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Post by Sprague Dawley on Feb 18, 2022 3:11:36 GMT
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Post by nikkeisindex on Feb 18, 2022 20:13:38 GMT
I think I've been getting nostalgic for that 90s era -- not the actual stuff from the 90s but all the underground culture and kids doing shows and zines and discovering older punk for the first time... can't beat it.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Mar 9, 2022 7:46:02 GMT
Was skulking around the library waiting for record shop to open, grabbed a rando book ("The Road" by "Cormac Macarthy") just cos I7d seen his name somehwere and wft before I knew it I7d read 150 fucken pages! WFT! I can't even read! I was shocked. It took about 2 hours but damn the time flew by. I cannot rememebr the last time I got that engrossed in a book of fiction. Need to get back to the library and finish the prick now. Just an amazingly basic style. Father and son traipsing along roads looking for food in some unexplained post-apocalypse. So simple. Like the Walking Dead telly show where they go scabbing for shit in houses. 150 pages in and fuckall has happened. The author dudes writing style is so barebones basic. Describes scene, ends paragraph with wistful poetic-like sentence, then a bit of utterly bog-standard dialogue ... "You okay?" "I'm okay." "Okay then"
Rinse, repeat. Don't think I've ever read a novel that makes writing a novel look so damn piss-easy. And him sowing that seed of effortlessness in my tiny brain makes me think this author dude must be some sort of grandmaster of the art of the novel or some shit ffs Didn't realise "The Road" was his most recent book. 16 years ago. He's 88 now ffs. Wonder how the ol' mental acuity is.... www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/09/cormac-mccarthy-two-new-novels-coming-in-2022-16-years-after-the-road
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Apr 26, 2022 7:09:43 GMT
currently on; Tolstoy "Resurrection". ploughing along, simple stuff but a bit of a chore at times Daftly, I am still slogging through this mother. Fuckhead internet has skullfucked my attention span to deth. Although, mentally, on a whim, I did pay $2 the other day for a hardback copy of a Stephen King novel "The Dark Half". From 1989, had never heard of it before but for $2 took a punt. Turns out it's based on his pseudonym "Richard Bachman" and his anonymity issues etc. I'm guessing liberal lashings of horror will be ladled out later. So easy to read. It just drags you in. The guy cops a lot of shit from lit snobs but he's a motherfucking master of storytelling. Unlike all the twitteratiii authors who just biff random words at a screen ..... but haven't got a one story in the bones. Why did they start writing a book if they haven't got a story to tell? "Oh, I took some drugs and wrote a novel on the weekend".Then they'll push and plug each other's books praising each other to the high heavens then come out with an "oh, by the way, I don't actually read other people's books' '.This just in; to amass a vocabulary befitting an author, you are going to have to do a metric FUCKTONNE of reading yourself. So sorry. You're 23 years old and you live on twitter. Self publishing and wee indie presses might be a boon but they also have something to answer for ffs
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2022 7:25:15 GMT
........Stephen King?..........Benny has read just about all of his books.......including the ones he wrote as Richard Bachman.........former school teacher turned writer.........some of his books even follow that story line......the first book Benny read was Salem's Lot.........couldn't put it down and ended up reading all night.........fortunately it was xmas vacation so no biggie........been hooked since........okay.......carry on.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Apr 28, 2022 11:58:53 GMT
wft is going on here
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Post by beta on May 5, 2022 22:44:34 GMT
Bookkeeping for Dummies. It's pretty interesting. How to cheat the government when you are in one of these categories:
flunkies, who serve to make their superiors feel important, e.g., receptionists, administrative assistants, door attendants, makers of websites whose sites neglect ease of use and speed for looks;
goons, who act to harm or deceive others on behalf of their employer, e.g., lobbyists, corporate lawyers, telemarketers, public relations specialists, community managers;
duct tapers, who temporarily fix problems that could be fixed permanently, e.g., programmers repairing bloated code, airline desk staff who calm passengers whose bags do not arrive;
box tickers, who create the appearance that something useful is being done when it is not, e.g., survey administrators, in-house magazine journalists, corporate compliance officers, quality service managers;
taskmasters, who manage—or create extra work for—those who do not need it, e.g., middle management, leadership professionals.
