Rather than commissioning pieces, the fourth issue of Beat the Dust was open to all writers to submit work. No theme – anything was considered. So, expect blasphemy, a gravedigger in Disneyland, Mark Ronson having sex with Lady GaGa on a piano, a dwarf pissing on dolphins, an actual message in a bottle thrown off the Isle of Wight Ferry and a child killer. Yep, it's creamy literary goodness, folks.

BEAT THE DUST's OPEN ISSUE
JULY 2010




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Matthew Coleman and Nicole Hamilton
Author: Matthew Coleman and Nicole Hamilton
  Matthew Coleman and Nicole Hamilton’s Top 10 “sounds and songs to move and inspire”:

1. Hysteric - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Soul And Onward - Do Make Say Think
3. First Song for B - Devendra Banhart
4. Sheila - Atlas Sound
5. Falling Star - Francois Hardy
6. There Is A Light - Great Lake Swimmers
7. New Town - Life Without Buildings
8. All I Want Is You - Barry Louis Polisar
9. I'm Walkin - Fats Domino
10. In the Flowers - Animal Collective

Photo of Matthew and Nicole by Jessica Long.
Submission Date:
14 May 2010 Category:   Photograph In Chap-book
Title: Meditations on Nature
Excerpt: "It's those little glimmers, shining out from the ordinary that one should be on the watch for."

A previously unpublished photograph from a new project entitled Meditations on Nature created by the collaborative nicole&matthew, a new initiative involving Matthew Coleman and his fiancée, Nicole Hamilton.
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Neil White fakes his own obituary
Author: Neil White fakes his own obituary 1 comment
  Documentary photographer, Neil White captured images for a living, which he did with great passion, energy and stillness. Then, one day while clicking with his medium-format camera, a Mind Policeman asked him to stop.  Neil told him to mind his own business, which resulted in Neil having his brain warped.  He became someone else.  Neil was no more.
Submission Date:
06 Mar 2009 Category:   Photograph In Chap-book
Title: gaza demonstration, london 10.01.09
Excerpt: Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of London, the biggest protest to date in Britain against the Israeli military offensive in Gaza. Although a largely peaceful demo, on passing the Israeli Embassy, scuffles broke out with police and many protestors began throwing shoes at the Embassy, a sign of great insult in the Arab world.
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