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| from |  M. Baumer |
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| to | Justin Taylor |
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| date | Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:13 AM |
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| subject | a note from thieves jargon |
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| mailed-by | gmail.com |
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Hello Justin Taylor,
-Mark Baumer
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www.thievesjargon.com
www.everydayyeah.com
Gee, that was random.
********BONUS********* JUSTIN TAYLOR REPLIES:
| rom | Justin Taylor |
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| to | “M. Baumer” |
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| date | Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:33 AM |
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| subject | Re: a note from thieves jargon |
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| mailed-by | gmail.com |
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Hi, Mark, thanks for writing. I don’t really know what to make of your letter. To be honest, it doesn’t seem like it should have been addressed to me. It’s not exactly about any of the things I wrote about in my recent blog post, which itself was rather explicit about being somewhat predicated by, but hardly “about,” Matt DiGangi and Thieves Jargon–two entities about which I know very little, and not for lack of opportunity either.
I’m sorry that Matt has to edit boring textbooks. We must, all of us, do something. For example, I have to think of lesson plans and commute to New Jersey twice a week to teach my class, and then I have to grade my students’ papers. Let me tell you, brother, it’s no walk in the park, although I do get to walk through campus, which has many park-like qualities. Also, sometimes the students write things that are very funny. Typically, they have not done so on purpose.
Speaking of which, I have no idea what “when the internet was still good” means, but then I’m not the one who said it. Since you’re the one who said it, it is discomforting to know that you don’t know what it means either. Do you often make declarations incomprehensible even to yourself and then send them off in personal letters to strangers?
Personally, I think shoelaces both got really lame in the mid-90s, but they seem to have really re-emerged during the last year or two, totally transformed and ready to assert their relevance–even necessity, perhaps–to the culture. I can’t wait to see what happens with shoelaces next.
In closing, I wish that I could promise to keep your secret about the simplicity of your cake recipe from Jimmy, but the fact of the matter is that I’m almost certainly going to post your letter and my response (that is, this letter which I’m writing right now) on HTMLGiant later this afternoon, or possibly even this morning, so I guess he’ll probably learn the truth that way.
JT
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M. BAUMER REPLIES TO THE REPLY:
| from | M. Baumer |
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| to | Justin Taylor |
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| date | Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:52 PM |
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| subject | Re: a note from thieves jargon |
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| mailed-by | gmail.com |
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Hey Justin,
I give you permission to post my email without my permission.
Please include this:
I also want to say something about BB that makes fun of the way he gets off or something, but I am not very good at shit talking.
Justin, I think you want me to kill myself. ‘Shoelaces’ was my self-termination code word when I was created as a sad pot of soup on the back left burner. Then some family ate me.
I honestly think lots of people would consider being gay with BB’s blogspot account. I guess this is a compliment. Sometimes I worry about saying anything bad about BB and any other expert bloggers because in the back of my head I think, “If they kill themselves someone in the future will read this comment of me calling them a ‘shitfuck’ and then they’ll google my name and find my address and come to my house via google maps and dump un-erasable spam on my front lawn and my wife will say, ‘how could you say that?’ and then stop talking to me over gchat and i’ll marriage will be over.”
Oh well.
To Blake
“You’re a shitfuck. Don’t kill yourself.”
Are we having a feud now? About what?
Tags: angst angst baby, blake butler, philip roth, reader mail, when she was good, zachary german
we all get scared sometimes. And self-conscious. this is what you get when you combine funny and sad.
justin, my man, you gotta let this go. the only thing that wasnt pointless and ridiculous about this post was the picture of nicole ritchie.
it cant be good for your health anymore to keep caring about that.
we all get scared sometimes. And self-conscious. this is what you get when you combine funny and sad.
justin, my man, you gotta let this go. the only thing that wasnt pointless and ridiculous about this post was the picture of nicole ritchie.
it cant be good for your health anymore to keep caring about that.
i take that back….
velcro is the new internet
i take that back….
velcro is the new internet
for real
when velcro was still good
for real
when velcro was still good
barry- i’m just a guy who wakes up in the morning and checks his email.
barry- i’m just a guy who wakes up in the morning and checks his email.
also, i think the guy in the squid suit is the star of this post. between him and the bear suit and the pig mask, HTMLGiant fucking rules animal costumes today. Someone tell Tao Lin he’s been totally pwned by the Giant.
(You don’t really have to do that last thing- I’ll tell him myself.)
also, i think the guy in the squid suit is the star of this post. between him and the bear suit and the pig mask, HTMLGiant fucking rules animal costumes today. Someone tell Tao Lin he’s been totally pwned by the Giant.
