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A World Without Star Wars

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The upcoming release of Star Wars on blu-ray” got me thinking about this wistful feature… The Millennium Falcon sweeps in, piloted by Han Solo. The Death Star explodes with a blinding flash. Millions of fans emerge from the theatres of America forever hooked. When the original Star Wars or as hard-core fans call it “A […]

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The Naked Cowboy: Underwear, Muscles, Ass Grabs, Being the King, and a Search for the American Dream

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“I’m you and you me.”’ – The Naked Cowboy The Naked Cowboy, a modern legend of metropolis, hits the pavement playing his guitar. Times Square hums, the center of the world. Thousands of people pass by everyday. Still, even the most jaded of New Yorker stops to take a look. In a place that has […]

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Monty-Python, Insanity and Genius

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A knight rides an imaginary horse through the English country side. Slapping coconuts provide the hoof beats. What else could it be but “Monty Python and the Holy Grail?” Right away, as the film opens, the boys from Monty Python establish a lunatic logic . The kings of British comedy cut along the bleak landscape, […]

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The Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour

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The bus has come and gone…. The Poets are coming. The Poets are coming. Tomorrow night The Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour rolls into Providence, stopping at the First Unitarian Church on Benevolent Street. The series of performances, billed as “the most ambitious poetry tour ever attempted,” are a move away from poetry’s stuffy reputation. […]

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One Month, One Novel

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Without a hard and fast deadline, many of life’s great projects get pushed off into the realm of “some day.” Everyone procrastinates, perpetually putting off that trip to Europe, learning French or writing the Great American Novel. It’s too easy, after working all day, to come home, eat dinner and pass out in front of […]

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David Wellington: Monster of the Internet Novel

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“The hunger swelled inside Dick, turned inside him, threatened to consume him. It was bigger than he was and he lacked any kind of willpower or ego to fight against it.” That’s just a taste of David Wellington. I dig zombies, especially in movies like Night of the Living Dead, and 28 Days Later.The walking […]

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Chasing the Dream

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Zimma: MyFriendz, CD Release Party If you listen hard enough you can hear the backbeat coming from a dark basement on a nondescript street in North Attleboro. Local musician Mark Zimmerman pounds away on his drum kit, rehearsing for his next show. Mark, better known to friends and fans as Zimma, will soon release his […]

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The power of grassroots

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Dora is a survivor, one of the lucky few. She was 20 years old and living in Nazi-occupied Paris when her mother, father, and brother were arrested. While returning from work she was warned not to go back to her home in the historic Jewish section of the city. She was saved by a gentile […]

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