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write NOW DESTINATION OF THE MOMENT >> Super Mundane.  NOW 10/30/01 >> Got this one from Steven at Slabco. I want to be in that bus. >>NOW 10/30/01 >> Waking Life. >> Here's a new one from Oak "The Attic" Kelsey. >> It's one of those things that just seems so abstract and out of minds reach until it happens to you or someone close to you. Friend of Bend, Matthew "Oblique" Leveque is a cancer survivor and is working on helping others that are in the position he was in a couple of years ago. Read his letter and please do what you can to help. Thanks. THEN 10/29/01 >> One of Bend's favorite drawers, Eddie Martinez, has some work up on the web now. Send some for the Diurnals, Eddie! >> From Mike Watt via Brother Matt. A Native American story : TWO WOLVES A grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. The grandson said, "I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one. The grandson then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?" The grandfather answered: "The one I feed." >> Check out Computer Love for the finalists in the "Redesign Adidas Stan Smith Shoe" contest. You may recognize a few familiar names. Public judging for the finalists begins soon. Check it out here. THEN 10/25/01 >> Little Engines #2 is out. You can get it in the Bend Consumption Machine (ah, store). TNI Books mastermind, Adam Voith is finishing up a West Coast reading tour for the new edition tonight in Oakland at the AK Books Warehouse. Last night was LA at ZineO'Rama and Bend missed it due to, ahhh, well... social anxiety? Or maybe it was the expired bus pass... Anyhow, the new Little Engine's is a very nice piece of work. More and more, we are convinced that the best writing comes from the smallest presses. Thank you Mr. Voith. THEN 10/24/01 >> Type Stereo. This guy's name is Dan Hardie and he was the first person to tell me about the Templar Knights. Something to look into.  NOW 10/23/01 >> Writer/photographer/filmmaker, Susanna Howe is looking to switch homes with someone for a month or so. She lives in LA and wants to swap with someone in either New York, London, or Paris. Any takers out there? Here a description of her place : "Second floor of house in Echo Park, north of Sunset. Totally separate entrance style apt. Feels like a treehouse -- there is a huge deck looking up onto a totally green hill. A big avocado tree shades the deck. One big bedroom, small bathroom. Skylights everywhere including in the shower. Livingroom and kitchen in same room but separated by entrance stairway. Terracotta tile/ hardwood floors. Street parking. Pretty dope -- I don't wanna lose it." Contact Bend and we will put Susanna in touch with you. THEN 10/22/01 >> A few Leon Home Recordings have been added to Bend Ear. And while you're in the Ear, please check The Zincs... we love that band. THEN 10/19/01 >> Michael's dream. THEN 10/18/01 >> Check out The Bird Machine. Proof positive that the silkscreened poster as art is alive and well. Jay Ryan is the main man over there -- great line work and hand-drawn type. The site has a couple navigation problems, but be patient with it, the work is very good. THEN 10/16/01 >> "True skateboarding is like the Hell's Angels," says Dave Carnie of Big Brother. "You can get a Harley, grow your hair long, get tattoos and dress like a dirtbag, but that doesn't make you an Angel. You have to pay your fucking dues. Skateboarding's tough and it's about having big balls. It has always had a drink-more-fight-more attitude. That's what sells. Everyone flocks to the fuckups." We hope Carnie's being tongue-in-cheek there... that's from a Dean Kuipers article on skateboarding, "Dirty Skate Kings," in the November '01 issue of Playboy Magazine. >> In a semi-related incident... THEN 10/15/01 >> "...allow me to suggest that [bendpress.com] could use a more professional look and improved functionality." >> TNI Books is now taking pre-orders for the 2nd issue of the critically well-received Little Engines. It'll be ready to ship in a week or so. Photos, illustrations, comics and mainly, words, from the likes of Camden Joy, Josh Hooten, Damien Jurado, Bethann Shannon, Jamie Hunt, David Drury, Stephanie Drury, Bem Jimmerson, Holly Day, Dave Fischoff, Matt Fagan, Kevin Sampsell, William Cashman, Josh Golden, Todd Dills and Eun-Ha Paek. A couple of Bend folks in there too : Andy Jenkins and Tony Larson. Design is once again by the amazing Chris Pew of Capsule9. Also, be sure to catch various members of the TNI crew on the road this month, reading from and hocking issues of LE#2 : Oct 19th, 7:30pm Little Engines Issue Two Release Party The Paradox Seattle, WA Oct 20th and 21st Northwest Bookfest Seattle, WA Oct 22nd, 7:00pm Reading Frenzy Portland, OR Oct 23rd, 8:00pm Muddy Waters Arcata, CA Oct 24th, 8:00pm ZineORama Los Angeles, CA Oct 25th, 8:00pm AK Books Warehouse Oakland, CA For more info, contact TNI Books. THEN 10/12/01 >> Bend operatives found a little surprise in a random place...  Click on image for details. THEN 10/09/01 >> Fact stranger than fiction? THEN 10/08/01 >> SURVIVE / REVITALIZE : Yesterday bombing of Afghanistan commenced. This morning we got this email (you did too, no doubt), the first of many we are sure... thus begins the paranoia marketing. But how does Viagra fit into this? Piggyback marketing? THEN 10/04/01 >> All right, our intention is not to become a web portal or link monster... but, either we've been surfing a little too much lately or people have been sending over incredible sites by coincedence. Whatever. This one is really inspiring. El Tono. I gather from their url that they are French, though most of the work shown is on the streets of Madrid, Spain. Check the video section for glimpses of El Tono at work. >> Friend of Bend, Justin Goetz, has landed his work on the web. Check it at justingoetz.com. >> Crail Tap numbero cinco is up and running. Rumor is they are changing their format from the old school "issue" idea to a more random update pattern. Good. Pat Crail designer, Rob Abeyta, on the back when you see him... good job. THEN 10/04/01 >> This is really unique and nice stuff. Neasden Control Centre. >> Check Lori D., Ben Woodward and Jim Houser, along with a few others, are featuerd in a group show, Creature Comforts, at New Image Art in LA. The opening is this Saturday, October 6th. More info here. Good work. By the way, Lori just started school at CalArts in Valencia, CA -- so buy her work to help with the outrageous tuition. Rumor has it she's sleeping on a couch in a Fourstar sleeping bag -- but stoked to be there. Best of luck to Lori, Ben and Jim. >> Go to the Jotto.com store. Great limited edition prints available with J.Otto's autograph on them. THEN 10/03/01 >> The latest numbers confirm what we've been touting all along... Bend Press to retain the title, "The Smallest Book Company." Rock on. THEN10/02/01 >> Watch MSNBC tonight, October 2nd, for a show called "Returning Home." 9pm Eastern time. Filmmaker and photographer, Cheryl Dunn, will be featured, as she lived only a few blocks from ground zero in Manhattan and was at home when the planes struck. They will be showing some of her film footage. If you want to read her story, go here (scroll halfway down). Amazing. >> Do you need this? Bend Press 22500 S. 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