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Alex Vance reads “On the Bright Beach” by Kandrel
Author: toonces
It’s when the darkness seems most severe that the storm clouds start to part and the sun starts to glimmer over the landscape. It’s a scene not uncommon to literature, one that may have provided the opening image for thousands of unpublished works by now. This resonates with people because nobody goes through life without experiencing a winter to thaw out of- it may be a figurative winter, a season in a lifetime, a trial of mood that is met and conquered. Or it might be literal, evincing the real struggle against cold, one that comes on as firm and definite a schedule as the neat grid of any calender would suggest. But you don’t face these winters without learning to recognize the coming of a fairer season.
On the Bright Beach will be that crisp view on the horizon, if you’ve been following our readings. Each story seemed a little more severe than the last. But if thousands of words of the pulpiest story we’ve featured yet doesn’t cheer you up- go outside and get a little sun.
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Vimeo takes “Furries: An Inside Look” down
Curt Pehrson notified us that his documentary, “Furries: An Inside Look” has been taken down by Vimeo.
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“Sorry, “Furries – An Inside Look” was deleted at 2:58:01 Mon Mar 28, 2011. Vimeo has removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Adam W. Chapin claiming that this material is infringing: Furries – An Inside Look. We have no more information about it on our mainframe or elsewhere.”
Curt let us know by twitter:
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“We will wait for the facts to come to light w/e they are.”
3/30/2011:
“Got a copy of the actual takedown notice. The claim was that he owned the entire documentary. Absolutely frivolous.”
As this develops we’ll update you with more information.
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Dragons and Pandas coming to TV
Not long after announcing that the sequel to the wildly popular film How to Train Your Dragon will be released to theaters in 2013, Dreamworks Animation let it be known that a brand new How to Train Your Dragon weekly TV series will be premiering on Cartoon Network in 2012. IGN has a lot of information about the new series up on line. Although we’ve been told that the TV series will feature the same characters in the same world as the feature film, it’s not been announced if any of the cast or crew from the feature will be working on the new series. And speaking of television: Don’t forget that sometime this fall, the much-delayed Kung Fu Panda TV series Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness is set to premier on Nickelodeon.
Tilt says "F%$# You, Youtube!" with style.
Deaf puppy learns sign language
Author: AshMCairo
“Three-month-old Alice, a black and white springer spaniel, is learning non-verbal commands including sit, come and roll over.
She was dumped by a breeder in Ireland at just eight weeks after he realised she couldn’t hear – and was taken in by animal charity The Blue Cross.
Staff were worried no-one would want her because she could not respond to an owner’s calls.
But Alice has found her perfect match in couple Marie Williams, 41, and her partner Mark Morgan, 43 – who are both deaf.”
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!UK Based Festival Tails Helps You Get Your Furry On
Festival Tails specialise in innovative fashion accessories. The company has partnered with a Birmingham based social enterprise to manufacture their faux fur tails. Aimed at the hundreds of thousands of people attending this summer’s UK festivals, the tails are a fun, furry accessory that people can clip onto the back of their clothing to add a little colour and frivolity to their outfit. Fancy dress now plays an important role in festival fashion, and a tail is a perfect way to participate without having to pack a complete costume.
Mary Jephcott, owner of Festival Tails said: “The tails concept happened by accident with a makeshift prototype at the Glade Music Festival in 2006. We then commissioned my Nan to make a few tails to wear and share at Burning Man Festival in Nevada, USA. As they were a big hit, in 2010 we decided to expand the idea, make more tails and see if we could bring some tail fun to some of our favourite UK festivals. Nan wasn’t keen to make 1000s of tails so it’s lucky we found Textiles by St Anne’s!”
Textiles by St Anne’s is part of the Birmingham Industrial Therapy Association (BITA Pathways), a charity specialising in rehabilitation services for adults experiencing mental ill health. For Mary it was the perfect opportunity, “We’re thrilled that our tails are being made locally, helping to train and provide therapy through work experience”.
Mary claims “Not only do the tails have aesthetic appeal; they have other advantages too … providing portable padded seating, enhancing attractiveness to the opposite sex and improving dance moves!” After a good reception at Festivals last year, the company is now expanding their 2011 product range to include ears, luxury tails and children’s tails.
You can catch up with Festival Tails on their website www.festivaltails.co.uk or at some of the summer’s best known UK festivals including Glade, Glastonbury, Cornbury, Secret Garden Party, Big Chill, Shambala and Trystonbury. For more information about Textiles by St Anne’s visit www.textilesbystannes.co.uk
EDITORS NOTE:This was submitted through our user submission system and was briefly fact checked before posting live. It has been found to be, in fact, their recent press release. FNN does not accept pay for articles or publicity.
The full Festival Tail collection is available via their online shop and also directly from Festival Tails at the following major UK festivals in 2011.
“We hope to meet some of you this summer whilst we swing our tails to a few choice tunes in the sunshine!”
Click on the festival names to find out more about them.
Where? From To SUNRISE Thu 2nd June Sun 5th June GLADE Fri 10th June Sun 12th June GLASTONBURY Wed 22nd June Sun 26th June CORNBURY Fri 1st July Sun 3rd July SECRET GARDEN PARTY Thu 21st July Sun 24th July BIG CHILL Thu 4th Aug Sun 7th Aug GREEN MAN Thu 18th Aug Sun 21st Aug SHAMBALA Thu 25th Aug Sun 28th Aug BESTIVAL Thu 8th Sep Sun 11th Sep TRYSTONBURY Fri 23rd Sep Sun 25th SepGet Shareaholic Link to this post!
Best Methods to Come Out as a Furry
Author: AshMCairo
“Over the years, I’ve read numerous stories written by people who wanted to share to the world the story about how they came out of the furry closet. Though my personal experiences were rather painful, I learned from my mistakes — and after reading stories about coming out, I made some observations, took some notes, but until now, I haven’t been able to share my knowledge and understanding of the subject.”
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Deaf puppy learns sign language
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FC-35 Suck My Crucifix - Another purely hosted, well produced, (ocd since we moved the table in the studio slightly to the right) FurCast episode. Some great debates from news, and some interesting emails. All thanks to you guys
Another purely hosted, well produced, (ocd since we moved the table in the studio slightly to the right) FurCast episode. Some great debates from news, and some interesting emails. All thanks to you guys <3
News:- G4 Attack of the Show Covers Furry Weekend in Atlanta
- What the Comic Book legal Defense Fund Alert Means to Furry
- “Furry Lifestyler”
- “What would a “mainstream” furry be like, in your opinions?”(Renoch)
- “Why do you not like insects when they have brains and are intelligent. look at an ant colony or a bee hive they could be like a wolf back.” (bleh bleh McBlehimhime)
- “What are your thoughts about people finally getting up from their entertainment hazes and fighting for issues that really affect them? Case in point…the G20 and continued efforts of govertment worldwide to control populations. Furry aspect of this?” (iamalama)
- – “3 questions for U”
- Toni – “Phatom shift questions”
- Alnix – “Advice for the Obscure”
- Renée – “Can I haz emailz nao? O.O”
- Bishop – “Conservative Collar Insertion”
- Askor, Kit, Fluffy – “Email about Wyckdfur”
FC-35 Suck My Crucifix - Another purely hosted, well produced, (ocd since we moved the table in the studio slightly to the right) FurCast episode. Some great debates from news, and some interesting emails. All thanks to you guys
Another purely hosted, well produced, (ocd since we moved the table in the studio slightly to the right) FurCast episode. Some great debates from news, and some interesting emails. All thanks to you guys <3
News:- G4 Attack of the Show Covers Furry Weekend in Atlanta
- What the Comic Book legal Defense Fund Alert Means to Furry
- “Furry Lifestyler”
- “What would a “mainstream” furry be like, in your opinions?”(Renoch)
- “Why do you not like insects when they have brains and are intelligent. look at an ant colony or a bee hive they could be like a wolf back.” (bleh bleh McBlehimhime)
- “What are your thoughts about people finally getting up from their entertainment hazes and fighting for issues that really affect them? Case in point…the G20 and continued efforts of govertment worldwide to control populations. Furry aspect of this?” (iamalama)
- [insert name choice here] – “3 questions for U”
- Toni – “Phatom shift questions”
- Alnix – “Advice for the Obscure”
- Renée – “Can I haz emailz nao? O.O”
- Bishop – “Conservative Collar Insertion”
- Askor, Kit, Fluffy – “Email about Wyckdfur”
FC-35 Suck My Crucifix - Another purely hosted, well produced, (ocd since we moved the table in the studio slightly to the right) FurCast episode. Some great debates from news, and some interesting emails. All thanks to you guys
Another purely hosted, well produced, (ocd since we moved the table in the studio slightly to the right) FurCast episode. Some great debates from news, and some interesting emails. All thanks to you guys <3
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News:
- G4 Attack of the Show Covers Furry Weekend in Atlanta
http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/03/g4-attack-show-covers-furry-weekend-atlanta/
- What the Comic Book legal Defense Fund Alert Means to Furry
http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/03/comic-book-legal-defense-fund-alert-means-furries/
WikiFur article of the week:
- “Furry Lifestyler”
Topics Discussed (copied directly from Google Moderator):
- “What would a “mainstream” furry be like, in your opinions?”(Renoch)
- “Why do you not like insects when they have brains and are intelligent. look at an ant colony or a bee hive they could be like a wolf back.” (bleh bleh McBlehimhime)
- “What are your thoughts about people finally getting up from their entertainment hazes and fighting for issues that really affect them? Case in point…the G20 and continued efforts of govertment worldwide to control populations. Furry aspect of this?” (iamalama)
Emails (Sender – Subject):
- [insert name choice here] – “3 questions for U”
- Toni – “Phatom shift questions”
- Alnix – “Advice for the Obscure”
- Renée – “Can I haz emailz nao? O.O”
- Bishop – “Conservative Collar Insertion”
- Askor, Kit, Fluffy – “Email about Wyckdfur”
Meanwhile, In Orenburg
In the province of Orenburg, Russia, even your average wedding can take a furry turn…In Russia, people “Metro-surf” on subway trains. In Russia, people fire artillery shells up mountains. In Russia, anti-alcoholism adverts are hosted by manic squirrels. And in Russia, some people dress up in bear costumes… and get married in them.
???????? ??????? ? ?????????. ???! (Translation) “Bear’s wedding in Orenburg. SHOCK!”
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You Don’t Have Nine Lives
Humans really do use anthropomorphic characters for everything… we mean everything! Recently in France there appeared this animated public service announcement, explaining the need for sexually active people to protect themselves from AIDS… which uses the medium of cartoon animals, animated to look like something out of the 1930′s. Seriously. Where on earth did they show this thing, we wonder? Well it’s viewable on YouTube, but take warning: There’s nothing terribly explicit in this, but it is most certainly for adults only! Need more proof? The production company that created it is called Passion Pictures.
Permian Playhouse Debuts “Harvey” April First
The Permian Playhouse in Odessa, Texas has been struggling financially since late 2009. With the recent hit, “Suessical”, there are signs that the fortunes of the playhouse are turning around. They are pinning high hopes on Harvey.
Synopsis:
Elwood P. Dowd is an affable man who claims to have an unseen (and presumably imaginary) friend Harvey — whom Elwood describes as a six-foot, three-and-one-half-inch tall pooka resembling an anthropomorphic rabbit. Elwood introduces Harvey to everyone he meets. His social-climbing sister, Veta, increasingly finds his eccentric behavior embarrassing. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter Myrtle Mae and their family from future embarrassment.
When they arrive at the sanitarium, a comedy of errors ensues. The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion. When Elwood shows up at the sanitarium looking for his lost friend Harvey, it seems that the mild-mannered Elwood’s delusion has had a strange influence on the staff, including Dr. Chumley and his medical partner Dr. Sanderson. Only just before Elwood is to be given an injection that will make him into a “perfectly normal human being, and you know what bastards they are!” (in the words of a taxi cab driver who has become involved in the proceedings) does Veta realize that she’d rather have Elwood the same as he’s always been — carefree and kind — even if it means living with Harvey.
To purchase tickets or for more information please visit http://www.permianplayhouse.com/
Get Shareaholic Link to this post!What the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Alert Means to Furries
Image Credit: WikiFur
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Alert posted here is potentially chilling for the Furry Fandom. If you collect furry art of an adult nature – be it adult solo, adult couples, or variants of cub art, if you are singled out to be searched by Customs, and the material is found, you can be detained until a “Subject Matter Expert” makes a ruling on the nature of the art. If he or she rules the art to be depicting child pornography, or even beastiality, you could be arrested.
Officers may encounter information “that requires referral to subject matter experts to determine whether the information is relevant to the laws enforced and administered by CBP.” Officers may make a copy of the material and seek subject matter assistance when they have reasonable suspicion of activities that would violate laws enforced by U.S. Customs.
The searches in question can include luggage, papers, laptops, cameras, tablets, ipods and any other type of data storage device or media. I know many furries who carry coppies of some of their favorite art on their smart phones, and their entire collection on their laptops.
This is not limited to crossing the US border by roadway. Any time you pass through Customs -through an airport or sea port, you can be searched.
This is the first time in US history that someone can be detained and possibly arrested for lines drawn on paper, something purely created from someone’s imagination and not a photograph.
Your feedback on this is welcomed.
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