baldwin, The Paris Review, Spring 1984
(On this day, in 1924, James Baldwin was born.)
(via theparisreview)