HenryChinaski
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I just finished reading 'Fatal Eggs' by Bulgakov, if you haven't read it then do, its an intelligent science fiction satire on Stalinist Russia. Incidentally it was deemed so potent that it was heavily censored until the fall of the Soviet Union.
The Third Policeman---Flann O'BrienI'm reading three books at the mo...
At War- Flann O'Brien
The Third Policeman---Flann O'Brien
A very peculiar and original book. I work in a library and always recommend it to people who ask for suggested titles. Most people never finish it. I loved it.
Flann, like Buk, usually wrote while drinking but still managed to write well.
The Third Policeman was published posthumously. Flann sent it to one publisher who rejected it and that was that. He put it away and never again tried to get it published. He was apparently a shy man who didn't have much confidence when it came to facing numerous rejections.
But the book is highly original and took guts to write---given the fact that it playfully fucks with the reader on many levels. It was written before the days of television when people had more patience with unique works of art---and a willingness to be fucked with.
Ah, Rolling Stone. I remember when that magazine was relevant. I must be old. ;)
Actually, I know I'm old. I keep seeing the trailer for the movie The US vs. John Lennon, and I can't wait to see that fucker. That's proof right there.
I have videotape of the first US television appearance by the Clash, on the old Saturday-Night-Live-wannabe show Fridays. They played four (!) songs from London Calling. Don't know if that's online anywhere, and I haven't pulled the tape out in years, but it was something.
cd's New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This.
a surprisingly good cd considering it is 30 years since their last studio release.
Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo from the ashes of the Libertines. well, basically, the Libertines without Pete Dougherty. he's not missed.
book The Judges - Elie Wiesel. a philosophical novel in the vein of Camus.
Most recent Purchases
Music:
Low - A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides & Rarities
Jan Svankmajer: The Ossuary and Other Tales
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