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How is that ABBA bio?

I am reading:

Varese - a looking glass diary, Louise Varese
Electric Sound - Joel Chadabe

― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link

I learned that Frida recorded a cover of "Life on Mars" for one of her solo albums.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link

killy - it was a good read, actually. Pretty funny, well-written, etc. Just made me embarassed to be even remotely linked to "hipster scum" in even the loosest way. Which was the point, I think.

hey cunningh4m: is that DFW book any good? I read A Supposedly Fun Thing and that it was outstanding (esp the titular essay).

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link

i have wanted to have a noise dude book thread but i suspected it would die quickly? i'm glad. thanks adamrl.

i have just started:
albert camus - the plague
frantz fanon - the wretched of the earth

i have just recently finished:
sigmund freud - 3 essays on the theory of sexuality
slavoj zizek - welcome to the desert of the real
stewart home - assault on culture

wreckers of civilization sounds good

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link

we're avid penny pressers. (re: giftshops.)

― msp (mspa), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link

i knew a book thread would be prime caitlinbait

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link

omg my roommate has such a boner for zizek it's not even funny.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:26 (eighteen years ago) link

is he single?

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link

caitlin would like to meet him

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link

yes he is!

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MEET HIM

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link

he's a good looking dude, too.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link

i want to see the zizek documentary

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link

There's a copy around here someplace.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link

it's boring, don't watch it

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link

whozizek?

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link

>I learned that Frida recorded a cover of "Life on Mars" for one of her solo albums.

this is definitely of fringe interest but here's a mashup of Frida and Penderecki I made for a fellow noiseboarder's birthday

http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2TMMBBTFPU1PN07HF3MC683BWI

― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link

i've never read zizek... compare him to somebody.

― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link

oh, he's a professor at the European Graduate School -- what the hell is with that place? i was convinced it was a hoax, but now i am afraid it is real!

― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link

...did anyone else read that piece in Harper's by the dude that invented the "flash mob?"

yes, and that douche was on brian lehrer today too. ugh.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link

i bet it's made up. all these famous people "teach" there. i don't know who to compare him to. welcome to the desert of the real is only like 150 pages (and it's one of those tall, skinny verso books so the pages aren't normal size) so you should just read it, it's good!

xpost

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link

My friend Megan is smitten with Zizek.

Unfortunately, he's taken:

http://jdeanicite.typepad.com/i_cite/images/zizek_wedding_2.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link

he had a spread in Film Comment last issue.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link

In which he Commented on Films.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link

haha is that really his wife? i don't know whether to say wow or ew, creepy old man

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link

the boy done good.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link

That is really his wife. I love that photo. It's hilarious.

hey cunningh4m: is that DFW book any good? I read A Supposedly Fun Thing and that it was outstanding (esp the titular essay).

-- gbx (in....), March 8th, 2006 2:23 PM. (skowly) (later) (link)

Sk0w, I've only read one of the essays so far. But yeah, good. Supposedly Fun Thing is my favorite book of his (including the fiction).

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link

I made a go at Infinite Jest in, like, 11th grade or so but gave up after a few hundred pages. Besides being a bit dense, it was heavy and people teased me for lugging around such a ridiculously sized book.

Also, I had acne.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link

once i read a page of it because my friend was reading it and i thought i might puke or die if i went any further

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link

yes! i hate that dude.

― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link

caitlin why aren't there more cool girls like you? n_n

― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

i exist only inside the internet ^_^

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost BUZZ OFF, BRIT!

― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link

hey! lay off adam. he's special.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link

I made a go at Infinite Jest once when I was 17 and again when I was 23. Neither time did I make it past the first 100 pages. That, and I got sick of a couple friends of mine waxing rhapsodic about it in a really sickening way. Eff that.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link

never mind, caitlin! i take it back!

― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link

britdude@usa.net

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Still, his essays are pretty great.

xpost DFW's, not Adam's. I don't know if he writes essays.

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link

don't be mean to adam, he is lovely

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I also finished The Game the other day, it was stupid.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link

The last essay I wrote was a mawkish "personal statement" that somehow got me into grad school.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeeks. I just wrote one of those about doctor school and it was BAAAD>

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link

recent:
"the metamorphosis" (kafka)
do androids dream... (philip k. dick)
"the double" (dostoevsky)

now:
the divine invasion (philip k. dick)

next:
cloud atlas (mitchell)
maybe neuromancer

― inert false cat (sleep), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link

guys, my comment to adam was not serious. i luv all of u.

personal statements are the worst. it was during the personal-statement-writing process that i decided "fuck grad school" and moved to pennsylvania instead.

i got a 1470 on the GREs and i like to brag about that. so i'll mention it here because it is almost relevant.

― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link

divine invasion was my fave pkd

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link

i haven't started reading it yet, but i found this over the weekend...

http://static.flickr.com/50/108290029_9ffa3ce500.jpg

― Knute Rockne, All American (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link

The last essay I wrote was a mawkish "personal statement" that somehow got me into grad school.

my personal statement (and my letters of recommendation, and maybe my resume) was what got me into grad school. it wasn't my grades, that's for sure! i'm living proof that you can slack off through undergrad and still get into a fancy grad school.

― Knute Rockne, All American (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link

wow... that reminds me of this amazing book called "Handbook for Poisoners" that i recommend to EVERYONE. the first half includes a glossary full of information about various poisons (animal venoms, plants, chemicals, etc), and accounts of real-life poison stories. the second half is a collection of short stories ALL ABOUT POISONINGS by famous writers (i think rudyard kipling, arthur conan doyle, etc). i LOVE that book so much. the cover says HANDBOOK FOR POISONERS in a very large font, and i was reading it on the bus once. this old man tapped me from the seat behind and said "i better be careful around you, huh?"

― Q _ _ n n (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link

does it have anything to do with this movie?

― Knute Rockne, All American (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link

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i'm trying to read "the golden space" but it's pretty hard going (see sci fi thread, recently)

― the late great, Saturday, 1 September 2012 03:56 (eleven years ago) link

tempted to switch to babel 187 or engine summer

― the late great, Saturday, 1 September 2012 03:56 (eleven years ago) link

that is some hawkmoon action.
i never read anything outside the elric when i was a kid.

― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 1 September 2012 04:25 (eleven years ago) link

ditched "Vineland" to do 3 barthelmes on the trot.
on 4th & enjoying immensely. he clicks for me, unlike the pynch. an effortless read.
also 1/2way through "the ticket that exploded". not read any burroughs in abt 15yrs & i forgot just how fantastic he gets at the top of his game.

― iglu ferrignu, Saturday, 1 September 2012 07:22 (eleven years ago) link

finished 2666. really blew me away unlike Savage Detectives which I thought was pretty overrated. not sure what I'm going to pick up next. someone left a book called "Hopeful Monsters" by Nicholas Moseley in a free pile on the sidewalk and I grabbed it but not sure if I want to read it now.

oh yeah also read Ragtime a while ago, that was good

― dmr, Sunday, 2 September 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link

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