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Satish, Diego y Miguel
In the autumn of 1952 Molly Bower asked me to take a deaf Indian artist to specialists in hearing problems in New York. There is a great deal of background behind that simple sentence – and some int… more →
Good Stories
The day 'Brot & Spiele' became 'Suprafutur'
hellg wrote 1 month ago: do yalls remember when I once told you the history of my first band ever ‘Brot & Spiele … more →
Ed Bonfilio
FmH wrote 6 months ago: I just discovered, serendipitously, that my neighbor Ed Bonfilio is an accomplished, and exhibited, … more →
I HATE THIS GAME!
Ryan Ericson Canlas wrote 7 months ago: The hell I care with your problem! That’s what I thought of saying awhile ago during the meeti … more →
The nuts and bolts of chess
FmH wrote 8 months ago: My friend Julia Suits wrote me that a chess set she and her sons made from hardware has been feature … more →
The Last Whole Earth Catalog
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FmH wrote 10 months ago: The Last Whole Earth Catalog, from June 1971, has been scanned in and is available for electronic br … more →
Experimental Musical Instruments
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FmH wrote 12 months ago: My friend of almost forty years, Bart Hopkin, was in town this week giving a talk to the MIT Media L … more →
Klebstoffe
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zwotens wrote 1 year ago: im zuge meines neuen hobbys (kann man es schon eines nennen?), dem papercraft anfertigen, bin ich nu … more →
Satish, Diego y Miguel
rkovach wrote 1 year ago: In the autumn of 1952 Molly Bower asked me to take a deaf Indian artist to specialists in hearing pr … more →
Some Bars in Some Places
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rkovach wrote 1 year ago: Student Bars in Chicago University Tavern It was past 1 a.m., November 3, 1948 when Severn Darden in … more →
Marshall Allen's Party Pad
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rkovach wrote 2 years ago: In early October 1946 I arrived at the University of Chicago for the Orientation Week for new studen … more →
Gypsy de Diego
rkovach wrote 2 years ago: This story came to mind the other day and since it relates to the Janice story, however tangentially … more →
Opening the gate for the Gateway Singers
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rkovach wrote 2 years ago: Starting in 1955 or ’56 my first wife, Terry, and I started going to the Hungry i, perhaps to see Ir … more →
Parties at the Janice studios
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rkovach wrote 2 years ago: My mother started studying art in the early 1920s at Hunter High School which was very advanced for … more →
A great folk music party
rkovach wrote 2 years ago: In the late fall or early winter of 1946 I was told of a party for Lead Belly. I don’t remember who … more →
2 1/2 Minutes
rkovach wrote 2 years ago: My father taught me how to play chess when I was about six years old. Of course, he would beat me ev … more →
MORE!
rkovach wrote 2 years ago: An obituary for Sam Kagel appeared in today’s San Francisco Chronicle which brought to mind an inter … more →
