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Longshot Magazine | Issue One

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:53:24 -0400

What's your Longshot Magazine story?

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:03:24 -0400

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 is that?)

@DDysart tweeted about heading to an absinthe distillery (we’re jealous). Jack Miller, up in Portland, has been out interviewing people on the street, and is now finishing up on three hours of sleep.

Hearing this stuff reminds us: Longshot is an event that is also a magazine. You’re making both of them right along with us.

Post your stories from the field here. (If we get some good ones, we’ll stick a few in the magazine.)

The Great Longshot Treasure Hunt

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:22:38 -0400

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 is, if you don’t mind giving it away.)

Eyewitness: Balancing artist Eskil Ronningsbakken

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:16:13 -0400

Eyewitness: Balancing artist Eskil Ronningsbakken

via assets.theatlantic.com

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:11:58 -0400

via assets.theatlantic.com

In Pakistan, Watching Lifetimes Get Washed Away

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:05:51 -0400

In Pakistan, Watching Lifetimes Get Washed Away

What's Wrong With 'X Is Dead' — The Atlantic

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:12:46 -0400

What's Wrong With 'X Is Dead' — The Atlantic:

Me.

Indian Pole Gymnastics (via Unseenripvids)

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:50:51 -0400

Indian Pole Gymnastics (via Unseenripvids)

Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad Blueprint for a Post-Literate Future

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:30:40 -0400

Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad Blueprint for a Post-Literate Future:

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.

First all-female transcontinental road trip via Bancroft Library

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:17:19 -0400

First all-female transcontinental road trip via Bancroft Library

Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 – Plog Photo Blog

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:04:30 -0400

Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 – Plog Photo Blog

"This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our personal freedoms."

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:42:35 -0400

“This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our personal freedoms.”

- 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)

Dangerous Minds | Hair-raising and amazing version of ‘Paint It...

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:51:13 -0400

Dangerous Minds | Hair-raising and amazing version of ‘Paint It Black’

"I’m still learning how to write. I don’t know what technique is. All I know is that you have to make..."

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:04:55 -0400

“I’m still learning how to write. I don’t know what technique is. All I know is that you have to make the reader see it.”

- James Baldwin, The Paris Review, Spring 1984

(On this day, in 1924, James Baldwin was born.)

(via theparisreview)

Are you as good-looking online as you are in person?

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:24:26 -0400

I’m not very Internetogenic.

Hacked together a $5 light box from a cardboard box and some...

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:21:57 -0400

Hacked together a $5 light box from a cardboard box and some tissue paper. Stuck a lemon in there, then some miniatures.

The Spreading of 'The Aspen Idea' - The Atlantic

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:25:13 -0400

The Spreading of 'The Aspen Idea' - The Atlantic:

My first post at The Atlantic.

via bustrofedon.net

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:58:11 -0400

via bustrofedon.net

America as an idea — by Fallows

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:43:48 -0400

America as an idea — by Fallows

Eyewitness: BP oil spill | World news | guardian.co.uk

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:07:11 -0400

Eyewitness: BP oil spill | World news | guardian.co.uk