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http://www.newyorker.com/archive/199...urrentPage=all


On the late comedian Bill Hicks, just as a performance on Letterman is deemed unfit for network TV.

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Someone quoted the elephant raping the thinks sentence and it reminded me of this longform article - "an elephant crackup"

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/ma...pagewanted=all

[Bobby Wong]

I'd read this one before, about the concert at Altamont, and it is excellent. http://www.esquire.com/print-this/al...-0870?page=all

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	read that the other day and it is excellent
	really good stuff

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The silent season of a hero

Gay talese tracks down joe dimaggio in like 1966.

http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/tale.../dimaggio.html


Close call as to which is better...this one or "frank sinatra". Either way gay talese is god.

[Bobby Wong]

gore vidal died today, shocking millions who assumed he'd been dead since the late 90s.

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aaron burr rep

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobby Wong

gore vidal died today, shocking millions who assumed he'd been dead since the late 90s.

not gonna lie, i thought he was already dead

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http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/31...autionary-tale

HOW I HACKED MY BRAIN WITH ADDERALL: A CAUTIONARY TALE
TRENT WOLBE / THE VERGE / JUL 2012
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“Transforming into an Administrative Jekyll for a certain amount of time every day limits the amount of time my Creative Hyde can come up with content to market and sell. Luckily, amphetamines have that problem tackled as well: when you’re using them, you don’t have to sleep… at all.”

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plat

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Article has some hof illustrations

[Bobby Wong]

scoots is this true

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobby Wong

scoots is this true