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Post by beta on May 12, 2022 3:48:25 GMT
........Stephen King?..........Benny has read just about all of his books.......including the ones he wrote as Richard Bachman.........former school teacher turned writer.........some of his books even follow that story line......the first book Benny read was Salem's Lot.........couldn't put it down and ended up reading all night.........fortunately it was xmas vacation so no biggie........been hooked since........okay.......carry on. I have only read that one Bachman book made into a film. Fuck me fuck me fuck me. I can't remember the name, but the book was great. I read it in one afternoon on a day when it was too freaking hot to do much else other than hide in the basement. The Running Man. Yeah, that was the title. I have no idea whose book it was. Probably a brother of mine, but some acid head could have left it in the basement one night after a night of teenage life. Good book, though. Didn't think any other book by SK could top it. Of course, I am usually wrong about these things.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on May 30, 2022 3:15:46 GMT
wft
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Aug 18, 2022 2:00:38 GMT
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Sept 2, 2022 10:29:26 GMT
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Sept 2, 2022 23:57:46 GMT
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Sept 10, 2022 6:14:28 GMT
Although, mentally, on a whim, I did pay $2 the other day for a hardback copy of a Stephen King novel "The Dark Half". Getting towards the end here, trying to make it last. Reading his books you can just see how tantalising it must be to turn them all into movies. Just perfectly mapped out for it. Guessing the sparrows in this would be a CGI nightmare though I can already see Tommy Lee Jones as Sheriff Panghorn.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Oct 6, 2022 3:07:13 GMT
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Oct 17, 2022 2:57:40 GMT
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Post by nikkeisindex on Oct 19, 2022 22:25:53 GMT
I don’t know how I missed the other good stuff in this thread.
I read way too much Bukowski. He has like… top of head 3 novels? 4 max? Couple books of short stories and then, would you believe, I starting reading something described as “poetry?”
I did! And even then when I was like okay, I kinda get the schtick, this book is pretty much going to be exactly like the last one…. well, he did some good stuff. There is something to be said for the idea that if you can’t say it in simple plain words, then what are you really doing.
Definitely led me to Celine, which is like… here’s a hipster analogy for you. Screeching Weasel = Bukowski Buzzcocks = Celine
Once you hit the mainline source, there’s really no need for the later pale imitation.
Then again, and Bukowski fully acknowledges this, Celine really drops off after the first 2 books, at least for me.
I read “Hunger,” didn’t quite scratch the same itch. Henry Miller, I’ve tried, you would think a book about jaded ex-pats would be right up my alley, Nietzsche…. I think I missed the time in my life when I could have read that.
Fante — hell yeah. I did a big round of re-reading most of his stuff recently and similar to Bukowski. I like Bukowski still, but the stuff he was influenced by is even better, no surprise I guess.
I didn’t read, really, for so long. I mean I read a ton when I was young. This probably dropped off when I was in Japan and you can’t just get English books at the library. But that’s not even a good excuse, I just felt I ran out of stuff to read — which is of course ridiculous.
Then I just started going for it again. Did a whole comedy routine, Belushi, Farley, the Richard Pryor autobiography — fuckin a, talk about “dark” (no pun intended, go ahead, cancel me).
Just take the journey. I read a couple of Louis Theroux books, one of them he interviews Ike Turner so I was like okay, I’ll check that out — ended up reading Tina Turner’s autobiography as well as Ike’s and have Miles Davis cued up.
Now I like reading again.
Who knew.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Oct 20, 2022 9:20:37 GMT
Polished off Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis".
All 55 pages of it.
Herculean effort from me.
After the 55 page story the book had another 100 PAGES of "Critical Essays" where all the word scientists had to queue up and jizz out their monumentally wanky and soulless disseminations of the thing. Way to ruin the mood, cunts. Sorry, the simple and spellbinding majesty of Gregor Samsa's horrific plight is done now, back to earth as pompous twats form an orderly queue to forensically explain the joke at the dinner party. "Here's what poor old Franz was subconsciously meeeeeeeaning when he wrote the blah blah blah bit."
Fucking egghead tossers.
Fuck off with your soulless critical tracts of self-important bilious blowhard bullshit. No matter how long-winded and righteous and finicky and impenetrably prolix your deep analytical insight is, you're not going down in history as the writer of the 2nd greatest short story ever after Chekhov's "The Kiss"*. So jog the fuck on cuntz.