(You don’t really have to do that last thing- I’ll tell him myself.)
i’ve never turned down a cake in my life
i’ve never turned down a cake in my life
I liked the seriousness of Justin’s earlier post on this because I do believe in integrity and the lack of it. I don’t understand Ryan- whose story I really liked in the Tyrant- saying this isn’t any interesting discussion. I do understand Barry saying to “let go”. But man, BB doesn’t owe anyone an apology. I don’t care how great TG is- you don’t “unpublish” someone because you are angry at them. My twelve yr old is more mature than that.
pr:
i agree, unpublishing something is shitty. i agree with everything you say. my affection for you is abstruse.
my concern about this post is for justin. he’s a good guy, i dont want his blood pressure affected by this shit. he needs his health to check emails.
i love everyone who reads this (sam i am forever indebted to you for that line. it is the only line that ive ever read that i am envious that i did not right myself)
pr:
i agree, unpublishing something is shitty. i agree with everything you say. my affection for you is abstruse.
my concern about this post is for justin. he’s a good guy, i dont want his blood pressure affected by this shit. he needs his health to check emails.
i love everyone who reads this (sam i am forever indebted to you for that line. it is the only line that ive ever read that i am envious that i did not right myself)
barry, your new mastery of ‘abstruse’ brings a tear of lovejoy to my mind
barry, your new mastery of ‘abstruse’ brings a tear of lovejoy to my mind
I love all the horseshitting around here, but sometimes, you know, let’s not fuck around. (OK, not often). Justin is good for that. I think it calms him to write out well thought, sensible shit. It’s good for his blood pressure! And as much as Sam makes me want to rub ointment on his wounds and heat up some Cambell’s for him, sometimes, there is a right and a wrong. But I heart Sam. And you too, Barry….
pr:
i agree wit what youa re saying 100 percent, but i just cant understand for the lif eof me what good it did or who ro what it benefitted for justin to post this. really? thats all im saying. im not trying to fuck around, im being sincere. no matter how i say things, im always sincere.
pr:
i agree wit what youa re saying 100 percent, but i just cant understand for the lif eof me what good it did or who ro what it benefitted for justin to post this. really? thats all im saying. im not trying to fuck around, im being sincere. no matter how i say things, im always sincere.
this post of his is silliness. his other post i thought was important. I am sincere, too. it’s not ok to unpublish someone. i liked how serious he contemplated the responsibilities of being an editor. i liked his discussion of the difference of being a writer and an editor. i liked his discussion of “currency”. i liked his last post so much. i do think this one didn’t do much to further that discussion. but i think his last discussion was a very good one.
i agree. you said what i wanted to say, only better.
i agree. you said what i wanted to say, only better.
pr and bg = love
i disagree with letting this shit go.
letting shit go is weakness. weakness is not a fashionable trait.
It was let go. Baumer antagonized justin by sending him an email.
i think it was squashed until now.
what i don’t understand is how childish people get over not getting linked.
boo fucking hoo.
if your shit is good, people will come. why is it BB responsibility to link some one just because they want to be linked? it doesn’t fit his aesthetic. he is the fucking editor.
fuck you all.
double fuck you all.
i’m tired of people acting like anger is not a real emotion. some times it is okay to be angry. you were born with this emotion. it is real. do not let it consume you. expressing it is healthy though.
i disagree with letting this shit go.
letting shit go is weakness. weakness is not a fashionable trait.
It was let go. Baumer antagonized justin by sending him an email.
i think it was squashed until now.
what i don’t understand is how childish people get over not getting linked.
boo fucking hoo.
if your shit is good, people will come. why is it BB responsibility to link some one just because they want to be linked? it doesn’t fit his aesthetic. he is the fucking editor.
fuck you all.
double fuck you all.
i’m tired of people acting like anger is not a real emotion. some times it is okay to be angry. you were born with this emotion. it is real. do not let it consume you. expressing it is healthy though.
i think its ok to be angry and i think its ok to express, but i think it is stupid to hold on to anger until it starts affecting you physically, mentally, emotionally, spirtually, etc. then its just not worth it. be angry, epress anger, but dont let it consume you, then its extra baggage you have to carry around and i may be wrong, i am quite often, but that shit just doesnt make sense to me. it may work well for someone else, but it doesnt for me. that’s all i got to say about that.
i think its ok to be angry and i think its ok to express, but i think it is stupid to hold on to anger until it starts affecting you physically, mentally, emotionally, spirtually, etc. then its just not worth it. be angry, epress anger, but dont let it consume you, then its extra baggage you have to carry around and i may be wrong, i am quite often, but that shit just doesnt make sense to me. it may work well for someone else, but it doesnt for me. that’s all i got to say about that.
barry,
triple fuck you.
that is what i said.
barry,
triple fuck you.
that is what i said.
