Author: alexprzybyla
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Promising new act furthers career with Shanghai cancellation
In an already meteoric rise to the top of the pop world’s esteem, up-and-coming ethereal folk-punk act Ceramic Sea Turtles have cancelled their upcoming Shanghai tour stop. “It really is an honour to be invited to a show in Shanghai, so that we could go on to cancel it,” commented bassist Heart Pettigrew. “Not many…
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Wenger quenches latest transfer rumour
“The area in the immediate vicinity of Emirates will not, I confirm, will not be purchasing, transferring, or installing new traffic lights, at least for the foreseeable future.” Arsene Wenger has thwarted the latest transfer hopes of Arsenal fans today with his statement confirming that marquee traffic lights will not be brought in this summer,…
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Revolutionary FIFA President Sepp Blatter Proposes Football – for Women
note: This was written back in May, before the corruption charges and the election results. Updates to follow! In a move sure to shock the footballing world, incumbent FIFA President and current leading reelection candidate Sepp Blatter announced the creation of football for women. Speaking at a recent press conference, he began by saying, “After thinking long and…
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The Bookhouse Tour: PARIS #2, San Francisco Book Co
PARIS, July 2014 Without a lot of time left to spare in the city, I made my way to San Francisco Book Co, hoping for the best. It was along a road called Monsieur le Prince, and the architecture was wonderful. That small circle of town where I briefly wandered, looking for the shop, will…
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The Bookhouse Tour: PARIS #1, Shakespeare & Company
PARIS, July 2014 How can you even begin an entry about Paris, after everything that has been written and painted and filmed and sung, after everything you’ve heard and seen? With so much to see and interpret, how can you cover even a fraction? On another note, how can you possibly say anything about ‘my…
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The Bookhouse Tour: A Bibliophile Abroad
I connect with travelling where it intersects with literature. Specifically, that would be secondhand, English literature. The desire to explore a creek or a continent begins in the desire to find one’s way to the back cover of a book, and to the ends of a bookshelf. These Tours will describe visits to wonderful bookhouses all over…
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Magic. Mirrors
Black is the color of mystery and that which is not yet known, which may or may not be the same thing. You can’t really ever tell, you know, for that is how the magic happens, in the moments where you have not been told that it is magic. As soon as you tell… well,…
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A walk up Old Peak Road to the top of the island. A thought about our dusty sunbeams pouring happily, heavy, through the leaves. A step to the beat, a nod to a note left suspended, scattering recklessly, joyfully, abandoned to the air – a joy which only spring understands, a freedom which only summer…
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We Are the Death Star (and There Is Always an Exhaust Port)
I’ve been thinking lately that God puts certain predispositions in us as forms of divine sabotage… What happens is simple – the world gets crazy, the days are super busy and packed with work-thoughts, and there is no room for rest or delight or a refreshing breath. Without realizing it, we don’t have time to…
hablando solo 