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Ace Junkyard Is Dead, Long Live Ace Junkyard

I have started and stopped this article two or three times over this last year, but the sad moment, like most other sad moments, has finally and irrevocably presented itself. Artists, builders, dreamers, power tool racers, military surplus crane ...

From SIMONE DAVALOS, Laughing Squid,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Flickr,  Twitter Inc

Bay Bridge Closure, Featuring Live Web Cams

As pretty much everyone who has encountered any Bay Area media in the last month or so knows, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge closed to regular traffic for Labor Day Weekend last night at 8pm and will reopen at 5am on Tuesday, September 8th. The ...

From SIMONE DAVALOS, Laughing Squid,  4 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Flickr

Vintage Circus Photos From The Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

Vintage photos of jolly things like circuses always strike me as a little creepy. It could be the memento morii aspect, a philosophical meditation on time passing and the joys of today being subsumed by the ruins of tomorrow. Or perhaps it’s a call to ...

From SIMONE DAVALOS, Laughing Squid,  1 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Flickr

Snarky McF*ckbuttons Makes Great Leap Forward

Many of the illustrious members of the Laughing Squid diaspora are familiar with the Snarky McF*ckbutton, a culturally indicative bit of personal accessory that saves the wearer the time and toil of actually verbalizing how much cooler they are than ...

From SIMONE DAVALOS, Laughing Squid,  19 Feb 2009

Brian Goggin & Dorka Keehn Unveil The Language Of The Birds

Site specific sculpture artist Brian Goggin, with Dorka Keehn, is unveiling their new installation “The Language Of The Birds” on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008, at dusk (watch the sky, not the clock!) in San Francisco on the northwest corner of Broadway ...

From SIMONE DAVALOS, Laughing Squid,  17 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Gavin Newsom,  Aaron Peskin

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