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Guerilla Gardening

June 17, 2008 by darby

Imagine making a midnight run, armed only with peonies and tulips, a hand spade and packet of seeds. This is a typical evening for one Mr. Richard Reynolds, the Londoner credited with bringing back the beautifully defiant act of guerilla gardening. Jon Mooallem caught up with Reynolds sometime in April, apparently to write this wonderful treat of an article from the Sunday Times magazine a couple of weeks back. I'm obviously late to the party on these happenings, as the BBC and others have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Docu Potent, Raves

The Journal of Nomadic and Popular Culture

January 23, 2008 by darby

Pre-order the journal for a hard copy Every two months, Polar Inertia rolls out extraordinary photographic installments via a magazine (and website) documenting "the story of the highway, mobile home, fast food chain, suburbanite, truck stop, and industrialized landscape." Here's their manifesto: Polar Inertia journal is an outlet and a resource for on going research into the networks that define the contemporary city. The journal began with the idea that an understanding of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Docu Potent, Raves

Sunday Ritual Spawns Ideas

December 10, 2007 by darby

For as long as I can remember, my family has had the ritual of stretching out Sunday morning in the pursuit of newspaper reading. This tradition involves all kinds of newspapers, depending on the location of any given Sunday, but it ALWAYS involves The New York Times. I almost always go to the magazine first, if I am not sideswiped by an unsuspecting "Style" section headline. (Plus, I have a guilty pleasure of reading the wedding announcements. PURE east coast lineage postings, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Docu Potent, Raves

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