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Law and Order Party turns 3 today! I’m celebrating all month with a bunch of giveaways. Visit the site now to win tickets to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor in Providence on the 9th.

Speaking of L&OP, Alexander Castro at RI Monthly asked me to name some Rhode Island artists that might interest collectors. They picked two of my choices (Jessica Deane Rosner, who once wrote the entirety of Ulysses on yellow kitchen gloves, and Saberah Malik, who does great stuff with dyed silk) and quoted me a couple of times. 

Speaking of art collecting, I'm leading a workshop on that very subject through RISD's Continuing Ed department. The class is April 14 and we'll be bopping around the city talking contemporary art. (Please ignore the outdated course description that was written months ago before Grin and the Drawing Room closed.)

Headmaster is featured in the latest issue of Boston Spirit magazine, another one I haven't seen in person yet (although we just got a few orders from Boston, so that's exciting).

On March 10 Reba Mitchell and I are hosting Queer Culture Night No. 1 at the Columbus Theatre! I'm not even sure what this means but it sounds exciting and I'll sign up for basically anything that Reba's doing.

On Thursday March 29 I'm hosting the Pub Quiz at The Providence Athenæum! Visit their website for details on how to register your team. This one happens on Holy Thursday so I’m thinking there might have to be an Easter round. 

Finally (I think) L&OP's annual March Madness of RI restaurants kicks off Sunday.

Ohhh and I almost forgot about this crazy event that I'm volunteering on – who wants to walk down the side of a 12 story building? I’m thinking about signing myself up.

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Headmaster No. 8 launch tomorrow!

Club Cumming (505 E 6th Street) 8pm-10pm no cover

Also hi Tumblr, it’s been awhile.

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Oh hi. It’s been a while.

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headshoppe #006: The Constitution of the United States of America by headmaster

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God’s Boyfriend, “Inverse Arachnophobia” (1996)

I have actually never heard this song before but it’s that sort of Britpop-meets-Lilith-Fair-With-A-Jokey-Title-Plus-It’s-Track-4-on-the-CD-Single-of-a-Band-No-One-Has-Ever-Heard-Of-Even-At-the-Time song that I would have looooooooooooooooooved in 1996.

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We’ve only got these at the store for two more days...

Original mugshots from Least Wanted now available (and on sale!) at the headshoppe.

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Gamalier Valentine – what a name! – arrested in 1964 for something related to an illegal lottery.

Original mugshots from Least Wanted now available at the headshoppe

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97 of the songs on my Favorite Songs of the Year list. Beyonce, Cate Le Bon, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Chisu weren’t on there.

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Favorite Songs of the Year, In An Order

101.   Lady Gaga, John Wayne 100.  Jeff Zagers, The Dark End of the Street 99.   Elliphant, Step Down 98.   Indian Summer ft. Lastlings, Love Like This 97.   Loretta Lynn, Who's Gonna Miss Me? 96.   Tory Lanes, LUV 95.   Chainsmokers ft. Rozes, Roses 94.   Niki & The Dove, So Much It Hurts 93.   Kate Tempest, Don't Fall In 92.  Jenny Hval, Conceptual Romance 91.  Gosh Pith, K9

90.   Marie-Eve Roy, Golden Bay 89.   Beyonce, Hold Up 88.   Bad Wave, Runaway 87.   Black Tusk, God's On Vacation 86.   Little Big Town, Better Man 85.   Yo Yo Honey Singh & Jasmine Sandlas, Raat Jashan Di 84.   Ariana Grande, Into You 83.   King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, Gamma Knife 82.  Last Shadow Puppets, Aviation 81.   Adele, Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

80.  Poliça, Wedding 79.   Britney Spears ft. Tinashe, Slumber Party 78.   Cate Le Bon, Love Is Not Love 77.   Cass McCombs, Bum Bum Bum 76.   Tanya Tagaq, Rape Me 75.   Tinashe, Sunburn 74.   Heidemann, Well Well 73.   Shakira ft. Maluma, Chantaje 72.  Let's Eat Grandma, Deep Six Textbook 71.   Yoko Ono ft. Cibo Matto, Yes I'm Your Angel

70.  Leonard Cohen, Traveling Light 69.   Carrie underwood, Dirty Laundry 68.   Jamala, 1944 67.   Martha Ffion, Wallflower 66.   Bichkraft, Ashley 65.   Brandy Clark, Girl Next Door 64.   Quilt, Roller 63.   Junior Boys, Over It 62.  Tindersticks, Were We Once Lovers? 61.   Nick Jonas ft. Tove Lo, Close

60.  Weyes Blood, Used To Be 59.   Glass, Broken Bones 58.   Vince Staples, Lift Me Up 57.   Teen, All About Us 56.   Swet Shop Boys, T5 55.   Sad13, Get A Yes 54.   Betsy, Fair 53.   Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson, Girls Like 52.  Jhene Aiko, Maniac 51.   D.R.A.M., Cash Machine