*this is inMyIhoMo
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Oct 23, 2022 1:46:26 GMT
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Post by beta on Oct 29, 2022 8:44:21 GMT
I don’t know how I missed the other good stuff in this thread. I read way too much Bukowski. He has like… top of head 3 novels? 4 max? Couple books of short stories and then, would you believe, I starting reading something described as “poetry?” I did! And even then when I was like okay, I kinda get the schtick, this book is pretty much going to be exactly like the last one…. well, he did some good stuff. There is something to be said for the idea that if you can’t say it in simple plain words, then what are you really doing. Definitely led me to Celine, which is like… here’s a hipster analogy for you. Screeching Weasel = Bukowski Buzzcocks = Celine Once you hit the mainline source, there’s really no need for the later pale imitation. Then again, and Bukowski fully acknowledges this, Celine really drops off after the first 2 books, at least for me. I read “Hunger,” didn’t quite scratch the same itch. Henry Miller, I’ve tried, you would think a book about jaded ex-pats would be right up my alley, Nietzsche…. I think I missed the time in my life when I could have read that. Fante — hell yeah. I did a big round of re-reading most of his stuff recently and similar to Bukowski. I like Bukowski still, but the stuff he was influenced by is even better, no surprise I guess. I didn’t read, really, for so long. I mean I read a ton when I was young. This probably dropped off when I was in Japan and you can’t just get English books at the library. But that’s not even a good excuse, I just felt I ran out of stuff to read — which is of course ridiculous. Then I just started going for it again. Did a whole comedy routine, Belushi, Farley, the Richard Pryor autobiography — fuckin a, talk about “dark” (no pun intended, go ahead, cancel me). Just take the journey. I read a couple of Louis Theroux books, one of them he interviews Ike Turner so I was like okay, I’ll check that out — ended up reading Tina Turner’s autobiography as well as Ike’s and have Miles Davis cued up. Now I like reading again. Who knew. I have read a lot of these same books, including Tina Turner's autobiography oddly enough. Not a fan of Miles because he wanted to be famous so badly but now that you mention it I will read his autobiography. He made a lot of music that people, even the fellow idiots in my family, seem to love. I would like to know a lot more about that guy. I like Coltrane, who just seemed to be interested in more spiritual matters, which I am as well, but Miles Davis was important to people in my family. Changed their listening lives. Celine, yeah, tough to find out he was an anti-semite. I didn't know anything about him when I read his first two books.
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Post by beta on Oct 29, 2022 8:56:55 GMT
Polished off Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis".
All 55 pages of it.
Herculean effort from me.
After the 55 page story the book had another 100 PAGES of "Critical Essays" where all the word scientists had to queue up and jizz out their monumentally wanky and soulless disseminations of the thing. Way to ruin the mood, cunts. Sorry, the simple and spellbinding majesty of Gregor Samsa's horrific plight is done now, back to earth as pompous twats form an orderly queue to forensically explain the joke at the dinner party. "Here's what poor old Franz was subconsciously meeeeeeeaning when he wrote the blah blah blah bit."
Fucking egghead tossers.
Fuck off with your soulless critical tracts of self-important bilious blowhard bullshit. No matter how long-winded and righteous and finicky and impenetrably prolix your deep analytical insight is, you're not going down in history as the writer of the 2nd greatest short story ever after Chekhov's "The Kiss"*. So jog the fuck on cuntz.
*this is inMyIhoMo
Kafka is worth the effort, as is Chekov. The critics aren't. Fucking coattail riders the lot of them in the "arts" trade these days.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Oct 31, 2022 0:13:09 GMT
Made a start on Jane Austen's "Persuasion". Takes a while to get used to the 1800's cadence of interminably long sentences, comma'd up all over the shop. All these legendary authors seemed to have such short and shit lives. Jane Austen, dead at 42 ffs. - Wrote first version of Sensibility at the age of 20 ffs
- Wrote first version of Pride and Prejudice aged 22 omFG
- Finally got the things published aged around 39
- Dead at 42.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Oct 31, 2022 6:33:02 GMT
Just got a free copy of Stephen King's "Hearts of Atlantis". Any good? Bit skeptical on anything after 1990 by him. Looks to be 5 short stories. No doubt a page turner so poor old Jane and her impenetrably long sentences can shove off for a bit
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Post by beta on Nov 4, 2022 8:30:40 GMT
Made a start on Jane Austen's "Persuasion". Takes a while to get used to the 1800's cadence of interminably long sentences, comma'd up all over the shop. All these legendary authors seemed to have such short and shit lives. Jane Austen, dead at 42 ffs. - Wrote first version of Sensibility at the age of 20 ffs
- Wrote first version of Pride and Prejudice aged 22 omFG
- Finally got the things published aged around 39
- Dead at 42.
Genius writer. I re-read her books all the time. I can see her complete works on the bookshelf telling me to stop farting around on the computer.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Feb 11, 2023 23:42:29 GMT
Hearts of Atlantis (Stephen King).
10/10.
An unstoppable mofo. Jane Austen can jog the fuck on. Sorry, Jane.
