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..ever wondered what sort of person you'd have been?

What do you think?

A thread in which thirdform insults us all in a language we don't understand. No artificial colours.

Can't say I'm a true believer myself (atheist family), though I used to like the hymns we sang in primary school every day and I love the poetic language, especially the really old stuff. It stays with you. I've got a really nice KJ bible that used to belong to my grandmother but it's so...

Just ordered The Wild Body collection of short stories, won't get to read it for a while, gotta finish Ulysses first, but I'm sure there's a few people here who've read him and like his art and I want recommendations, opinions so fire away. BLAST mag, vorticism, short stories novels, poetry...

No one can top this but I'm prepared to listen to what you have to offer over while suitably imbibed over the festive period 🎅

The best drummer. What are his finest moments?

A band I suspect I've always unfairly overlooked. If I'm right the trajectory was sort of bouncy synth pop, then Vince Clarke left and they went more goth, then it was stadiums and leather kecks. Is that right? Someone school me on them cos I've never listened to the albums, just the more famous...

@woops idea, thought I'd start it for him though. Fascinating topic in general Not just a thread to post poems you like, though that's fine, but also to discuss the issues - what translators should be aiming for, good and bad examples, what is lost and what is gained. Apart from English I only...

Your favourite righteous religious fundamentalist bangers in here please. Expecting lots of Jamaica which is fine and to be encouraged, but maybe you lot can come up with other stuff too. For example:

You may vote three times. Don't ask why, and do not quibble over the options, there are only 10 possible.

In a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.

As a sort of offshoot of the 2000s worst decade ever thread I suppose. I'm fond of them even though they're undeniably lame and weedy Rap, grime, dancehall, and nuum primarily ofc, but other stuff is welcome if it's good

Nobody's off limits Not even your friends You gon' suffer, you gon' suffer...

Enjoying reading poetry a bit more recently, probably cos I only get to read without distractions for short snatches of time, and I left all my books behind when i moved to spain - no more picking things up for cheap in 2nd hand bookshops. Whats worth spalshing out on?

Sufi: some phrases are kind of standard like ya lel ya leil means oh the night, then there are generally lot of shout outs and so on, so a lot of it is spontaneous but wthin some sort of framework i reckon, it's not a track though that is like one actual song, at least not until it gets...

1927! Mindblowing What other recordings achieve a similar atmosphere?

The sort of thing geeky audiophiles test their equipment with. Give me some suggestions any genre, I've just got some nice new headphones.