Category Archives: Photography
Earthrise: New video on the greatest photograph in history highlights importance of luck
Photographers everywhere can identify with William Anders and the crew of Apollo 8. Our friend Frank Dilatush forwarded a YouTube link this morning commemorating the 45th anniversary of what many consider to be the most famous photograph in history: Earthrise, taken December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. As it turns out, the iconic shot almost didn’t happen.
Read moreThe center cannot hold
One mile
Super Bowl Sunday Photography: Denver vs. Seattle
Today the football team from my new home plays the team from my old home for the big trophy. In honor of the occasion, I offer one of my favorite Denver photos and one of my favorite Seattle photos. First, Spar, taken at Regis University in the 5280 last April.
Read moreHammer of the gods
New Amethyst Arsenic just released
Poetry, fiction, music reviews, art and photography from one of the country’s fine young independent online art and literature journals. We’ve pointed you in the past toward Amethyst Arsenic, one of our favorite online literary and arts journals, and the Winter 2014 iteration is now posted. This edition features fiction from Victor Infante, art by Jill Christian, a few music
Read moreMonorail to the future
Photography: Marmalade Skies
EMP Museum, Seattle
Read morePhotography: Hitchcockian
Photography: The temple of glass
Photography: Prayer
Texas becomes first state to open a Department of Pre-Crime
“Future crime warrant”? May the gods deliver us from “predictive policing” because the courts sure won’t. And now, your Minority Report moment of the day. Turns out it has nothing to do with the NSA. Nope, this time it’s our freedom and liberty loving countrymen in Texas. Last week, an appeals court in Texas ruled that police may obtain a
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The hoax is a hoax: Andy Kaufman is ALIVE! (You heard it here first.)
So, it’s been kind of a confusing story to follow, but Andy Kaufman’s brother announced that Andy faked his death to escape the spotlight, is still alive and living in hiding, and has a daughter. Then the daughter materializes. Then it’s revealed that she’s an actress and it’s all an elaborate hoax. Or is it?
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lullaby pit 