Archive for June, 2007

Summer Mix Tape 2007

We haven’t experienced much of it here in Portland, but news is trickling in from around the country that summer has arrived. In honor of the season, a few weeks ago the Writers Collective announced that we were putting together a digital Mix Tape that would feature some our of musical MySpace...
June 25th, 2007 | Music | Read More

Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

For my 27th birthday, my brother gave me an advance copy of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, pulled from who knows where and lovingly burned. Considering I was going to see the band the next day at the Doug Fir, it was the perfect gift. But many listens in, the actual perfection lies in the fact this album would cross...
June 25th, 2007 | Music | Read More

Jose Saramago – Blindness

I took Jose Saramago’s Blindness with me to read in an airport. I always try to look smart in airports, and highbrowish literature is an excellent accessory toward that end. Plus, the harder a book is to read, the more readily it will distract me from the possibility of plummeting to my death. It...
June 25th, 2007 | Books | Read More

Forays Into Capitalism

(Update, July 2: Please excuse our thin issue this week…we’re backing off for the Fourth of July holiday. Have a safe week!) Lady or Gentleman, We’ve got a few announcements for you. ANNOUNCEMENT #1: Today, we are launching the Burnside Writer’s Collective’s Online Store. For...
June 25th, 2007 | Letters from the Editor | Read More

Impressions (Not Facts) of the U.S. Grand Prix

Feeling a bit like a marshmallow lately, I wanted to go to the sauna and sweat out all the toxins ingested in recent days. Toxins like organic ice cream, cheese puffs, and potato chips. There’s nothing like baking in the heat and taking in the relaxing and soothing scent of eucalyptus essential...
June 25th, 2007 | Sports | Read More

Grilling Out On Old Dimes

About six months ago, I moved to Nashville. To make ends meet, I sold my coin collection. I collected old money for most of my youth, so it was a little disappointing when someone offered me only $35 for my whole set. I kept a $2 bill for sentimental reasons, which I’ve carried around in my wallet,...
June 25th, 2007 | Social Justice | Read More

A Martyr’s Journey Toward Rest

(Editor’s Note: Photographs are also courtesy of Basem.) There are three of us leaning against the old brick wall in front of the hospital: Zeyad, Jesse, and I. Zeyad finishes his cigarette and flips it over the top of the wall, onto the cobbled patio just above our heads. A sizeable crowd has...
June 18th, 2007 | Social Justice | Read More

This Beautiful Mess, by Rick McKinley

This is a discussion of our second Burnside Collective Reading selection. Please feel free to post your comments below. If you are a goodreads member, you can also start a discussion on the BWC discussion board. – Ed. My thoughts: I read This Beautiful Mess as a dual call to contemplation and action. It...
June 18th, 2007 | Books | Read More

A Change is Gonna Come

Dearest Readers, This is John Pattison, the BWC books editor. I am writing this week’s letter on behalf of the other editors to tell you about Part Two of the Burnside Readers Survey. The response to Part One was overwhelming. Thank you. (You can learn more about the survey results here.) Part...
June 18th, 2007 | Letters from the Editor | Read More

The Triple Crown of Global Poverty

The last time a female horse won the Belmont Stakes, the Boxer Rebellion in China had just ended, women’s suffrage in America had not yet taken flight, and World War One was still a decade away. Yet, June 9, 2007, “Rags to Riches,” made racing history and if we pay attention, this horse...
June 18th, 2007 | Sports | Read More
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