...begins now. And I am learning from the masters, of course. On the banks of the 20th century. Beginning with the Pound Era.
I am going approximately in order from the beginning of Modernism, although I may backtrack from my starting point into Symbolism. The idea is to get a sense of the...
a singed goodbye
an inexplicable design
brave noah had an ark
entanche entanche entanche
fascist fonts
faust-pact fprgers
i must sing
i um & om
many's the time
our fragile too-short lives
OK Gang it's time to try out the latest technology in the exquisite science together, we can all try and report out, share notes
Actually it's quite old technology but it fell into memory around the 10th century and has only semi-recently made a real comeback
Jhāna 1, the euphoria stage, has...
acid freefall
character armor
corpsey? more like goatse
lsd plummet
open to kicking your head in
open your mind
revenge of the crystal
tea's eye for the wedding band
the bum-cabinet
the ecstasy of communication
the opening of corpsey's bumhole
trout life
wilhelm reich
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time.
I was thinking about it watching...
The Fisher Family, in Essex, has done well for itself. The family business had long been wholesale cheese supply, though the paternal line for four generations consisted of wrestlers and boxers. Great-granddaddy Fisher is alleged to be last British sailor to receive a cat o’ nine tails—a...
I was reading Blackbird Spyplane this morning which is basically a consumerism column for New York neohipsters. They have a feature called V.I.P. R.A.D.A.R.,” ie. "Vibey Illustrious People with Rare And Dope Ass Recon." Basically they interview scenesters and ask for clothing/scent/furniture...
aldi rembrandt rum
binary and tweed
brand russell brand
cigars & whisky
decades of anonymity
don't douthat tv
dope ass recon
farfalle
fuselli
immediately pegged
nonce hunter
off-brand
pasta recipies
penne
rd laing
rigotoni
ross don't douthat
scent recommendations
slacker autist
the lure of divorce
too smart for therapy
vibey illustrious people
war of the sexes
What are your cycles?
Cycles of work and play. Cycles of city and countryside. Cycles of building and losing drug tolerance. Cycles of reading and writing. Cycles of finding new music and listening to what you already know and love. Cycles of cleaning and dirtying the flat. Seasonal cycles of...
My galpal read me some lines from Octavio Paz, Art of Mexico this morning that were lovely:
And here is the stepped fret referenced
Some connections to Grapejuice numerology themes and Joycean time-as-a-block ideas. Anyone been to the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City? It's got an...
Who will read with me and discuss?
Erik McLuhan has called this essay a greater contribution to humanity than Einstein's general relativity. Papa Marshall was heavily influenced, discussing it with Lewis and Pound.
Link.
Not capital-P Political but more like, everyday political. Soft trauma, ambient gaslighting.
What are the ways you've been warped and changed by power? The ways you feel less curious, less free? The voices you introject? The ways abusive (in the banal way) landlords, bosses, partners have...
Okay I have been meaning for weeks now to write up catalogs SMOG zine, the idea is to liveblog reading it in real-time, like a YouTube reaction video
I'm making this basically to put a timer on the project, it is a public commitment of intent
Why should you care? Not solely because catalog is...
I thought this talk was great, maybe people have read the book or related book reviews, or are just familiar with Charles Mann's stuff more generally. I've been reading and liking 1491, moving on to 1493 soon.
This lecture, even in just the first 20 minutes, sets up the major fault lines for...
Really enjoyed watching the opening episode of The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Been getting into diving, deep-sea environments, and James Cameron films all at once, thought I'd spin up a thread.
Not sure if anyone's seen The Abyss, it's a wild ride of a movie with some emotional punches...
(1/100) Norah Jones, "Come Away With Me"
"As far back as I can remember..."
"In the beginning..."
"Much anticipated, but til this day undelivered..."
The way I always understood the difference between my parents' music taste was that Dad was up-tempo and Mom meant down-tempo. That said...
absolute cringe
adventures in message-boarding
ari grass you up
basic
boy scout ted bundy
coachella 2024 at the nonce hotel
cum cult
dad was a casual whistler
fit mom!
gandalf had to sell the home
grandad was a cuck
gus lord of darkness
high school shooter memoires
joanna newsom come to butthead
jordan petersons gremlin child
let the wrong 'un in
no theory at the merch table!
nonce upon a time
pete doherty qpr plod
pizarro was fastidiously kept in a bolivian tomb
power bottom thems the rules
spatial cathexis
spots like pitchfork
superstitious middle aged italian woman neurosis
the deplorable product of craner's infamous fling
these boots are made for lickin'
undercover plod
For the old man, there is no longer any novelty in the world, because he has decided there is none.
Even surprises are post-emptively explained away with ease.
All the animals have been named and identified. Evolution freezes in its tracks; there are no new animals.
This thread is dedicated...
Mistress of Eternal Sleep!
A kingdom fallen into dormancy!
Eve takes the apple!
Narcissus revisited!
Zero-sum mentalities!
The seven servants!
This is Mvuent's thread. I am just making it for him. But if he doesn't take it over I will have to start posting. And none of us want that. Mvuent...
Peli has dropped the first chapter of his manuscript-in-progress, Big Mood: A Transcendental-Computational Essay on Art
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_uDMPceNGbezCgdFxfkxpebAJm2QQzI5wsd0FUEY9E/edit
It is a continuation of his ongoing work on vibe. There are some connections here which...
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