419 (Will Ferguson).
6/10.
Story about miserable african cuntz in their miserable shithole countries? Yeah jog the fuck on here too. Would never bother with a book like this, from an author I've never heard of and, therefore, inherently mistrust to deliver The Words......but I started the book anyway and really couldn't stop. Still only 6/10 due to clunky insights into el humane conditionne but still, 6/10 is my keeper grade for music, and my passmark for books, telly show, all mediaiii it seems GTFO.
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
5/10.
Sacrilege, I know. Started this a million times and always tune out. Didnt help I read Ray's intro saying he wrote the cunt in a LIBRARY ROOM, with typewriters, where you had to race off every hour to put another coin in the slot. First 20 pages just seemed to be overtly flowery prose, like he's sitting there in the library, under the clock, chundering out purloined sirloin to impress his high school teacher or some shit. Still, prolly the greatest idea for a book in book writing history
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
4/10.
Steve-o wrote this in 1970 ffs, 4 years before his "real" first novel Carrie. It shows too. Really just a mish mash of styles, Steve-o trying out different suits to see which he's most comfy in, then abruptly ditching them, taxiing around the runways looking for his take off point, without ever really accessing the high end gears he would soon rumble across in the upcoming years....
Mr Mercedes (Stephen King)
9/10.
A recent one, 2015 or so. Still a real page turner but the dialogue was off. Steve-o is now old as shit. Having everyone speak in the same overly familiar jocular glib patois, from 62-year old white cop, to 17-year old black high school lad, just didnt ring true ffs
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Post by pussycat on Feb 14, 2023 21:29:01 GMT
I’ve been curious lately to re-read some haruki murukami. I read one a long time ago and don’t remember much except really liking the dream-like style of da prose and atmosphere of the thing. I’m not really sure which book it was, but maybe i wasn’t ready for it then. Recently i’ve seen little snippets here and there of his writing and i find myself really feeling his vibe. Wondering what may be a good one to re-start with. Since this post i checked out hardboiled wonderland, and it was quite a slog, and difficult to get through. I think what happened was I really liked the style of the writing but the story itself bored me to tears. Currently reading: my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh, about a woman who takes a bunch of pills to try and spend an entire year sleeping in turn-of-the-millenium nyc. Also reding the doors of perception for the first time, which really makes me want to try mescaline.
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Post by nikkeisindex on Feb 16, 2023 16:43:22 GMT
Celine, yeah, tough to find out he was an anti-semite. I didn't know anything about him when I read his first two books. That's why I started reading him! j/k. I think he's the equivalent of Skrewdriver there. I don't think he was at the time of his early work and certainly there is nothing in that them struck me as touching on the topic at all, so I feel clear to read and enjoy.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Feb 24, 2023 22:21:29 GMT
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Feb 28, 2023 1:01:21 GMT
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
Chundered thru this 2014 effort in aboot 4 or 5 sittings. Must be a real page turner. The structure is brilliant from a "WFT happens next???" standpoint but it really felt like SK wasn't massively invested in the characters or having fun with the dialogue. They kind of barely registered tbh. All bizness propelling the story along. Just the facts, ma'am.
8/10
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Post by sukebegg on Feb 28, 2023 9:29:42 GMT
Celine, yeah, tough to find out he was an anti-semite. I didn't know anything about him when I read his first two books. That's why I started reading him! j/k. I think he's the equivalent of Skrewdriver there. I don't think he was at the time of his early work and certainly there is nothing in that them struck me as touching on the topic at all, so I feel clear to read and enjoy. I finally read Nietzsche after college as it was never assigned in any class. I had a terribly boring Philosophy of Religion for undergrad general ed requirements and it put me off both for quite a while. Rollins heavily nodded to Nietzsche and I really ate up his early books until I started checking out the authors he was (over-) influenced by. My general image of Nietzsche until reading him was a crazy anti-semite who was responsible for Hitler and the Nazis and went crazy. Well, no...actually...Aphorisms rule, philosophy can be fun and empowering, and religion isn't spirituality and who cares if God can create a rock so heavy, even He (sic) cannot lift it (my memory of that Philo of Relig. course). I need to read this next. By a long-term Osaka expat (SoCal) who mostly makes a lot of music... www.amazon.com/Terminalian-Drift-Jerry-Gordon/dp/1913743403Here's his bandcamp page moontriangle.bandcamp.com/music
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Feb 28, 2023 9:48:01 GMT
Nietshcze is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy hipper then Stephen King.
No one ever yelled out "is that like, Stephen King?" to David Yow.
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