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  1. rewch

    Les Chants de Maldoror

    i know he was born in montevideo & that he's real, but i'm trying to get my head round the fact thet noone really knows if he wrote it... he hinted that he did but the author on the first published chant was cited as lautréamont but nobody can work out why or even if it's spelt correctly...
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    Les Chants de Maldoror

    Have just finished reading this in translation (red face of shame)... spectaculalry weird nonsense beloved of the Surrealists (it was illustrated by Dalí in 1934 and is definitely his only good illustrated book)... but it's a complete enigma... published in Brussells (first Chant only) in 1867...
  3. rewch

    London's margin clubs

    re. first image: how'd you get that picture of my mafraj? that was a legendary session... re. second image: i deny utterly that sufi is in this picture
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    Wray and Nephews

    ha ha ha... all of them are good... but i do recall being chased around a field by a friend of mine who thought i had a bottle of something potable... ha ha ha... he grabbed the 1/4 bottle [of conquering lion], swigged it heavily & then was violently sick...
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    Kurt Vonnegut RIP

    thank you for that excerpt mr. lifetimes... classic vonnegut, scathing, humorous & bewildered all at once... i don't think he would have said so it goes as it happens... that was a character in a book... more like, here we go again, oh dear
  6. rewch

    saddam is the bravest leader of all

    superb... keep it up
  7. rewch

    saddam is the bravest leader of all

    superb... keep it up
  8. rewch

    fush

    first one's a goblin shark... second ones are the ones from the meaning of life... i think
  9. rewch

    the best mobile phone ever

    where can i get one of those everlasting toothbrushes then?
  10. rewch

    typeface design/font making

    300 hrs!!!!! thank you for the offer though... think those squares will come in very handy
  11. rewch

    Blackout London

    BLACKOUT LONDON 4th November 2006 Starting at Sunset 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm You are invited to take part in the largest demonstration of People Power that London has ever seen on Saturday 4 th November 2006,by turning off all your lights, and switching off all your non-essential electrical...
  12. rewch

    typeface design/font making

    that's what i thought... hard graft... but i reckon if you vector the bitmaps first might be a bit easier... will definitely do a lunch/swap... os9 no danger... will report back by phone when i have a spare moment!
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    typeface design/font making

    thanks bleep... have played around with the demo but can't seem to import the images... can't tell if it's disabled in demo, i'm an idiot or both... people who design typefaces are clearly enormously heroic
  14. rewch

    typeface design/font making

    i need to make a font from a character set that only exists as a lithograph... have scanned each letter & have them as eps... all the information i can find seems to point to fontographer... not sure i want to spend $349 for one thing... does any anyone have any thoughts/shortcuts/advice?
  15. rewch

    Manatee in NYC

    of course... it's a long & not very interesting story, but see the fush thread for details... (p.s. response time of what 3 weeks??)
  16. rewch

    What's the wierdest fiction book you've ever read?

    so many to choose from, but for starters: flatland: a romance of many dimensions by edwin abbott... about a world of 2 dimensions & the intrusion of a 3 dimensional person into said world... it's all about hierarchy really
  17. rewch

    The board's appealing new look!

    oh... in that case it looks better than ever & is definitely an improvement... any other changes will also have the same attributes of betterness & improvementness... ;) ;)
  18. rewch

    The board's appealing new look!

    nope... even worse
  19. rewch

    Films you've seen recently and would unreservedly recommend:

    have had it on vhs for years... & have had no video for longer
  20. rewch

    The board's appealing new look!

    truly shocking! but at least it still works... & is black... you can almost see your face in it!
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