Justin Porter Stephens: Archive

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An X-Men Mural in Allston →

Located 510 Lincoln St., just off Cambridge St., in Lower Allston. I got the nineties cartoon theme stuck in my head just looking at it. That’s a really weak looking Cyclops. And since when did all the Sentinels have Hollywood jawlines?

Jul 30th

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Jul 30th

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The Owls - Peppermint Patty

Jul 30th

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Holga vs. Diana+ →

For people on a limited budget thinking about getting a medium format “toy” camera there are a lot of options but for the most part they seem drawn to picking between the Holga 120N and the Diana F+. Both are popular on Flickr and there are many great examples of what each camera is capable of… which seems to make deciding that much harder. I prefer my Holga (a 120CFN) over Jess’...

Jul 29th

Jul 28th

Mad Men Yourself →

Create an avatar of yourself as the newest hire at Sterling Cooper; drinking a scotch, schmoozing with Don Draper, or swanking it up with Peggy and Joan. Season 3 starts August 16th at 10PM on AMC. Noir Bar in Cambridge is hosting a dress up premier party.

Jul 28th

Jul 26th

NPR Trading Cards →

I don’t know what’s crazier: that I haven’t seen these before or that they don’t actually exist already. Even crazier, Series 2!

Jul 23rd

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Reinventing the Pencil →

The AV Club lists twenty-one artists who changed mainstream comics, including: 17. Chris Ware Ware marries his fetish for design with a singularly sardonic voice and a God’s-eye perspective on his characters, creating an overall tone that’s like a turn-of-the-century circus poster crossed with the post-war angst of literary lions like John Updike and Richard Yates.

Jul 20th

Watching Little Children

Jess: I was surprised to see Kate Winslet's boob, but then I remembered Titanic.

me: I was surprised to see Patrick Wilson's ass, but then I remembered Watchmen.

Jul 20th

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Jul 19th

Jul 17th

“Jarvis Cocker is in my mind one of the most original voices and creative...”

– Wes Anderson

Jul 17th

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Jason Kottke's How to Read Infinite Jest →

I was going to finally read it this summer but I’ve gotten sidetrack writing my craft essay for grad school. At one point, I was going to do an independant study on it but by the time I was free to sit down and write out the proposal the semester was to close to begining I was too lazy to organize it on top of figuring out the essay topic. Anyways, I’m going to follow this guide when I...

Jul 15th

Mars Mission Crew Emerges from Three Months of... →

Six volunteers from Russia and Europe Tuesday emerged from a capsule inside a Moscow research facility where they have been locked away for the last three months to simulate a mission to Mars. The six stepped out of the module smiling and in apparent good health after 105 days cut off from the outside world at the isolation facility at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems. While their...

Jul 15th

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Jul 15th

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The Wooden Birds - Seven Seventeen

Jul 13th

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Most Anticipated: 2009 May Be a Great Year for... →

At the beginning of the year, we noted that “2009 may be a great year for books.” With the publishing schedule for the remainder of the year filled out, calling 2009 a great year for readers is now a certainty. If anything, 2009 is backloaded, with new titles coming in the second half of the year from legends like Thomas Pynchon and Philip Roth and fan favorites like Lorrie Moore and...

Jul 13th

Jul 9th

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HBO to turn Middlesex into series →

Though considered by many to be one of the best novels of the last half-century, Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex was seen as too sprawling and difficult for a film adaptation. Now, HBO is prepping a more relaxed, one-hour drama series based on the book, which will presumably allow a more relaxed unfurling of Eugenides’ magnum opus, as well as the certainty of new scenes and characters extrapolated...

Jul 8th

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Jul 4th

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Jul 4th

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The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens →

The Statue of Liberty’s crown reopens today for the first time since September 11th. Also, I knew the torch has been closed for a long time but not since 1916.

Jul 4th

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