version
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I liked it.
what are you reading now?
I liked it.
william_kent
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he is from Stockport,
same as 10cc,
he used to write for the NME
10 cc - Dreadlock holiday - the biggest band from penman's home town
edit: I was confused, 10 cc are from Paul Morley's hometown / Paul Morley is from stockport / I have no idea where penman is from from!
william_kent
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He slagged off Crass, so fuck him.
william_kent
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I just realised I'm mixing Ian Penman up with Paul Morley but so what
I once got told off by a Manchester club legend for using the word "pretentious" but it is a word that applies to these two
I once got told off by a Manchester club legend for using the word "pretentious" but it is a word that applies to these two
version
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Paul Penman.
william_kent
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in my imaginary film adaptation of Olga Tokarczuk's "The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story" this is the theme as the "Polish" [0] hero ascends to the flatland of the Silesian "health resort" which has a history of persecution of witches
Popol Vuh - Brüder des schattens - Söhne des lichts
it will be a drawn out 'nothing happens" but atmospheric opening scene as the vehicle winds it way into the mist
[0] one of the the major themes of the novel is "misogynistic views on the topic of women" but Olga also pontificates at length on "Nationality" and what it means to be classed as "Polski' ( or any other nationality, this is a novel about who you are at the core, what you consist of at an essential level )
I can not overstate enough on how this* is a major work of fiction which has profoundly affected me
* this is Olga Tokarczuk's "The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story, a major piece of feminist folk horror fiction which pisses ALL OVER the UPTIGHT PROTESTANT Xtian nonsense of wicker man
Popol Vuh - Brüder des schattens - Söhne des lichts
it will be a drawn out 'nothing happens" but atmospheric opening scene as the vehicle winds it way into the mist
[0] one of the the major themes of the novel is "misogynistic views on the topic of women" but Olga also pontificates at length on "Nationality" and what it means to be classed as "Polski' ( or any other nationality, this is a novel about who you are at the core, what you consist of at an essential level )
I can not overstate enough on how this* is a major work of fiction which has profoundly affected me
* this is Olga Tokarczuk's "The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story, a major piece of feminist folk horror fiction which pisses ALL OVER the UPTIGHT PROTESTANT Xtian nonsense of wicker man
william_kent
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which Olga Tokarczuk reflects back at us while Amazon reviewers complain "nothing happens in The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story except boring men pontificate on misogynistic views regarding the topic of women and their place in the world while they imbibe psychedelic liquor in after dinner debates"
the brilliance of this novel blinds my mind's eye
10 / 10
jenks
thread death
Attachments
GhostofKinski
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In the car: Blood Meridian* C. McCarthy
Next to my couch: Bitter Witness by Linda McGreevy.
In the bathroom: The Man Who Knew Too Much by Dick Russell
*have read BM twice already but like 1984, one I will grab and stuff in my pocket (PB) when I know I’m gonna be sitting in the car a while, usually waiting for my kid to finish sports practice.
BW is a biography of the German artist Otto Dix
TMWKTM is a non fiction about Spook Richard Case Nagel who walked into a bank just prior to JFK’s assassination, pulled a pistol shot one round into the ceiling and then sat down on the floor waiting to be arrested.
Next to my couch: Bitter Witness by Linda McGreevy.
In the bathroom: The Man Who Knew Too Much by Dick Russell
*have read BM twice already but like 1984, one I will grab and stuff in my pocket (PB) when I know I’m gonna be sitting in the car a while, usually waiting for my kid to finish sports practice.
BW is a biography of the German artist Otto Dix
TMWKTM is a non fiction about Spook Richard Case Nagel who walked into a bank just prior to JFK’s assassination, pulled a pistol shot one round into the ceiling and then sat down on the floor waiting to be arrested.
luka
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its basically 'The Game' by Neal Strauss, but from the olden days
luka
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Dont gohehe, no you didn't put me off. Definitely took what you said into account though and I've been studying Spanish as much as possible before I go, should make things easier.
Anyway I'm off to Seville. Got a couple of job interviews lined up there. I've quit my job here, got the flight booked...its on!
Any further advice or even just pessimistic doom-mongering from yourself would be very much appreciated though
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
Is it?
Clinamenic
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Finished Don Quixote vol II, started Wittgenstein’s Tractatus
GhostofKinski
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If you have time and/or the notion: would love to read your review? Even a few lines regarding interest/worthiness. It’s one of those books I found I could only maintain interest & commitment by reading it in a abriged way.
Clinamenic
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Sure thing - for Tractatus, or Don Quixote?