I think that Jereme said some great stuff about this. He called TJ editor late on the post saying something to the extent of “you are digging a bigger hole for yourself” and I agreed. But I d agree with Barry that at a certain point, you haveto let go. I don’t think that Justin was at that point, though. I think Justin was CALM. And smart and right in is well thought out argument. But I do know, from some experience, that there does come a time to let go. It’s not weakenss. It’s smart. More on that another time. barry and jereme…..
a triple fuck.. nice. does that mean i get to stick it in three seperate orifices.
a triple fuck.. nice. does that mean i get to stick it in three seperate orifices.
yes pr.
i agree.
in the real world i would probably hit matt over the head with a beer bottle or something and it would be let go.
or he would beat me and it would be let go.
that is the problem with writer nerds though. most do not live in the real world. they keep antagonizing people because they have not lived in the real world where your mouth will get you broken teeth.
i am not being a tough guy. i am expressing my views.
regardless, i feel now that i am part of a gang. not a lame gang like in west side story but a cool gang like in the outsiders.
jimmy chen is pony boy.
now let’s start stabbing some fucking preps and get this shit on.
yes pr.
i agree.
in the real world i would probably hit matt over the head with a beer bottle or something and it would be let go.
or he would beat me and it would be let go.
that is the problem with writer nerds though. most do not live in the real world. they keep antagonizing people because they have not lived in the real world where your mouth will get you broken teeth.
i am not being a tough guy. i am expressing my views.
regardless, i feel now that i am part of a gang. not a lame gang like in west side story but a cool gang like in the outsiders.
jimmy chen is pony boy.
now let’s start stabbing some fucking preps and get this shit on.
i’m so tired by all this.
blake justin matt mark: i would like to have a beer with you all, just after a lobotomy.
‘punk rock died when the first kid said punk’s not dead’ -silver jews
this is the last thing i have to say about this. my comment is exactly what sam pink posted.
i’m so tired by all this.
blake justin matt mark: i would like to have a beer with you all, just after a lobotomy.
‘punk rock died when the first kid said punk’s not dead’ -silver jews
this is the last thing i have to say about this. my comment is exactly what sam pink posted.
barry,
yes, twice if you’d like.
jimmy,
i am sorry that you are tired of this. i know i can be over the top. i am a little surprised more people are not taking this personally.
i guess it is because it was not one of your stories that was removed spitefully.
it was blake’s
the guy who promotes other writers tirelessly on his blog
the guy who genuinely cares for independent literature
the guy who has helped other’s out countless times
but it is okay. it is okay to ignore what happened because it is easier.
easy allows us to act like nothing happened and go back to worrying about ourselves and not offending people because it will help us get published and not offend editors.
it is okay to not stand up for things.
it is okay.
barry,
yes, twice if you’d like.
jimmy,
i am sorry that you are tired of this. i know i can be over the top. i am a little surprised more people are not taking this personally.
i guess it is because it was not one of your stories that was removed spitefully.
it was blake’s
the guy who promotes other writers tirelessly on his blog
the guy who genuinely cares for independent literature
the guy who has helped other’s out countless times
but it is okay. it is okay to ignore what happened because it is easier.
easy allows us to act like nothing happened and go back to worrying about ourselves and not offending people because it will help us get published and not offend editors.
it is okay to not stand up for things.
it is okay.
Jimmy- You know Louisville is death. That’s why we’ve got to move. Because the dead do not improve. Marry me–leave Kentucky. Come to Tennessee.
[beat]
[beat]
[beat]
cuz yr the only ten i seeeeeeee.
Jimmy- You know Louisville is death. That’s why we’ve got to move. Because the dead do not improve. Marry me–leave Kentucky. Come to Tennessee.
[beat]
[beat]
[beat]
cuz yr the only ten i seeeeeeee.
Sam Pink as Jesus Christ.
Mark Baumer as Moses.
Jereme as Onan.
Blake Butler as Onan’s sweatsock.
DiGang as the prodigal son.
Jimmy Chen as Rodney King.
Sam Pink as Jesus Christ.
Mark Baumer as Moses.
Jereme as Onan.
Blake Butler as Onan’s sweatsock.
DiGang as the prodigal son.
