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Nerdstalgia

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    Coney Island, 1996.

    Here I am at Coney Island in 1996, when I was 21 years old. Back when I used to take photos of signs. Looking at this photo got me wondering whether the…

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    Me, 1994.

    This photo was taken right after I turned 19 years old. I was a sophomore in college. It was Thanksgiving weekend, and I’d taken a trip to my tiny hometown, Rhinebeck. My…

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    Welcome 2 America.

    Photo by Allen Beaulieu / Ripped out of Rock & Soul magazine about a million years ago So, about that concert I went to the other night… I would have written up…

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    Old photos of signs.

    When I was in art school, I had a great professor, Bill Deere, who encouraged me to take notice of “environmental typography”—everyday type on the street, whether good or bad. Salon windows,…

  • Sitcom theme songs of my childhood.

    If you were born in the United States in the 1970s and your family owned a television, chances are you got to see some pretty wonderful sitcoms (many of them produced by…

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    Non-conformist.

    This photo and its caption should come as a surprise to exactly no one. That’s me in the fall of 1992 with my pal Geoff*, accepting our honors after having been voted…

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