Does this play incessantly in the background?Silent Majority wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 3:37pm21) Here's Johnny by Ed McMahon. Audiobook as read by the author. This memoir of the man's years sat to the right of Johnny Carson won't break any new ground, but it delivers on the blurb's promise of being like having lunch with Ed. A boozy, repetitive lunch where decades old jokes are retold and Johnny's honour is diligently defended and any claims of Carson having ice in his veins roundly denied. Fun escapism, no literary worth.
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Delightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.
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The path not taken, eh?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:20pmDelightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.
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I know! Kerouac would have been even better as Johnny's sidekick.Kory wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:28pmThe path not taken, eh?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:20pmDelightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.
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Jack: Crazy, mad, I long for the distance, the drive, the constant steering of a lost night under a blood red moon.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:35pmI know! Kerouac would have been even better as Johnny's sidekick.Kory wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:28pmThe path not taken, eh?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:20pmDelightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.
Johnny: You really think you're fooling us all, don't you, drunky?
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We live in the wrong universe.Silent Majority wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:38pmJack: Crazy, mad, I long for the distance, the drive, the constant steering of a lost night under a blood red moon.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:35pmI know! Kerouac would have been even better as Johnny's sidekick.Kory wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:28pmThe path not taken, eh?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Sep 2017, 4:20pmDelightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.
Johnny: You really think you're fooling us all, don't you, drunky?
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Whole passel of new reading just started …
Audio
Long been on my list, but Wolter mentioning him the other day inspired me to bump him up. Starting this tomorrow.
Tub
I've read this years and years ago and wasn't taken by the work, but I love the concept so much (and bad science in general) that I'm giving it a second shot.
Bedtime
The postseason is just around the corner, so an account of the '47 WS.
Audio
Long been on my list, but Wolter mentioning him the other day inspired me to bump him up. Starting this tomorrow.
Tub
I've read this years and years ago and wasn't taken by the work, but I love the concept so much (and bad science in general) that I'm giving it a second shot.
Bedtime
The postseason is just around the corner, so an account of the '47 WS.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I remember a kid in middle school during a science class started talking about this as if it was real. Like this is what hed been taught by his parents as a child.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 5:34pm
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I've read this years and years ago and wasn't taken by the work, but I love the concept so much (and bad science in general) that I'm giving it a second shot.
Needless to say a wierd kid, even by middle school standards
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He's probably a state senator now.revbob wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 5:46pmI remember a kid in middle school during a science class started talking about this as if it was real. Like this is what hed been taught by his parents as a child.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 5:34pm
Whole passel of new reading just started …
I've read this years and years ago and wasn't taken by the work, but I love the concept so much (and bad science in general) that I'm giving it a second shot.
Needless to say a wierd kid, even by middle school standards
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22) The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick. Audiobook, from an old battered tape, which had the echoing of the other side audible. A book that was all about the setting over the actual plot or characters, neither of which were particularly worth time. The alt-timeline is very nicely and imaginatively realised and makes the book worth your time. I can see why somebody might think this may be worth setting a TV show in, but I couldn't get through that first episode.
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I listened to that maybe five years ago and it confirmed that I love PKD's short fiction but not his novels. We've watched the adaptation from the start mainly because it's visually quite rich and vibrant. Plus there are a few changes that make it more compelling than the novel.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Sep 2017, 11:58am22) The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick. Audiobook, from an old battered tape, which had the echoing of the other side audible. A book that was all about the setting over the actual plot or characters, neither of which were particularly worth time. The alt-timeline is very nicely and imaginatively realised and makes the book worth your time. I can see why somebody might think this may be worth setting a TV show in, but I couldn't get through that first episode.
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Very good point. His flaws as a writer are much more forgivable in 30 pages. You're just left with a happy swim in whatever his disturbing ideas are without being distracted by his paper thin characterisation.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑19 Sep 2017, 1:12pmI listened to that maybe five years ago and it confirmed that I love PKD's short fiction but not his novels. We've watched the adaptation from the start mainly because it's visually quite rich and vibrant. Plus there are a few changes that make it more compelling than the novel.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Sep 2017, 11:58am22) The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick. Audiobook, from an old battered tape, which had the echoing of the other side audible. A book that was all about the setting over the actual plot or characters, neither of which were particularly worth time. The alt-timeline is very nicely and imaginatively realised and makes the book worth your time. I can see why somebody might think this may be worth setting a TV show in, but I couldn't get through that first episode.
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I'm the same way with Fitzgerald. I just have a devil of a time maintaining interest in his novels, but a nice tight short story works quite well.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Sep 2017, 3:19pmVery good point. His flaws as a writer are much more forgivable in 30 pages. You're just left with a happy swim in whatever his disturbing ideas are without being distracted by his paper thin characterisation.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑19 Sep 2017, 1:12pmI listened to that maybe five years ago and it confirmed that I love PKD's short fiction but not his novels. We've watched the adaptation from the start mainly because it's visually quite rich and vibrant. Plus there are a few changes that make it more compelling than the novel.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Sep 2017, 11:58am22) The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick. Audiobook, from an old battered tape, which had the echoing of the other side audible. A book that was all about the setting over the actual plot or characters, neither of which were particularly worth time. The alt-timeline is very nicely and imaginatively realised and makes the book worth your time. I can see why somebody might think this may be worth setting a TV show in, but I couldn't get through that first episode.
(Also, that Palahniuk short story collection was largely disappointing. A couple amusing pieces that conveyed his earlier style well, but most of the stories were lifeless. I fear he's drained himself of his ability.)
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Just read Horace Panter Ska'd For Life and now reading Neville Staple Borstal To Rude Boy.
Interesting to read the same story from two different perspective (actually two different universe the gulf between these two personalities).
Let's just say Neville's version is more colourful!!
Interesting to read the same story from two different perspective (actually two different universe the gulf between these two personalities).
Let's just say Neville's version is more colourful!!
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Holy SHIT that's creepy. I was just coming here to say that I was halfway through Horace's book. It's interesting to find out that Horace wasn't really into Jamaican music growing up like a lot of other people in the scene were.101Walterton wrote: ↑19 Sep 2017, 4:00pmJust read Horace Panter Ska'd For Life and now reading Neville Staple Borstal To Rude Boy.
Interesting to read the same story from two different perspective (actually two different universe the gulf between these two personalities).
Let's just say Neville's version is more colourful!!
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