STEVE OLSEN, a short film by Patrick Pearse

An abridged version of David Foster Wallace’s Commencement Speech to the 2005 class of Kenyon College.

The Backdoor Pharmacist does Bath Salts

The Day That Punk Died Again by Sasha Frere-Jones

Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic

Handwritten by John Lydon, 1996.

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The obituary for Matt Groening’s mother is full of familiar names.

Charles Ramsey is your hero of the day.

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The last pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ledger.

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Collecting the Worldwide Web… in a old church in San Francisco. The Internet never stops.

An Orthodox Jewish Surfer

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Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights

Legends Never Die by Caroline Rothstein

Two decades after a low-budget film turned Washington Square skaters into international celebrities, the kids from “Kids” struggle with lost lives, distant friendships, and the fine art of growing up.

photo by Gunars Elmuts

Complex gets a quote out of Barbara Kruger in regards to Supreme’s lawsuit against Married To The Mob. Can’t wait for Richard Prince to make a t-shirt out of that.

The legend that was Malcolm McClaren.

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The Internet Never Stops… first world problems.

Talking Portraits by James Gurney

“In 1981, artist James Gurney brought his sketchbook and tape recorder to the pier in Santa Monica, California. He did a pencil portrait of two guys there and then asked them to describe themselves to the tape recorder. For the first time, their faces and voices are brought together in a talking portrait.”

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Travis Jensen, Andrea Sonnenberg, and Ted Pushinsky at Guerrero Gallery. On view through May 4th.

Parallel Rails: ICHABOD by Caleb Neelon

Through an article in the New Yorker, a freight train legend learns that he’s been living with Asperger’s.

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