SATURDAY, 6/1/13

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The Witipedist: Back in 1996, Jaxonpool resident Slim Whitman saved the human race. Recently when asked about it, he said he’d do it again. Video of Whitman with Andy Kaufman appears below Witipedia entry. (31 May, 2013)

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Andy Kaufman introduces Slim Whitman and watches dumbfoundedly while the latter performs “I Remember You” on The Midnight Special.

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August’s List: Recently published music videos, edited by Farinelli. Watch & listen

Smart Ass Cripple: Expressing pain through sarcasm since 2010, by Mike Ervin. Read

The Field Negro, by Wain Bennett. Read

Brain Pickings: by Maria Popova. Read

Nursing Clio: Because the Personal is Historical. Read

Panned Review: Film reviews by Jacob Lusk. Read

Calvin’s Story: Epilepsy & beyond: a mother’s journal, by Christy Shake. Read

Maggie World, Normalizing the abnormal, by Sally Coghlan McDonald. Read

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On the Blink: Considering how my light is spent, by Emily Michael. Read

Everyday Dolce: Finding the dolce in everyday stories of life, love, and food, by Jamie Cornman. Read

Make Jax Weird_______

Fiction Fix 16. A Jacksonville publication. Jayshiro Tashiro, “Birds in the City” / Cathleen Calbert, “Man Loves Woman Loves Dog” / Amando Paulger, “In the Hands of God” / Van G. Garrett, “Piss and Vinegar” / Di Jayawickrema, “Kirkenes, Norway” / Josh Lamstein, “Cooties” / Meeah Williams, “The Taste of Strawberries Today” / Glenn Erick Miller, “Essence” / Edward Hagelstein, “The Peespot Players.” Read

Eat Poems #9. Audio chapbooks–Poets in, around, and from Jax. Virus Conversations, by Michele Leavitt. Pub: Mark Ari. Leavett’s collection Back East won the Michael Macklin First Book Prize in 2013, & her memoir excerpt “No Trespassing” won The Ohio State University’s 2010 William Allen Award for creative nonfiction. Listen