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the only other one i've read is naked lunch, so clearly i have to read cities of the red night to balance things out! the one i mentioned incidentally is a collection of essays, not a novel.

borges was more a literary escher (illusions, labyrinths, reviews of non-existent books, that sort of thing) than a surrealist, but i'm sure he was an influence on the magical realists. i read the soft machine at seventeen or eighteen and vaguely remember lots of depravity with giant millipedes...

i do like burroughs though, the electronic revolution in particular, and the soft machine, but i'm not sure i would read him again.

to be honest i have little to say on the topic as i tend to avoid fantastic literature with few exceptions. in general i understand magical realism as slightly tweaked reality with colourful occurences and that sort of thing rather than some deep hallucinatory exploration of reality or bending...

i think the reason the genre lacks prestige is because lesser writers have flogged the horse to death, and because (in its narrow sense) it presents a charicature of the spanish-speaking world as an exotic place where reason is suspended and nothing makes sense (which, to be fair, is not that...

thanks, i'll look it up.

very curious, i'm reading the same book. it must be the financial crisis. it's very psychedelic and humorous, as you point out, but i've only read the first chapter, it could become something else. it was a choice between this and pornografia (here they are separate books) so i went with this...

fun! between this, glass-eating in haiti and some reptilian videos my day is made ^_^

open the images in a separate window, both are super hi-res. beautiful work, rockypoppy.

and this (an alias of axel willner/the field) is on the same label (magazine):

yup. incidentally the house/foundation overlooks the forum, not a bad view i reckon.

well, it's not french, and it's a group, you would have to buy a lot of plane tickets. they also did a mix which is quite good: http://www.dummymag.com/mixes/2011/09/09/dummy-mix-89-cologne-tape

yup, very motorik.

i enquired by email and received this:

news update: they have no intention of releasing the tapes.

these are in the spirit of the thread, i think. bask in the (2010) glory of cologne tape:

nice. you know, you could always write thrillers on the side under a pseudonym like oliver du pont, or david avebury, it could be a creative challenge. you certainly have the material for it. or write cablemaster, a series loosely based on the state department cables where the central...

it turns out the ondiola is the italian version of the clavioline with some modifications. the sound should be similar, and is described here + some clavioline images from that page

i identify with this. i'm not a writer, but almost in parallel to you i've made it a mission to dominate writing as a means of conveying my thoughts as clearly as possible. in the process i've lost my voice at times, i have second doubts about commas whereas before i just carried on or did...

and i'm not sure about this ondiola, but the description of the sound matches that of an old electric keyboard lent to my brother which i remember had an electric hum and odd change in sound when a key was pressed, it was fascinating because the instrument seemed to breathe with life.