Stop Smiling!

ConnieMack

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009 5:03PM

Rate: 17 Flag

Stop Smiling is this wonderful magazine I've been hooked up with for a couple years now.

I couldn't figure out how to insert a doc or a .pdf or any damn thing into email, so I'll post this for/to the Chicagoans who might be able to attend:

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I hope you can read the pertinent details above; I tried to link in the downloadable file, but failed.

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I'm Very fond of Stop Smiling. They've featured just about every person/genre I'm crazy about... jazz, Altman, H.S. Thompson (fanTAStic), Politics, the Wackness, Studs T, Elmore Leonard, writerly writers, non writerly writers, art, music, hiphop, the blues, sports, Chicago, NY, LA, SF, America....

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Take this piece from last month:

The Power of Plausible Thinking

Talking Political Smack with Bill Adair of PolitiFact.com

http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=953

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And: They have cheap subscriptions; great gift packs; and out of the blue will send you a poster... or a Cd... or, more perversely, a 45!

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Go AHEAD, check them out. Insert a word in their Search box. I defy you to come up empty-handed.

http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/

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Stop Smiling.

ConnieMack

February 06, 2009 05:03 PM

What a sweet, young looking Hunter Thompson!
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Brinna

February 06, 2009 05:15 PM

I'll mark my calendar and if I make it, I'll file a report.

jimmymac1025

February 06, 2009 05:31 PM

Doesn't Hunter look like Tommy Smothers in this picture? Or maybe Bob Newhart? Wherever I am I often preface a journal entry: Fear and loathing in..."

I feel ignorant that I've never heard of the mag and will check it out, love the name of the book store: Canarium!

Ablonde

February 06, 2009 05:36 PM

Thanks for the recommendation--most of what I like these days I get by recommendation...

Rob St. Amant

February 06, 2009 05:44 PM

Thumbed.

merwoman

February 06, 2009 05:47 PM

I ran into some networkers in my day, but Connie u take the cake. Are u an agent of some sort?

Ben Sen

February 06, 2009 06:22 PM

SEARCHED FOR: “Michael Phelps” PRODUCED 0 RESULTS

Still it looks like a great place to explore. Thanks for the pointer!

CoyoteOldStyle

February 06, 2009 06:26 PM

. . . well, COS, I meant you'd put something INTERESTING in the Search box....

ConnieMack

February 06, 2009 06:28 PM

Coyo:

Really, I'm a kneejerk smahtahss. I didn't really believe you, till I went to the site myownself.

Gee, I feel bad. Tell you what, I'll spot you a subscrip! Just let me know how to let them know how to contact you.

ConnieMack

February 06, 2009 06:31 PM

Yes, Benny, I am an agent provacateur!

And I'm shocked you use the letter "u" for the word "you"!

ConnieMack

February 06, 2009 06:41 PM

p . r . o . v . o . c . a . t . e . u . r

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ConnieMack

February 06, 2009 06:43 PM

Looks fun! I'll check out the links.

Saturn Smith

February 06, 2009 07:33 PM

Connie..thanks so much for the info!

Gary Justis

February 06, 2009 07:53 PM

Interesting pic of the late doctor T.

Ted Zeppelin

February 06, 2009 08:15 PM

Thanks, Connie. It looks like a hip and artsy magazine which is just how I like 'em. I appreciate that the starter subscription is so affordable, too. Hunter S. Thompson alone is worth the price of admission!

Lisa Kern

February 06, 2009 08:23 PM

Cool! Thanks for the tip- I love to hear about all the great talent we have in our town. I'd go to the event but I don't think they'll let me into the Wicker Park neighborhood. I'm not cool enough. :-|

JustJuli

February 06, 2009 10:01 PM

Thanks for this, I will check it out!

Dr. Spudman44

February 06, 2009 10:15 PM

thanks for sharing this. it rocks. i adored studs and felt so verklempt when he died. elmore leonard is an idol of mine. can't read much of the invitation but it's very verhy cool.

love love love and gratitude for this new site

Theodora L'Engle Knight

February 06, 2009 10:30 PM

Thanks Connie. I never heard of this magazine before, but I will check it out based on your recommendation.

ClosureIsaMyth

February 06, 2009 10:37 PM

I'm checking it out too.

grif -

February 07, 2009 12:57 AM

Thanks for posting this- looks interesting.

M B

February 07, 2009 02:08 AM

I looked, and will likely lookie again. Do you write there? (I'm a secret admirer of your, btw--and not the stalking kind neither)

ghost writer

February 07, 2009 07:16 AM

How did you know that Chicago is my second 'home"? LOVE this! What do I have to do to get you to spot me subscription - stop smiling?
Thumbed.

cartouche

February 07, 2009 08:58 AM

Thanks for the tip. First I'd heard. I'll check it out.

Rich Banks

February 07, 2009 10:19 AM

very cool, and new to me. Thanks.

Greg Correll

February 07, 2009 10:31 AM

i can't stop smiling it looks so good. thanks for the tip.

Lonnie Lazar

February 07, 2009 01:34 PM

Love the pics and the links. Good stuff and thanks.

John Boni

February 08, 2009 07:20 AM

this looks fantastci! thank you for the link!

kmbearden

February 09, 2009 02:51 PM

What a fantastic snapshot of Hunter T.!

I can quite easily imagine an abstract Steadman-esque character dancing behind the camera, juggling all manner of mind-expanding pharmaceuticals as Thompson chuckles suspiciously.

Too weird to live...

Greg Justis

February 10, 2009 01:27 AM

Fun! I still think of Dr. Gonzo in the Barsto to Vegas leg with amyl nitrate capsules blowing up from the air conditioner every time I see Hunter Thompson, especially younger photos. Thanks for the memories; and thanks for the link to "Stop Smiling"...I'll check it out.