September 2011
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Please Revise: Shorter... →
A fascinating look at The National Post, URL shortening, and the click economy by our friend Seb FoxAllen.
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This morning’s printing of a controversial advertisement in the National Post piqued an interesting curiosity. What is the state of spending protest (read “boycott protest”) in the online economy?
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Canadian Magazines blog mentions Dragnet trailers! →
Canadian Magazines Blog (Magazines Canada):
Dragnet Magazine likes to do things its own way: one of the latest online-only lit magazines to pop up in Canada—Dragnet is on Issue 3—this printless magazine not only had its own spot at Word On The Street this weekend (Word On The Web?), but edits together catchy cinematic trailers for each of its issues. There isn’t much precedent for this...
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That’s No Moon, the band that’s created and...
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Andrew has a new story up on THE2NDHAND, check it... →
Fungible Smith never did find the perfect moment to ask her parents about her name. In this way she was fortunate because, whatever reasons her parents may have had for naming her as they did, it is almost impossible that their reasons were as varied, charitable, or whimsical as the ones Fungible imagined over the course of her long and varied youth.
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“Hippolito: But if my soul had gone, it should have walk’d upon
A Cloud...”
– John Dryden and William Davenant, The Tempest
Turns out Dryden goes down a lot smoother if you’ve been drinking sherry and port all evening…
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Read Diana Salier's lovely chapbook "wikipedia... →
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Here is the blurb I wrote for it:
“wikipedia says it will pass is a deeply funny and evocative collection, and not just for those of us who have spent countless long evenings trying to impress disinterested lesbians on Google Chat, for anybody who appreciates humor, well-written poetry, and genuine self-expression… a welcome series of flashing lights in the lovely,...
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Gumby botches convenience store robbery →
If only his pony friend pokey had been there too…
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WatchDragnet Issue Three Cinematic Trailer! Original sci-fi theme song by That’s No Moon (thatsnoblog.com). Video by Brendan Inglis (twitter.com/mistercrick). Issue goes live September 17, launch party featuring Bad Passion, No Breakup, Aughtie By Nature that same night.
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Dragnet's gonna be on the radio at 10 pm →
Tune to 89.5 FM in Toronto, on “The Howl” with Nik Beat. Or listen live at http://www.ciut.fm!
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The Moose & Pussy, Canada's literary erotica... →
Our friends at The Moose & Pussy, Canada’s literary erotica magazine, are having a short story contest:
Short Story Contest
1500 Words or Less
$50 grand prize
No entry fee
Deadline: October 1, 2011.
We are having our first short story contest. The winner will receive a grand prize of $50 and their story will be featured on our site this fall. Runner-up prizes may be awarded....
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Dragnet co-editor Andrew has two stories up on... →
The Pity Party:
Jake and Kate had just lost their jobs at the microbrewery, and they were at a party celebrating (in a manner of speaking) that fact. Kate was drunk, but she was sober enough that her movements, though somewhat looser and more expressive than usual, had retained a certain, flowing grace. (more)
The History of Dinosaurs:
Kevin Horvidson was in the process of giving up trying...
