Category: Art Boner
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2009: An Autopsy – Excerpt
It must have been around the 29th of December when the water finally broke, the wet slick turned ice all over the dumb dirt of the world heralding the imminent birth of my one and only, my 2009. I was in the front passenger seat a speeding car, drunk and reeling as a sort of…
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Art Boner: The Surreal Photography of Minneapolis’ Lauren Treece
Tell us just a bit about yourself, where you live in Minneapolis, where you work, etc. My name is Lauren Treece and I have lived in Uptown for about 5 years. I grew up in North Carolina and consider the Southeast my home. I am currently working on a side project called Silent Bell Theater…
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Why We Love GIFs – Warning: NSFW, May Cause Seizures
I found this GIF on Tumblr one day and after staring at it for awhile, I realized it was a Super GIF – the kind that epitomizes everything GIFs represent. It’s singular, simple, repetitious, circular and thought-starting. The girl in this picture is trapped, forever, naked and tied to a bed, shouting “Motherfucker!” while people stare…
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Panda Bear and Atheism
Panda Bear’s new album, Tomboy, just came out, meaning that every music blog is comparing it to the Beach Boys right now. While this is an apt comparison, I think what is most notable about Tomboy is that it shows just how oddly religious Panda Bear’s music is. Vocal harmonies, which characterize both The Beach Boys…
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The Balls We See Subconsciously All Around Us
A feminist, misogynist, and Rabbi walk into a bar. The misogynist imagines his sack on the feminists’ chin, the feminist orders a “girly drink” without irony, and the Rabbi wonders if this heated situation is even circumcised. This joke may not be the way to begin, but it already did. In our grim Post-Structuralist inquiry…
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Sketchbook: Popular Rappers as Kids
It’s hard to imagine rappers as kids. They’re always saying stuff like, “Once upon a time I had to strong arm a ho.” But occasionally, they remind us that they survive on gummy worms and Spree candies.
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Art Boner: Metro Transit GIFs by Ben Lanksy
Welcome to the new (possibly recurring) Tangential Feature: Art Boner. The Tangential currently has a raging Art Boner for the Metro Transit Animated Portraits series by local photographer Ben Lanksy, 2010 University of Minnesota graduate with a BFA in Photography. Here is just a glimpse of the awesomeness (you can find tons more here): A…