Poetry

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Two Poems – Graham Isaac

Thursday, May 10, 2018 14:22 — 0 Comments

We Know the Results  The Super Bowl is Over and with it, speculation as pros and amateurs alike call in to collect their bets. The Super Bowl is Over and you’re all a little drunk and mentioning your friends in Philly and considering more cocaine or maybe fighting the bartender. The Super Bowl is Over I need to leave this shouting neighborhood. The Super Bowl is Over bartenders prepare for another downturn and hope to live off these profits at least until Saint Patrick’s day. The Super Bowl is Over and it is time to sort my w2s. The Super […]

Essays

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Julia Massey on UMBC

Saturday, March 17, 2018 11:10 — 0 Comments

UMBC is in Catonsville, MD. It’s the university (and on-campus library) that all of us kids at Catonsville High School went to to feel like we were “really researching” stuff, and where there were ample fields to host regional lacrosse tournaments in which we participated. It is the home of the Retrievers where I’d gone to see a game or two with my former high school coach and totally-obsessed-with-college-basketball father. It’s where Sugar Ray came for a festival once and a classmate got pulled on stage during a song. As a practice, I like to catch at least a few […]

Music

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It’s time for the new Allen Stone record! – Trevor Larkin

Friday, February 9, 2018 12:20 — 2 Comments

Hi, everybody. My name’s Trevor Larkin, and I play guitar in Allen Stone’s band. I’m also a solo artist, co-host the Not Famous Podcast and write everyday via my email newsletter, the Mind of a Trevor. Below is the first of three installments from the studio. Enjoy! This time around, we’re posting up at the historic Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN. It’s my favorite studio in town – the Sound Emporium feels like an audiophile’s rustic cabin retreat, complete with coffee-ringed, well-thumbed editions of Sound on Sound, pleasantly worn leather couches and an ornate wooden throne. Jason Isbell and Sturgill […]

Music

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Three Songs To The Head vol. 49

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 12:55 — 0 Comments

Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Perry Porter, PF Liars and My Cartoon Heart. Enjoy!   Perry Porter is one of the most energetic rappers on the planet. In a world that wants to combine mosh pits and trap beats, Perry is at the forefront. Porter, a former member of the hot rap duo Sleep Steady, recently released his solo record, Channel Surfing, and it’s a badass mix of joy, pop culture […]

Visual Arts

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An Interview With Danny Denial

Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:55 — 0 Comments

Danny Denial might be the most intriguing artist you’ve never heard of. Or, if you read Afro Punk, you have heard of him. Denial, who recently moved to Seattle, is on the verge of creating a beautiful and distinct blend of music and film, showcasing sorrow, confusion, hopeful creativity and a strength of force that many other Seattle artists don’t exhibit – and are likely afraid to. As 2017 comes to a close, we thought it would be worthwhile to ask Denial, one of the artists to look out for in 2018, a few questions about his history, motivations, projects […]

Poetry

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Three Poems – Kristene Kaye Brown

Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:26 — 0 Comments

[Somatic Night] All our landlocked blues belong to the ocean, our bodies and our storms. There are 600 miles of blood vessels within us all, an island of seaweed and vein in each leg and arm. It’s true. The sea hides whats most beautiful below. Our reflection is no match for that multi-dimensional void. A wave gives birth to many more waves, an endless cycle of breath lipping over ribs of coral. This is how the body empties itself. Each ripple a small beat pulled by the heartstrings of the moon. There is love to be found here. Just watch […]

What am I?

Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies

Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;

Scientists can't find me.

Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—

Remind me:

The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…

Tick, Tock: Divine me.

-- Richard Kenney

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Book Release and Reading Feb. 6

January 6th, 2016

Hello fellow readers, travelers and Monarchians! Our first book, Traveling Light, written by Seattle author, Jim Brantingham, is now for sale! And we will be throwing a release party for it Feb. 6 at 6pm in Ravenna Third Place Books (on the corner of 65th and 20th NE). Jim will be reading from the book and there will be guest readers accompanying him. Space is limited, so we suggest you come early. Books can be bought through this link here or at Ravenna Third Place Books (which just ordered it’s second wave of books). We are super excited for this release and […]