50.  Mr Eazi ft. Efya, Skin Tight 49.   Frightnrs, Gotta Find A Way 48.   Tove Lo, Cool Girl 47.   Public Speaking, Protect Me From My Own Paws 46.   Solange ft. Sampha, Don't Touch My Hair 45.   Royksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør, Never Ever 44.   Ricky Blaze & Future Fambo, Rodeo 43.   Kills, Doing It To Death 42.  The 1975, Somebody Else 41.   Drake ft. Wiz Kid & Kyla, One Dance

40.  Sinkane, U'huh 39.   Fatima Yamaha, Love Invaders 38.   Kill J, Propaganda 37.   Sia ft. Sean Paul, Cheap Thrills 36.   Operators, Cold Light 35.   Kitten, Fall On Me 34.   Dylan LeBlanc, I'm Moving On 33.   Gruff Rhys, I Love EU 32.  Antwon, Luv 31.   DNCE, Cake By The Ocean

30.  Essaie Pas, Carcajou 3 29.   Mr Oizo ft. Charli XCX, Hand In The Fire 28.   Cat's Eyes, Chameleon Queen 27.   Elle King, Under the Influence 26.   The Radio Dept, Swedish Guns 25.   GIRLI, Girl I Met On The Internet 24.   Miranda Lambert, Things That Break 23.   St. Lucia, Dancing On Glass 22.  Joy Formidable, The Last Thing On My Mind 21.   KCPK ft. STS, Who Wants It

20.  Kiiara, Gold 19.   Gwenno, Fratolish Hiang Perpeshki 18.   Becky G, Mangú 17.   Carly Rae Jepsen, Cry 16.   Petula Clark, Sacrifice My Heart 15.   Pup, DVP 14.   Bomba Estereo, Soy Yo 13.   The xx, On Hold 12.  Gemma Ray, We Do War 11.   Chisu, Tuu Mua Vastaan

10.  Beth Orton, Moon 9.   Stylo G & Jacob Plant, Bike Engine 8.   Chamanas, Dulce Mal 7.   Rihanna, Woo 6.   Mula, No Hay Manera 5.   Alicia Keys, In Common 4.   Kate Jackson, Metropolis 3.   Emeli Sandé, Hurts 2.  Lissie, Ojai

1.   Alex Anwandter, Siempre Es Viernes In Mi Corazón

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Have been super busy, not on Tumblr so much these days.

Two (very different) pieces of news:

The Dorrys were featured in the Brown Daily Herald, while Jason and I were interviewed for Vice about Headmaster.

Upcoming Events: PCL Mini Golf Classic at Rochambeau Library (11/19)

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New ceramics available at the Headshoppe. They were made by Providence collective Flight From Fear and we’ll have them through the month of September.

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This week is your last chance to get this awesome belt from Hex Detroit at the Headshoppe

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Without consistent contact, they easily fall into the realm of acquaintance. You may be friendly with them but they aren’t friends.

Do Your Friends Actually Like You?

One day I will find the time to write in my diary about this.

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Nominations are now being solicited in The Dorrys, the first annual Law And Order Party Awards, which will take place in late September.

Speaking of Law And Order Party, check out my Summer Guide, featuring pretty much everything there is worth doing in Rhode Island this summer no matter what your interests are.

Over in the world of Headmaster, we’re having a Super Summer Sale at our online store. We’re also excited to be exhibiting at the 3rd RIPExpo in Providence come September.

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This week’s Law And Order Party is out. Theatre By The Sea’s West Side Story is a whole lot better than the one at PPAC a few years back.

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(Slightly Early) Midyears: 25 Movies I Meant To See But Didn’t Get To

1. Green Room* 2. Bigger Splash* 3. The Nice Guys 4. High-Rise** 5. The Conjuring 2 6. Popstar 7. Swiss Army Man**** 8. La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Mon Coeur* 9. Midnight Special 10. Hail, Caesar!* 11. Love and Friendship* 12. Avril et le monde truqué* 13. Barbershop 14. Fan* 15. 10 Cloverfield Lane 16. Dheepan 17. The Neon Demon*** 18. Keanu 19. The Boy 20. Weiner 21. The Witch 22. Hardcore Henry 23. Louder Than Bombs** 24. The Shallows*** 25. Colonia*

* I did tell other people to go, though ** Never actually played in Providence, though *** Opens this weekend **** Opens this weekend but not in Providence

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Headmaster’s Super Summer Sale has begun

25% off all copies of Headmaster free domestic shipping on EVERYTHING

(image: Peter Cochrane for Headmaster No. 3)