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via slog.thestranger.com “I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own plea­sure.” A hint to why Sey­mour Glass died: the search for per­fec­tion is doomed by the real­ity of the audi­ence. What­ever explo­ration Salinger was on, it was private.

The Amer­i­can promise is Life, Lib­erty & the Pur­suit of Hap­pi­ness. Despite the eco­nomic and social chal­lenges we face, our national cri­sis is dif­fer­ent today than in the 1930’s, says Mor­gan Meis of The Smart Set. Our angst is around our abil­ity to pur­sue hap­pi­ness as blithely as we did dur­ing the 1990’s.  The past […]

via stuartngbooks.com From Chris Sanders, cre­ator of Lilo & Stitch “Maile was inspired by the many trips I’ve taken to Hawaii. May her warm smile bring a lit­tle bit of aloha to you — because you and I don’t live there and we prob­a­bly live some­place cold and rainy with too many cars and maybe […]

via stuartngbooks.com Archy — cock­roach in love with a cat and filled with the need to express him­self. A free verse genius of the obvi­ous, phi­los­o­phiz­ing dur­ing the roar­ing 20’s. He wrote by jump­ing up and down on type­writer keys. It’s what writ­ing is all about. The Les­son of the Moth i was talk­ing to a moth the […]

via firmuhment.tumblr.com A fable, recon­sti­tuted for a new way of shar­ing and a self-referential way of telling. Note that the mouse of the story has been forced to relo­cate because of the reces­sion. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream

via boingboing.net Read this ad from a Children’s Home Soci­ety in Chicago from the early 1890’s closely. The chil­dren would be sent to you for free, on a 90-day trial, the ad pro­claims. The copy spurs an odd sense of dis­place­ment: What a dif­fer­ent time it was then. My grand­fa­ther was put in a Children’s Home […]

via columnfivemedia.com A gross sim­pli­fi­ca­tion, I know. But look at this info­graphic show­ing the shift in con­sumer spend­ing over the past 100 years. We used to spend most of our money on food. We spent almost noth­ing on trans­porta­tion. Today, our two biggest expenses are trans­porta­tion and hous­ing. Food, which has moved from a farming-model to […]

Have always loved this tune, for its har­mon­ics, its melod­ics and the way it makes you feel.  Great filmed performance.

via amycrehore.blogspot.com Catch this clip using an early sound/video record­ing process (Vita­phone). Sooth­ing and ener­giz­ing all at once: a pop music curios­ity. Thanks to Amy Cre­hore at Lit­tle Hokum Rag for dig­ging this up. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream