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The Type Shop: Part Two… Big Bob, your story is in the works!

Posted on 01/24/2012 by benjamin90

I had two stints of full time employment at Characters Typographic Services. Looking back, the first gave me the opportunity to pay my rent as an 18 year old, and the second gave me the chance to grow as a … Continue reading →

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DYSTOPIA AND THE FILM INDUSTRY

Posted on 01/21/2012 by benjamin90

1.15.12 DYSTOPIA AND THE FILM INDUSTRY My name is Benjamin Beardwood and I have worked in post production here in Los Angeles since 1992. It has been instructive to talk with my fellow union members over the 2012 holiday break: … Continue reading →

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With Poise and Grace

Posted on 01/06/2012 by benjamin90

Those early days of courting
Were magical to me, the heat
Your bed, your cat Toe and the fan Continue reading →

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This Island

Posted on 01/06/2012 by benjamin90

Ay, its them that’s in us, and that is our bond. Continue reading →

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Finding Hulk part one

Posted on 12/07/2010 by benjamin90

Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, the British Bulldogs and that skinny little shit manger were the personalities of the day, and they were as large as life. Continue reading →

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My Sound of Music

Posted on 09/14/2010 by benjamin90

Driving home last night, I dialed up the volume in my car after “Deacon Blues” by Steely Dan came on the radio. Continue reading →

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The Type Shop: Part One

Posted on 08/29/2010 by benjamin90

Characters Typographic services was very aptly named. The crew was an assembly of truly unique New York personalities spanning the entire payscale from the owners of the business all the way down to the bike messengers. Continue reading →

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A PAIN STORY (part 3)

Posted on 07/04/2010 by benjamin90

I stand by the window and look down below on the houses with concrete backyards and swimming pools. The pool is thing, why all the concrete? Where’s the landscape? The Hollywood hills are distant through the heavy Los Angeles air. … Continue reading →

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A PAIN STORY (part 2)

Posted on 06/30/2010 by benjamin90

Next step: discogram. Discogram: A procedure during which a needle is inserted into a patient’s lumbar disc, the disc pressurized, and the patient is awoken to confirm the source of the pain. Dr. Graff admonishes my wife out loud in … Continue reading →

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A PAIN STORY (part 1)

Posted on 06/30/2010 by benjamin90

The back is many splendoured, and it lies quietly performing life’s motion. Continue reading →

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