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Haunted Factories: Spicy Backlog

I found this trailer during a journey to a highly praised, but under-delivering fried chicken palace in middle ohio. Anyways, apparently haunted houses now come in the industrial variety: The Factory of Terror. I’ve always loved the idea that horror

Haunted Factories: Spicy Backlog

I found this trailer during a journey to a highly praised, but under-delivering fried chicken palace in middle ohio. Anyways, apparently haunted houses now come in the industrial variety: The Factory of Terror. I’ve always loved the idea that horror

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Dusting Off: Spicy Backlogs

Good afternoon Spicy readers! As we’ve undergone a site transition, new year, and general reinvigoration, the catacombs have been cleared out to make way for new goodness. What follows will be the first of a large number of posts, highlighting

Dusting Off: Spicy Backlogs

Good afternoon Spicy readers! As we’ve undergone a site transition, new year, and general reinvigoration, the catacombs have been cleared out to make way for new goodness. What follows will be the first of a large number of posts, highlighting

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The Realization of an American ‘Ethnic’ Food Section

Fellow PSFK contributor Simone Haruko Smith made an incredible find at an Alexanderplatz, Berlin grocery store: the USA section.  It includes, in true Yankee fashion, everything from Betty Crocker to cheese-whiz.  Although, in my opinion, the Germans left out (for

The Realization of an American ‘Ethnic’ Food Section

Fellow PSFK contributor Simone Haruko Smith made an incredible find at an Alexanderplatz, Berlin grocery store: the USA section.  It includes, in true Yankee fashion, everything from Betty Crocker to cheese-whiz.  Although, in my opinion, the Germans left out (for

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Nostalgic Sloth and Sarcasm: Daria x DVD

This is just a quick PSA for anyone else whose high school experience was augmented by the escape of an even more acerbic and surreal Lawndale High. Daria Morgendorffer has finally made it to DVD. I can hardly contain my

Nostalgic Sloth and Sarcasm: Daria x DVD

This is just a quick PSA for anyone else whose high school experience was augmented by the escape of an even more acerbic and surreal Lawndale High. Daria Morgendorffer has finally made it to DVD. I can hardly contain my

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Guy Tillim x Jo’Burg

[Al’s Tower, a block of flats on Harrow Road, Berea, overlooking the Ponte building, from the “Jo’Burg” series, 2004] Guy Tillim’s quiet photo documentary of Hillbrow, South Africa manages to clearly and thoughtfully describe post-apartheid life, without posturing or explicitly

Guy Tillim x Jo’Burg

[Al’s Tower, a block of flats on Harrow Road, Berea, overlooking the Ponte building, from the “Jo’Burg” series, 2004] Guy Tillim’s quiet photo documentary of Hillbrow, South Africa manages to clearly and thoughtfully describe post-apartheid life, without posturing or explicitly

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Wolfpack Hustle: Hacking the LA Marathon

In most cities the idea of having 26.2 miles of car-free pavement at your disposal sounds like a dream — especially in auto clogged L.A. So, with an eye towards creative urban intervention, the Wolfpack Hustle bike crew has managed

Wolfpack Hustle: Hacking the LA Marathon

In most cities the idea of having 26.2 miles of car-free pavement at your disposal sounds like a dream — especially in auto clogged L.A. So, with an eye towards creative urban intervention, the Wolfpack Hustle bike crew has managed

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Spicy Linkfest: Miniature Presidents Edition

* Odessa to the Future on community and crowdsourcing abundance *Altruistic ants: Infected Temnothorax unifasciatus ants abandon their community, imposing self-exile in order to protect their colony *Urban Omnibus explores methods for reforesting cities (pictured above) *Quick rant: The US

Spicy Linkfest: Miniature Presidents Edition

* Odessa to the Future on community and crowdsourcing abundance *Altruistic ants: Infected Temnothorax unifasciatus ants abandon their community, imposing self-exile in order to protect their colony *Urban Omnibus explores methods for reforesting cities (pictured above) *Quick rant: The US

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Urban Drips: Ice House Detroit

Add this to the list of why I find Detroit (and more importantly Detroiters) so inspiring: “Ice House Detroit is an architectural installation and social change project currently taking place in Detroit. Photographer Gregory Holm and architect Matthew Radune will

Urban Drips: Ice House Detroit

Add this to the list of why I find Detroit (and more importantly Detroiters) so inspiring: “Ice House Detroit is an architectural installation and social change project currently taking place in Detroit. Photographer Gregory Holm and architect Matthew Radune will

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Stories from the Rustbelt: Disconnect, Michigan

Michigan gets a bad rap. Newscasters have thrown around terms such as wasteland or dystopia when describing our mitten-shaped neighbor. All of the gloom makes this peninsula seem uninhabitable. Despite visions of empty factories and urban prairies, it’s not true.

Stories from the Rustbelt: Disconnect, Michigan

Michigan gets a bad rap. Newscasters have thrown around terms such as wasteland or dystopia when describing our mitten-shaped neighbor. All of the gloom makes this peninsula seem uninhabitable. Despite visions of empty factories and urban prairies, it’s not true.

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On the Difficulties of Job Hunting: the E-Snub

As someone who has embarked on the job hunt I’ve been amazed at the way technology has changed the process.  It’s so easy for a prospective employer to hide behind an e-mail — how inhuman the whole exchange can be

On the Difficulties of Job Hunting: the E-Snub

As someone who has embarked on the job hunt I’ve been amazed at the way technology has changed the process.  It’s so easy for a prospective employer to hide behind an e-mail — how inhuman the whole exchange can be

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Boom-Shaka-Laka and Other Noteworthy Blips

*Entrancing, ambient art piece detailing artificial reef construction in Thailand: Leviathan by Richard Mosse [BLDGBLOG] *Italy plans to open a transgender prison *Alain de Botton talks about art and the (infrequent) representation of contemporary workplaces *The Scottish potato trail: Veggie Tourism *Self-rolling snowballs apparently

Boom-Shaka-Laka and Other Noteworthy Blips

*Entrancing, ambient art piece detailing artificial reef construction in Thailand: Leviathan by Richard Mosse [BLDGBLOG] *Italy plans to open a transgender prison *Alain de Botton talks about art and the (infrequent) representation of contemporary workplaces *The Scottish potato trail: Veggie Tourism *Self-rolling snowballs apparently

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The December Drip

It’s pretty rainy and grey over here in Spicy Country, so here are some links to distract you from the wintry void outside: – Please Say Something by David O’Reilly (above first) - Marc Trujillo’s Urban America (above second) - Reimagining rain reservoirs as public

The December Drip

It’s pretty rainy and grey over here in Spicy Country, so here are some links to distract you from the wintry void outside: – Please Say Something by David O’Reilly (above first) - Marc Trujillo’s Urban America (above second) - Reimagining rain reservoirs as public

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