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you tricked me into listening to the entirety of metal machine music. 'thanks.'

prove it

Hi Matt! Any advice on navigating the fraught relationship that develops when trying to get friends to be unpaid collaborators? Currently feeling the tension between how much I don't want to demand of my artist friend while simultaneously wanting to crack

i was in a band in high school. there were four of us. two of us wanted to be in a band. two of us wanted to be rock stars. y’know what i mean?

Thanks again for signing my copy of gravity's rainbow

motherfucker i wrote gravity’s rainbow and if i’m lying let thomas pynchon come out and prove it pynchon talks a good blog game but he doesn’t have the quality content like mattfractionblog dot edu and he knows it or he would know it if he were real but he isn’t it’s me it was always me also i am 78 years old

congrats zeb wells on your big day!

congrats zeb wells on your big day!

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These dudes are fucking legit.  They don’t just show up one day in court, either, they actually make friends with the kids and let them know they have a support system and that there are people in the world who care about them and...

zdarsky:holy shit guyssex criminals 16 is OUT TODAYand 17 will...

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zdarsky:

holy shit guys
sex criminals 16 is OUT TODAY
and 17 will be out next month and 18 the month after and whaaaaat

It feels SO GOOD TO BE BACK. We even made the issue longer so we could work in a SEX CRIMZ PRIMER, which you can also see here!

Now, because of the logistics of polybagging the XXX COVERS, LIKE FIONA STAPLES’ AMAZING XXX COVER FOR 16 WOW, we go to press earlier than usual, so we…

…NEED LETTERS TODAY!!!!

So if you read the book today and are so-inclined, PLEASE email us at ema...

christophersebela:“I’d like you to draw me a clock face.”

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“I’d like you to draw me a clock face.”

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the delicious flavor of precisely 20 bees

dustinweaver:Satellite of Love (Demo) – by The Velvet...

dustinweaver:

Satellite of Love (Demo) – by The Velvet Underground

From the box set– Peel Slowly and See (1995) (recorded 1970)

This is my favorite version. 

WYNKEN BLYNKN AND NOD!

salamalaikum:A look at the Kung Fu women of Kabul, chipping away...

salamalaikum:

A look at the Kung Fu women of Kabul, chipping away at gender norms!

These women and girls are fighting to become Afghanistan’s Shaolin martial art ambassadors!

Kung fu is empowering a group of 10 powerful Hazara women and girls. They are practising “wushu” kung fu on a hilltop in the west of Kabul. They are preparing for the day that Afghanistan can send its women’s wushu team to an international tournament.

© Mohammad Ismail/Reuters