“I Can’t Play the Violin” Guy – Editor’s Note
East Berlin Kiss. Photo: SK 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 does not actually know how to play the violin. Seriously. He practices tuning it, or simply plays the same two notes in alteration to no apparent... Read More
Cold Water Project
It's a dam when the best possible solution is also the cheepest. Finite, full of retakes. The most improper tool for an improper job. Photo: J. Nels Larsen Read More
Organic Details
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 find them everywhere: A crumbling wall sprouting leaves and moss. A rusted metal fence, An unpedicured, unrestrained field of weeds And twisted trees. I’m in the city, now, and when... Read More
Honesty
by Craig Muderlak, Western Editor of Transience Read More
First Aid in Madrid, 1974
PRESENTED AS AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, DO NOT CONSIDER THIS CURRENT OR VALID FOR USE IN THE FIELD.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, WEMT Read More Read More
Another Man’s Treasure in Your Living Room
Story by Oriana Turley and Photos by Caroline McCarty Missoula artist Charlie Koelling gives garbage a respectful afterlife. 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, MT, recently founded a new recycled art and design business by the name of Garbage Pale Designs. “I... Read More
