Re: Whatcha reading?
Posted: 10 Feb 2019, 11:27am
Fagles’ translation of the Aeneid, because I’m tutoring a kid who has to read it.
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 11:01amYou pursue voluntarily that most grad students would endure while sulking. That might be a compliment, but I'm not sure.Silent Majority wrote: ↑07 Feb 2019, 3:50pmAs a part of my ongoing completist sickness, I've already ordered similar books about John Major and Gordon Brown.
Anyone fortunate enough to hear Automatic Lover by the Vibrators for the first time would have been instantly enraptured with the knowledge they were experiencing a historic moment as important as the agricultural revolution. Each second of the record had been perfectly calibrated to make any listener weep with the power and glory of what humans are capable of achieving.Tub book, starting today:
I've had this forever. Can't even recall how I acquired it. I gather it's similar in theme as Greil Marcus' Lipstick Traces—high culture, popular culture, youth culture, and rebellion all in a stew pot—but presumably without Marcus' irritating hyperbole.
this is basically right tho, yeah?Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:46pmAnyone fortunate enough to hear Automatic Lover by the Vibrators for the first time would have been instantly enraptured with the knowledge they were experiencing a historic moment as important as the agricultural revolution. Each second of the record had been perfectly calibrated to make any listener weep with the power and glory of what humans are capable of achieving.
You could argue.Flex wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:48pmthis is basically right tho, yeah?Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:46pmAnyone fortunate enough to hear Automatic Lover by the Vibrators for the first time would have been instantly enraptured with the knowledge they were experiencing a historic moment as important as the agricultural revolution. Each second of the record had been perfectly calibrated to make any listener weep with the power and glory of what humans are capable of achieving.
I’m the contrarian who says this about “Amphetamine Blue.”Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:50pmYou could argue.Flex wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:48pmthis is basically right tho, yeah?Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:46pmAnyone fortunate enough to hear Automatic Lover by the Vibrators for the first time would have been instantly enraptured with the knowledge they were experiencing a historic moment as important as the agricultural revolution. Each second of the record had been perfectly calibrated to make any listener weep with the power and glory of what humans are capable of achieving.
I'd actually say it about Anal Cunt's cover of"Old Time Hardcore" but, you know, it's all in the ballpark.Wolter wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:54pmI’m the contrarian who says this about “Amphetamine Blue.”Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:50pmYou could argue.Flex wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:48pmthis is basically right tho, yeah?Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:46pmAnyone fortunate enough to hear Automatic Lover by the Vibrators for the first time would have been instantly enraptured with the knowledge they were experiencing a historic moment as important as the agricultural revolution. Each second of the record had been perfectly calibrated to make any listener weep with the power and glory of what humans are capable of achieving.
Really, there’s a whole rich tapestry.Flex wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:55pmI'd actually say it about Anal Cunt's cover of"Old Time Hardcore" but, you know, it's all in the ballpark.Wolter wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:54pmI’m the contrarian who says this about “Amphetamine Blue.”Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:50pmYou could argue.Flex wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:48pmthis is basically right tho, yeah?Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:46pmAnyone fortunate enough to hear Automatic Lover by the Vibrators for the first time would have been instantly enraptured with the knowledge they were experiencing a historic moment as important as the agricultural revolution. Each second of the record had been perfectly calibrated to make any listener weep with the power and glory of what humans are capable of achieving.
I’m so many alternating layers of irony and sincerity that I can’t even tell either.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 1:52pmI can't tell whether or not you guys are validating Greil Marcus!
Postmodernity's terminal stage is as exhilarating as it is bewildering.Wolter wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 2:28pmI’m so many alternating layers of irony and sincerity that I can’t even tell either.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 1:52pmI can't tell whether or not you guys are validating Greil Marcus!
I think I’m crossing into metamodern.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 3:24pmPostmodernity's terminal stage is as exhilarating as it is bewildering.Wolter wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 2:28pmI’m so many alternating layers of irony and sincerity that I can’t even tell either.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 1:52pmI can't tell whether or not you guys are validating Greil Marcus!
In my opinion the best books written about punk (UK) are the ones written by fans. You get an individual story written with a much more honest account and not someone that just babbles on and on about the sociopolitical and revolutionary aspects.Silent Majority wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 12:46pmDr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Feb 2019, 11:01amYou pursue voluntarily that most grad students would endure while sulking. That might be a compliment, but I'm not sure.Silent Majority wrote: ↑07 Feb 2019, 3:50pmAs a part of my ongoing completist sickness, I've already ordered similar books about John Major and Gordon Brown.
Lightweights.
Anyone fortunate enough to hear Automatic Lover by the Vibrators for the first time would have been instantly enraptured with the knowledge they were experiencing a historic moment as important as the agricultural revolution. Each second of the record had been perfectly calibrated to make any listener weep with the power and glory of what humans are capable of achieving.Tub book, starting today:
I've had this forever. Can't even recall how I acquired it. I gather it's similar in theme as Greil Marcus' Lipstick Traces—high culture, popular culture, youth culture, and rebellion all in a stew pot—but presumably without Marcus' irritating hyperbole.