Of the twenty-two Popsicle posts I’ve written this year, my favorite was last week’s post on Reality Hunger. But it was also the longest one I’ve written. I’m certain that very few visitors managed to read the whole damn thing. I was even more certain after reading an article on Slate entitled ‘You Won’t Finish This Article – Why People Online Won’t Read To The End.’
Walt Whitman once said, “The true poem is the daily paper.” Not, though, the daily paper as it’s published: both straight-ahead journalism and airtight art are, to me, insufficient; I want instead something teetering excitedly in between.
For the last six months the fantastic Yoga instructor Drake Powe (center) has been coming to the LBM studio. Since most of us had never done Yoga before, we were relieved to find a teacher that brings a great sense of humor along with patience and knowledge. Drake has been a true life changer and we highly recommend him to anyone in the Twin Cities looking for a Yoga instructor.
Visit Drake’s website, Skellegense, for information on his group classes or individual sessions or email him at skellegense@gmail.com. – Alec
“Once when I was driving through Colorado with a friend, traveling down a narrow mountain pass, we came upon an accident. A pickup truck and a car had collided, and from fifty feet away we could see the blood. We pulled over and ran to help. All the time I was running, all the time [...]
As a teenager, I was a huge fan of John Cage. He seemed more cutting-edge than the coolest rock star. If it had been possible, I would have papered my bedroom wall with his posters. (I used to have recurring dreams of meeting Cage). But as with most teenage crushes, my enthusiasm waned. Eventually I [...]
I don’t know if it is the change in altitude or the pollen count in Minnesota, but my normal post-Dispatch funk after traveling to Colorado has reached clinical levels. The other day it got so bad that I checked webmd.com for the symptoms of depression. One of them was “Loss of interest in activities or [...]
I’m still on the road in Colorado without much time to read. But the other day in the van Brad made me aware of the storyteller Spencer Holst. As we continue to troll in and out of the Rockies looking for people with interesting stories, finding this little fable by Holst was just about perfect: [...]
I’m currently on the road with Brad Zellar and our fantastic tour manager Tim Carpenter in Colorado (follow us HERE). As usual with the Dispatch trips, there is little time for reading and writing. But following up on last week’s popsicle, I did bring along a copy of Denis Johnson’s collected poems, The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly.
As of 7 a.m. on April 30th, Alec Soth and Brad Zellar (in a spanking new Honda Odyssey piloted by Brooklyn’s estimable Tim Carpenter) were hurtling west, headed for two weeks in Colorado and the fifth edition of the LBM Dispatch. The latest Dispatch trek will cover thousands of miles and visit dozens of Colorado towns and cities on both sides of the Continental Divide. Preorder your copy today and enjoy a taste of Springtime in the Rockies with Little Brown Mushroom.
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