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I read that new Manson and the CIA book last summer, it was great. It does a great job tearing apart Helter skelter, although it's more conspiratorial assertions are less iron-clad (tho intriguing). Would be interesting to pair the two books together.
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vampires though?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 8:19pmTo my limited knowledge, there are no apes.tepista wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 8:07pmI've got one on my shelf, never read it thoughDr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 7:34pmHit eject! Hit eject!Silent Majority wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 7:20pmYou're about to get really into Frank Zappa, going by the usual trajectory.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 11:47amAudiobook started today:
Somehow I've never read this, which seemed a rite of passage for any Xer in adolescence. Even kids who didn't read worked thru it. So, I'm late to the party as usual.
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Polanski, I suppose.tepista wrote: ↑05 Jul 2022, 12:18amvampires though?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 8:19pmTo my limited knowledge, there are no apes.tepista wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 8:07pmI've got one on my shelf, never read it thoughDr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 7:34pmHit eject! Hit eject!Silent Majority wrote: ↑04 Jul 2022, 7:20pm
You're about to get really into Frank Zappa, going by the usual trajectory.
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88) Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare. 1588. Read on Kindle, with full cast performance listened to. It's a really cool play, vital, filled with an absurd amount of blood, death and violence. Half written by a forgotten hack, the immature Shakespeare brings such beauty and resonance to a story that goes hard, like a punk song, like anything that is unafraid of barriers. It loves barriers, it loves leaping over the realms of good taste. It's got no actual jokes, but I laughed out loud at some of the extremities here, which sits perfectly comfortably with the heartbreaking parts and there's no reasons why it can't.
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Love this one. Especially Aaron's big final speech. (Look it up, gang)Silent Majority wrote: ↑08 Jul 2022, 4:40am88) Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare. 1588. Read on Kindle, with full cast performance listened to. It's a really cool play, vital, filled with an absurd amount of blood, death and violence. Half written by a forgotten hack, the immature Shakespeare brings such beauty and resonance to a story that goes hard, like a punk song, like anything that is unafraid of barriers. It loves barriers, it loves leaping over the realms of good taste. It's got no actual jokes, but I laughed out loud at some of the extremities here, which sits perfectly comfortably with the heartbreaking parts and there's no reasons why it can't.
Julie Taymor's "Titus" is a swell styley movie adaptation for anyone who hasn't seen it.
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Read this for my diss research, but re-reading for possible inclusion in a 1950s seminar I'm teaching this fall. It doesn't exactly fit with the other themes of the course, but I really like the book as a way of looking at popular culture (i.e., relying on taste arguments means we either dismiss or enjoy ironically B movies). Davis argues that the aesthetics are a result of economic matters, specific to the producer and the industry at that historical point, and budget films satisfy underserved markets. In its own way, there's a Moneyball argument at work in this.
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A computer invented b-movies to piss off Joe Morgan?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jul 2022, 11:27amIn its own way, there's a Moneyball argument at work in this.
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
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Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
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Billy [Beane] the Robot from Forbidden Planet.Flex wrote: ↑11 Jul 2022, 11:29amA computer invented b-movies to piss off Joe Morgan?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jul 2022, 11:27amIn its own way, there's a Moneyball argument at work in this.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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On YouTube in full, I've found!Joe Public wrote: ↑08 Jul 2022, 8:52amLove this one. Especially Aaron's big final speech. (Look it up, gang)Silent Majority wrote: ↑08 Jul 2022, 4:40am88) Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare. 1588. Read on Kindle, with full cast performance listened to. It's a really cool play, vital, filled with an absurd amount of blood, death and violence. Half written by a forgotten hack, the immature Shakespeare brings such beauty and resonance to a story that goes hard, like a punk song, like anything that is unafraid of barriers. It loves barriers, it loves leaping over the realms of good taste. It's got no actual jokes, but I laughed out loud at some of the extremities here, which sits perfectly comfortably with the heartbreaking parts and there's no reasons why it can't.
Julie Taymor's "Titus" is a swell styley movie adaptation for anyone who hasn't seen it.
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Been reading this book on Warwick "Wally" Nightingale. Lots of info on nascent Pistols. The Strand/Swanker (not Swankers) as previously mentioned.
