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Uninsured Americans Are Crowdsourcing Health Care Costs
David Price is uninsured and searching for health care from outside of government and private insurance. Just this month, David went biking alone in a canyon in Texas. David hit a large bump on the trail, the bike sailed out from under him, and he fell face-first into the ground. Now he needs $70,000 to pay for his face to be fixed. Full story
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This Is What a Skate Magazine Should Look Like
As skateboarding has grown in popularity and seeped into the lives of an ever-increasing number of households, the industry—and I'm painting with a broad stroke here—has morphed into a more family-friendly, watered-down version of what it once was, like MTV or domesticated animal… Full story
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Aren't You Tired of Old Musicians Asking for Money on Kickstarter?
Kickstarter has funded all kinds of worthy and interesting and innovative projects. But old musicians re-collecting on their past fame seems to me a loathsome and un-DIY usage of the crowd-funded model. Full story
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Living Inside 'The Canyons'
No one has seen 'The Canyons' yet, but it's gotten a wave of bad publicity thanks to the involvement of Lindsay Lohan and a popular 'New York Times' magazine article about what a disaster the filming was. I talked to writer Bret Easton Ellis and producer Braxton Pope to see how t… Full story
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Meet the Guys Who Want to Turn Tony Danza into a Dadaist Meme
I wanted to talk to them about their Kickstarter project and we wound up discussing washed-up celebrities, how the art world is bullshit, and their plans to force themselves into a parade with a Danza-inspired float. Full story
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Interview with David Yow about Baseball and Movies
Jesus Lizard singer David Yow never dug Bad Brains, or baseball, but may be starring in a movie about one. Full story
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Kickstopped
Kickstarter won't let me Kickstart a Kickstarter to purchase Kickstarter. Full story
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