THE ANGRY WHALE

a web zine by columbia sc photographer sean rayford

Can't Remember the Weekend - "Fire, Ashes and Desolation"

February 17, 2014
"Where our footsteps pass - fire, ashes and desolation follow in the path. When I hear their cries for help, their wails of pain, and gaze upon their faces pale with fear...
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30 Reasons why USC students sledding are better than the Sochi Games

February 13, 2014
Eighty-five miles an hour down a three quarter mile frozen Russian water slide? Try going down Barnwell or Henderson Streets on University Hill in a hamper, on a food tra...
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Winter Weather Stalls Soda City - Photos

February 13, 2014
For the second time in two weeks, The South has been sideswiped by a nefarious winter storm. Yesterday in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina collected several inches...
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Can't Remember the Weekend - Ep. 2 - Hump Mountain Roller Derby

February 10, 2014
On four Friday nights each year Soda citizens gather downtown at the Columbia Museum of Art to listen to live music, drink fancy beers, look at art and smoke cigarettes i...
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Don't Remember the Weekend - Ep. 1 - The Hamburglar Strikes Again

February 03, 2014
The game ended and I thought the Gamecocks had won. There was no scoreboard to look at and I wasn't even sure how points were accumulated. There were no coaches getting G...
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Snow Penis Bandit Strikes University Hill Neighborhood - Photos

January 30, 2014
GO COCKS! The University Hill neighborhood in Columbia, SC separates the Five Points bar district from the USC campus. I've lived there off and on for about eight years a...
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Famously Not - Photos of snow in Columbia, SC

January 29, 2014
"It's cold and snow is actually on the ground. Of this no snow town. And instead of cars, the streets trafficking in sleds. Men become boys again. And there's a war on th...
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Soda City Begins Snow Freakout

January 28, 2014
There's been a buzz of excitement during the last 24 hours concerning the possible accumulation of snow in the capital of South Carolina. Schools are closed, grocery stor...
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Photos from last night at New Brookland - Against Me!

January 16, 2014
Last night Gainesville's Against Me! played at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia, SC. I didn't have to bartend so I took some photographs. We had a good time.
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Congaree Monster Hurls Through the Soda City - Photos

January 15, 2014
I crossed the Congaree River via the Gervais St. bridge on foot for the first time in 1999 to see Stretch Arm Strong play a show at The New Brookland Tavern during a Free...
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