Stories of Jones and his mates thievery. Who actually was involved. Jones doesn't come out of it too well and is described as a a "user". And Cookie is called a "liar" regarding learning the drums. There's a few spelling mistakes such as Ian Dury being called "Drury". However this is a pre publication. Signed by author Ron Evans. Who played in the band Key West with Wally in the 80s.
It's a fun read after just watching Pistol. Fills a fair few gaps.
Stories of Jones and his mates thievery. Who actually was involved. Jones doesn't come out of it too well and is described as a a "user". And Cookie is called a "liar" regarding learning the drums. There's a few spelling mistakes such as Ian Dury being called "Drury". However this is a pre publication. Signed by author Ron Evans. Who played in the band Key West with Wally in the 80s.
It's a fun read after just watching Pistol. Fills a fair few gaps.
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Holy crap, now that is a focused, pothole-filling kind of topic!Marky Dread wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 1:29pmBeen reading this book on Warwick "Wally" Nightingale. Lots of info on nascent Pistols. The Strand/Swanker (not Swankers) as previously mentioned.
Stories of Jones and his mates thievery. Who actually was involved. Jones doesn't come out of it too well and is described as a a "user". And Cookie is called a "liar" regarding learning the drums. There's a few spelling mistakes such as Ian Dury being called "Drury". However this is a pre publication. Signed by author Ron Evans. Who played in the band Key West with Wally in the 80s.
It's a fun read after just watching Pistol. Fills a fair few gaps.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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maybe this will help
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We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
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We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
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One bit of info I enjoyed learning about is that it took almost a year to get rid of Wally. Malcolm would turn up to band meetings at the pub after rehearsals and he would do battle with Wally to get his views across. So it was as much a personality thing as Wally not looking right.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 1:40pmHoly crap, now that is a focused, pothole-filling kind of topic!Marky Dread wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 1:29pmBeen reading this book on Warwick "Wally" Nightingale. Lots of info on nascent Pistols. The Strand/Swanker (not Swankers) as previously mentioned.
Stories of Jones and his mates thievery. Who actually was involved. Jones doesn't come out of it too well and is described as a a "user". And Cookie is called a "liar" regarding learning the drums. There's a few spelling mistakes such as Ian Dury being called "Drury". However this is a pre publication. Signed by author Ron Evans. Who played in the band Key West with Wally in the 80s.
It's a fun read after just watching Pistol. Fills a fair few gaps.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Wally: "We're *not* sexy young assassins!"Marky Dread wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 5:30pmOne bit of info I enjoyed learning about is that it took almost a year to get rid of Wally. Malcolm would turn up to band meetings at the pub after rehearsals and he would do battle with Wally to get his views across. So it was as much a personality thing as Wally not looking right.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 1:40pmHoly crap, now that is a focused, pothole-filling kind of topic!Marky Dread wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 1:29pmBeen reading this book on Warwick "Wally" Nightingale. Lots of info on nascent Pistols. The Strand/Swanker (not Swankers) as previously mentioned.
Stories of Jones and his mates thievery. Who actually was involved. Jones doesn't come out of it too well and is described as a a "user". And Cookie is called a "liar" regarding learning the drums. There's a few spelling mistakes such as Ian Dury being called "Drury". However this is a pre publication. Signed by author Ron Evans. Who played in the band Key West with Wally in the 80s.
It's a fun read after just watching Pistol. Fills a fair few gaps.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Pretty much.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 8:13pmWally: "We're *not* sexy young assassins!"Marky Dread wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 5:30pmOne bit of info I enjoyed learning about is that it took almost a year to get rid of Wally. Malcolm would turn up to band meetings at the pub after rehearsals and he would do battle with Wally to get his views across. So it was as much a personality thing as Wally not looking right.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 1:40pmHoly crap, now that is a focused, pothole-filling kind of topic!Marky Dread wrote: ↑16 Jul 2022, 1:29pmBeen reading this book on Warwick "Wally" Nightingale. Lots of info on nascent Pistols. The Strand/Swanker (not Swankers) as previously mentioned.
Stories of Jones and his mates thievery. Who actually was involved. Jones doesn't come out of it too well and is described as a a "user". And Cookie is called a "liar" regarding learning the drums. There's a few spelling mistakes such as Ian Dury being called "Drury". However this is a pre publication. Signed by author Ron Evans. Who played in the band Key West with Wally in the 80s.
It's a fun read after just watching Pistol. Fills a fair few gaps.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia