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Related to an earlier post, the 10 best Soul Train line dances. dw-02.01

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World. mgs-02.01

Great series at Guernica called Writer's Bloc, where fiction writers are sent into developing countries to write "stories that are not especially concerned with a man's eternal soul or his statistical representation, but with his life." mgs-02.01

"In my life, that's what I want to be able to do with art, is to point out to everybody: 'There's just a fog over what you're seeing! But I swear to god, there's diamonds and sulfur, and you could make these awesome guns and defeat the evil slow-moving lizard guy! The diamonds are everywhere! You've just gotta look. They're right there!'" Neko Case in conversation with Sherman Alexie. mgs-02.01

For DW, Space Cats. ms-02.01

The Chicago Neighborhoods Project designs new logos for every Chicago 'hood. "Two or three every week until I tackle all 77 community areas." mgs-02.01

"A contemporaneous copy of the world's most famous painting has been discovered by conservators at the Prado in Madrid, allowing us to see the Mona Lisa as she would probably have looked at the time." jc-02.01

While wandering in New Orleans, FotA and former CP Guest Editor, Jami Attenberg, captured perhaps the world's greatest Bar Mitzvah banner. sd-02.01

"My whole body is apparently rotting from want of proper nourishment--frost-bitten fingertips, festerings, mucous membrane of nose gone, saliva glands of mouth refusing duty, skin coming off the whole body." The Most Terrible Polar Exploration Ever. ms-02.01

The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. Issue #16 is a monologue by Dave Eggers on a shower curtain of a monologue told to Dave Eggers by his shower curtain. mgs-02.01

For your 90's underground culture needs, back issues of Punk Planet are now available online from Quimby's. mgs-02.01

Where's the pixel? Via The Fox Is Black. dw-02.01

Local Note: our film, Above the Sun, is featured in Tom Skilling's blizzard special "Snowed Under," on WGN-TV which is running again at 9:30pm tonight, the anniversary of the storm. jc-02.01

Trailer for The Kid With a Bike. ms-02.01

27 designers in Pennsylvania sure like Jessica Hische. bb-02.01

Personified Teeth Dental Signs. Care to contribute? mgs-02.01

Joel Penkman's food paintings. dw-02.01

CMoS. Capitalization, Titles. So you know. jc-02.01

@MayorEmanuel fan fiction: "Personal Essay of Carl the Intern Written in Partial Fulfillment of the Common Application for Undergraduate College Admission." mgs-02.01

A big thanks to Julie and Andy from Letterform for stepping in as our Guest Editors in January. Up next for February is Megan Stielstra, author of Everyone Remain Calm and Literary Director at 2nd Story. A list of all the great people who have helped us out over the years can be found here. sd-02.01

Today in history, Puccini's La Boheme premiered at the Teatro Regio, conducted by 28 year-old Arturo Toscanini. Time out for Che Gelida Manina. That is how you start your day, my friends. ms-02.01

"Thank you (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" from Soul Train. Try not to smile. Via the always observant Ben Greenman. jc-02.01

Red Aurora Over Australia. ms-02.01

Related to the last. The Farmer. The Salesman. The Minister. The Boy Scout. The Doctor. The Architect. The Naturalist. The Student. jc-02.01

"Hoping to strip his life back to the essentials, (Picasso) confined himself in near isolation in Paris. But as his friend Jaime Sabartes recalled, his trusty pocket notebook remained his companion..." The Pocket Notebooks of 20 Famous Men from The Art of Manliness. jc-02.01

A Global Portrait of Red Tape. Maria Popova on Jan Banning's portraits of bureaucrats. jc-01.31

"Fortunately for us, when working with a single pen, a blank card, and as little time as possible, all alcohols are clear." Laurea's Fastest Possible Martini. jc-01.31

If you're inspired by the previous horse drawing tutorial, you might want to take a look at these photographs of horse sculptures in the story of The Girl with Seven Horses. Or just watch a bunch of horses jump over stuff. let-01.31

Wes Anderson: From Above. ms-01.31

"Yeah! How you like me now, F.E.C? I'm rolling seven digits deep! I got 99 problems but a non-connected independent-expenditure only committee ain't one." ms-01.31

Abrevs are like totes adorbs. jc-01.31

So you know, how to draw a horse. dw-01.31

As our time guest editing on Coudal.com is drawing to a close, we just wanted to let you know we'll be right here waiting for you, should you ever need us. And with that, one more Richard Marx Video for BB. let-01.31

Pictures of the Day, "Rooftopping" in Toronto. Thanks Marshall. jc-01.31

A teaser for Bones Brigade, the latest skateboarding documentary by the director of Dogtown and Z-Boys. Thanks Jamie. sd-01.31

Customize your own Zippo lighter. dw-01.31

"Unlike daily Chinese calendar in common households, this calendar shows the whole year at a glance. The unconventional format is ideal for marking long term projects and goals. Moreover, this calendar also references the graph paper that is commonly used by students for writing Chinese literature." dw-01.31

A classic. "Indeed, drawing endless pictures of Kurt Cobain, taking deep puffs from a contraband bong (often my only confidant in these late hours), eating tonnes of Goldfish snacks - this was my ritual, my communion, my glimmer of hope in an awful, awful childhood." From the journals of Samuel Van Hoogstraten, painter of the unparalleled Still Life with Ziplock Bag of Weed, Tom Petty Cassette, c. 1666-1668. jc-01.31

Can you recognize the film from the book cover? ms-01.31

Hot air balloons launching. ms-01.31

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