fuck yeah rhode island.: Archive

fuck yeah rhode island.

October 2010

You are Here: "Plantations" →

oceanstateofmind: What is your first thought when you hear the word “plantations?” On Tuesday, one of the (in my opinion) least pressing issues to appear on the ballot for Rhode Islanders is the question on whether or not to amend the State’s name. For those that do not know our official State name is: The State…

Michael Franti & Spearhead are playing at Lupo’s 05NOV along with Bobby Long…check them out!

Don't mess with tradition. →

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – This state’s official name — The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — is more than just a mouthful. To many, it evokes stinging reminders of Rhode Island’s prime role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Voters next Tuesday will decide whether to change the name by dropping the words “and Providence Plantations.” The issue has been...

Roadrunner Soup: Why I'm a Rhode Islander →

roadrunnersoup: I was born and spent the first 16 years of my life in Virginia Beach. Its a fact I routinely omit and its exceptionally rare that I claim the Beach as “home”. My last years in my parents’ house (high school and a few college summers) were spent in Rhode Island and that’s the place I claim as home… Welcome home…

“I stand by my comments”

– Rhode Island state treasurer Frank Caprio on telling the President to “shove it” (via today)

President Obama is in Rhode Island. There are...

To any Rhode Islanders

booksaboutthesame: Specifically photographers, if I were to try and open a dark room in Newport, how many people would likely be interested in it? And those of you off the island, would you be willing to travel to it?

FutureWorld: Tact →

futureworldblog: Imagine my shock when I came back from lunch yesterday and read the following headline on the Internet: RI Dem: Obama can ‘shove it’ for not endorsing him (AP) My goodness! For those of you not fortunate enough to live in southern New England, here’s a primer on Rhode…

“I don’t think anybody was there having a negative response to those songs....”

– Bob Dylan, on why his audience booed him at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. (via whyabigsuit)

Si, por favor.: A Fall Afternoon on College Hill →

rabsny: I frequently go to Rhode Island, where the Gentleman Friend is from. However, we rarely spend that much time in Providence. With the leaves changing, I knew this needed to change so on Saturday, I dragged the Gentleman Friend to Providence for a trip down Memory Lane. Oh, nostalgia. Viva, where…

Anonymous asked: Please ignore bitchy anons. Keep representing Rhode Island on tumblr! Someone has to. You make the state look good.

Anonymous asked: i'm uncomfortable with the liberty you take in renaming other peoples work when it comes to photography. to be frank, your opinion is not needed, you do not represent the state.