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Links for Harris

By Jason Moriber • Aug 14th, 2008

Hello Harris,
I missed your email of July 23rd, thanks for your patience. Below are links to reels/excerpts from an eclectic handful of my clients who might be of use to you. If any strike you as useful please give me a shout.
Video/Film Artist
Tanit Sakakini
video: http://tanitsakakini.com/video/?file=aleppo/Ahora
video: http://tanitsakakini.com/video/?file=albemarle_road/Excerpts
site: http://tanitsakakini.com/
Video Director/Producer
Gary Nadeau
Examples: http://www.dwell.com/daily/video
site: http://garynadeau.com
Video Director
Michael Grodner
Reel is on [...]



Nathaniel Rich pens His City, Lost and Found for NYTimes

By Wise Elephant • Feb 5th, 2008

Nathaniel Rich pens His City, Lost and Found for NYTimes
SNIP: I was born in 1980, so my view of the changes that have come to Manhattan is relatively limited. I can’t credibly mourn the transformation of the Lower East Side from a wanton, crack-depleted borderland filled with burning trash cans and random knifings into a [...]



Jeffrey Anderson pens The Dealer for Balt. City Paper

By Wise Elephant • Jan 11th, 2008

Jeffrey Anderson pens The Dealer for Baltimore City Paper
SNIP: The voice on the other end of Fred Brooks’ cell phone in August 2003 was familiar, but the tone was agitated, the words ominous. Brooks had been in business with Mexican drug traffickers for more than a year without major mishap, but now his Los Angeles [...]



Archie Bland pens Muscle Madness for New York Review of Magazines

By Wise Elephant • Jan 8th, 2008

Archie Bland pens Muscle Madness for New York Review of Magazines
SNIP: I bought my first issue of Muscular Development at an Upper West Side branch of Barnes & Noble. It is not the sort of place where you see a lot of bodybuilders, and this reliable rule of thumb was unthreatened by my presence. A [...]



Poetry Super Highway: Call in Online Radio Show

By Jason Moriber • Jan 6th, 2008

Rick Lupert continues his excellent Poetry Super Highway Live events. On January 13th he’s hosting a Worldwide Open Reading.
You can listen to the shows through your web browser as well as call in live by dialing (646) 716-7362 during the live broadcast. Call in and read your poetry, open mic style. No content or style [...]



Tristan Taormino pens Best and Worst of Sex 2007 for The Village Voice

By Wise Elephant • Jan 4th, 2008

Tristan Taormino pens Best and Worst of Sex 2007 for The Village Voice
SNIP: Best TV Love Triangle: The ultra-soapy Dirty Sexy Money is about the Darlings, an über-wealthy and even more dysfunctional New York family. Attorney General Patrick Darling (played by William Baldwin) is having an affair with a woman named Carmelita, but [...]



Tess Dawn Chan pens Bar of the Week: Gutter for Paper Mag

By Wise Elephant • Jan 4th, 2008

Tess Dawn Chan pens Bar of the Week: Gutter for Paper Mag
SNIP: In theory, Gutter has a lot going for it. Just a several-minute walk from both the Bedford L stop and the Nassau G stop, the bar’s got faux-Tiffany lamps and wood paneling, a spunky pedigree (the owners also dreamed up Barcade) and eight [...]



Allison Busacca pens 10 Simple Momolutions for iVillage

By Wise Elephant • Jan 3rd, 2008

Allison Busacca | 10 Simple Momolutions | iVillage
SNIP: Everyone makes New Year’s resolutions, but sometimes, even keeping the resolution can become something we resolve to do.
At iVillage, we resolve to make your job as a mom easier. So read on to find out what resolutions iVillage moms are making this year, and get a [...]



Ivan Carvalho pens A Very Civil Service for Monocle

By Wise Elephant • Jan 3rd, 2008

Ivan Carvalho pens A Very Civil Service for Monocle
SNIP: From the ancient Greeks onwards, wise governments have seen the benefits of outsourcing. But what would a modern state look like if it put all of its ministries out to tender, employing the best foreign governments and private companies to run them? This is Monocle’s cabinet [...]



Peter Hellman pens Culture takes the LEED for Met. Home

By Wise Elephant • Jan 3rd, 2008

Peter Hellman pens Culture takes the LEED for Metropolitan Home
SNIP: Unlike others competing to design the new California Academy of Sciences museum in San Francisco, the great Italian architect Renzo Piano arrived without a prepared submission. All he had was his sketchpad. He asked if he could go up to the roof of the old [...]