"eyes roll with the duh".
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
Say something about it
it's not interesting enough to, really. mostly it reminded me that i don't get along with miéville's prose at all.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 07:31 (twelve years ago) link
the fluff piece that ran alongside it (what are the LDN equivs of these NYC things iirc) was actually more interesting
"The mayor is a ninja of bumptiousness"
― koogs, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
Lex otm, esp re: the fluff. Such an effort to read and although I recall vaguely agreeing with him I can't remember a single specific thing that he says.
― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
read the first page and had no idea what thesis he was attempting to expound, beyond a few 'pensions! strikes! olympics!' handwaving signifiers.
― God arrives for the apocalypse, having been traveling at the speed of (ledge), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
It's not written for Londoners really though is it? I mean most of us will be familiar with most of the arguments and issues in it.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:15 (twelve years ago) link
/Say something about it/it's not interesting enough to, really. mostly it reminded me that i don't get along with miéville's prose at all.
this x 1000. absolutely convinced he dictates his novels, and what interested me about the article most was how its prose hobbles along.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:53 (twelve years ago) link
Are you all posting from the banlieues of London? Is there anything I can do to help?
― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
suggest banlieu
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Haha very good
― Blomqvist, Jesper (admrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
ty
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
banlieuy jagger
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6058/6330354186_ec8974ff10_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/
that dude gets london p much
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
yeah thats great
― judith, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link