Browsing Month »July, 2009«

“I Can’t Play the Violin” Guy – Editor’s Note

July 29, 2009

There is a man who busks in Bra, Italy with his violin. Two musician friends questioned him to see if he makes any money because they were thinking of doing something similar. The man claimed that he made around 800 Euros a month through his street music, which comes as a surprise considering that he [...]

Cold Water Project

July 26, 2009

Organic Details

July 22, 2009

by Sarah Kulla, High Contrast Review’s Editor of Poetry Living in the biggest city I have ever lived in, A city of almost 1,000,000 people is hard. There are less than that many in the whole state of Montana. So here, in Queretaro I am always looking for what I call Organic Details. And I [...]

Honesty

July 18, 2009

by Craig Muderlak, Western Editor of Transience

First Aid in Madrid, 1974

July 15, 2009

PRESENTED AS AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, DO NOT CONSIDER THIS CURRENT OR VALID FOR USE IN THE FIELD. General Principles of Rescue & Contents of a Domestic First Aid Kit from Salvation and rescue for first aid in case of accidents by Carlos de Nicolas Reullo Madrid, Spain 1974, 5th edition translated by Sam Kulla, EMT-B, [...]

Another Man’s Treasure in Your Living Room

July 12, 2009

  Story by Oriana Turley and Photos by Caroline McCarty PBR in hand, Charlie Koelling sat on the only couch in his living room. “I am not very good at this interview stuff,” he said. He kicked his bare feet up on two Asian-style floor cushions and took a sip of his beer. Koelling, an artist out of Missoula, [...]

Synthetic Corpse

July 12, 2009

poem and photo by Craig Muderlak, Western Editor of Transience Discarded face-down. Floating in stagnant water and forgotten Cottonwood leaves. Imbued with indifference, A memento of retarded erosion. After thirty years, Blind as this synthetic corpse in the desert I am still an eroding child. Oscillating between hindsight and foresight. Emulating an enlightened being, But [...]