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Name Nick Waterhouse
Location San Francisco
First post May 2010

Nick Waterhouse wants to make records. Specifically, he wants to make them just like they used to. His band, Nick & The Turn-Keys, ended in disillusionment over the lack of commitment from his fellow musicians. Then something happened. One weekend, he was visiting family in Huntington Beach, and he stopped by an old studio he used to hang around — the Distillery. Nick knew it was now or never, so he used the money from a pawned amp to pay for studio time and called everyone who played music in the area, and Pres Record Co. was born. Their first release was never processed by a computer and mastered from tape to lacquer, the labels hand letterpressed, the pressing done manually — not a single creative corner cut.

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Kristopher Grunert
Uses lines, movement, and light to create architectural, industrial, and landscape photographs.

Exhibit-A-Mixed Bag
Curating items of personal interest.

Kyle Bragger
Kyle codes cool things.

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Name The Kid Should See This
Location Oakland, California

Off-the-grid videos for kids and other smart stuff collected by Rion Nakaya and her three year old co-curator. There’s so much science, nature, music, arts, technology, storytelling, and assorted good stuff out there that the kids haven’t seen. It’s likely stuff that wasn’t even made for them, but we don’t underestimate the minds of children around here.

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Perez Hamilton
Juicy historical gossip and rumors presented in the style of another Perez.

Number of the Day
For the aesthetic appreciation of numerals, number systems, and their uses.

My Damn Blog
Solange Knowles gives a photographic look into her life.

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Name Natasha Vargas-Cooper
Location Los Angeles
First Post July 2008

Natasha is a journalist. She’s written for The Atlantic, The Awl, The New York Times, and many other equally impressive publications. Her latest piece is on Rebecca Black for New York Mag. Before this, she spent several years working as a union organizer and health policy analyst for a labor union. (She also spent some time in Brooklyn not working.) She graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA with a double major in History and Public Policy. Natasha wrote a book called Mad Men Unbuttoned, and she created and hosts a monthly live storytelling series in LA called Public School.

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The Kid Should See This
There’s so much science, nature, music, arts, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that kids haven’t seen.

Magical Game Time
A comics and art blog inspired by a lifetime of playing video games.

Help From A Native Texan
A displaced Texan looking for re-connection. Thoughts, advice and knowledge on everything in the Texas Variety. “Y’all come back now, ya hear?” OH, WE HEAR!