Jimmy Chen as Rodney King.
also- further proof that ‘pr’ is the on-pointest lady ever: yes, exactly. i had more fun writing that response email and looking for images like that squid i found than just about anything else i did today. it was really funny and enjoyable to me. i felt good about the jokes i made. if any of my students had actually come to my office hours, they would have discovered me enjoying myself way too much. good thing none of them did. KIDS IF YOU’RE READING THIS YOUR FINAL IS TUESDAY AND WE ARE *SO* NOT FUCKING AROUND ANYMORE SO STOP READING THIS AND GO STUDY. But Barry does have a point also, I think, which is that I generally sound much more serious and/or agitated than I really am.
I am much more “emotionally invested” in a post like the one I made about Joshua Cohen, which I think got exactly one comment—–pr’s. Truth is, I made both posts at the same time, and decided to save this one for later, to give dude a chance to respond and also to give the Cohen post some breathing room, because that is actually interesting, as was–I think/hope–the post yesterday about editors. This was just ass-clownery.
It was also, in a certain sense, fair play I think. Dude emailed me. I made him the same offer I made to the woman who emailed me threatening to unpublish me from her journal–I offered to publish her letter as reader mail. She never responded, hence I didn’t put it up. Despite what I said to MB in my letter, I held the post until he responded in the affirmative. And that’s the whole story.
also- further proof that ‘pr’ is the on-pointest lady ever: yes, exactly. i had more fun writing that response email and looking for images like that squid i found than just about anything else i did today. it was really funny and enjoyable to me. i felt good about the jokes i made. if any of my students had actually come to my office hours, they would have discovered me enjoying myself way too much. good thing none of them did. KIDS IF YOU’RE READING THIS YOUR FINAL IS TUESDAY AND WE ARE *SO* NOT FUCKING AROUND ANYMORE SO STOP READING THIS AND GO STUDY. But Barry does have a point also, I think, which is that I generally sound much more serious and/or agitated than I really am.
I am much more “emotionally invested” in a post like the one I made about Joshua Cohen, which I think got exactly one comment—–pr’s. Truth is, I made both posts at the same time, and decided to save this one for later, to give dude a chance to respond and also to give the Cohen post some breathing room, because that is actually interesting, as was–I think/hope–the post yesterday about editors. This was just ass-clownery.
It was also, in a certain sense, fair play I think. Dude emailed me. I made him the same offer I made to the woman who emailed me threatening to unpublish me from her journal–I offered to publish her letter as reader mail. She never responded, hence I didn’t put it up. Despite what I said to MB in my letter, I held the post until he responded in the affirmative. And that’s the whole story.
except for the sex parts, natch.
except for the sex parts, natch.
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Love it Justin.
But why are you not discussing Kafka with me? I fucking spent HOURS- DAYS- trying to read him in German. His work is funny. It needs to be discussed that way. He is a comedian. Like Richard Price. Like Isaac Babel. I hate it when people miss that. He was tragic. But his work is pure Shakspearan funny.
pr- this was my introduction to Kafka:
In high school I had this friend, Asaf. He was Israeli and his parents were freaky artist types– like they made mad bank and I think one of his dad’s pieces is in the White House, but they wore black pajamas all day and didn’t really deal well with kids. He turned me onto LSD when we were 15, and a lot of music. Most of the music was stupid techno, but one thing that stuck with me for a long time was Frank Zappa. I’m sort of a Zappa agnostic now, but I was a Zappa evangelist for a long time. So anyway, I start collecting Zappa records. Now I buy a copy of WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY, which is one of the few FZ records I will stand by without reservation, to this day. I put my new record on, and start reading the liner notes while I listen. The liner notes explain that YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO THE LAST SONG (“The Chrome-Plated Megaphone of Destiny”) until you have read Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony” and are prepared to sit quietly and think about what you read while listening to the song.
Evangelist that I was, I stopped the record before that song came on EVERY TIME I PLAYED IT for weeks, maybe months, until I got hold of a Kafka book and was able to read the story. Then I did just what FZ said. Nothing much of note came of it, but not for my lack of effort, faith, or will.
And that was my introduction to Kafka.
pr- this was my introduction to Kafka:
In high school I had this friend, Asaf. He was Israeli and his parents were freaky artist types– like they made mad bank and I think one of his dad’s pieces is in the White House, but they wore black pajamas all day and didn’t really deal well with kids. He turned me onto LSD when we were 15, and a lot of music. Most of the music was stupid techno, but one thing that stuck with me for a long time was Frank Zappa. I’m sort of a Zappa agnostic now, but I was a Zappa evangelist for a long time. So anyway, I start collecting Zappa records. Now I buy a copy of WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY, which is one of the few FZ records I will stand by without reservation, to this day. I put my new record on, and start reading the liner notes while I listen. The liner notes explain that YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO THE LAST SONG (“The Chrome-Plated Megaphone of Destiny”) until you have read Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony” and are prepared to sit quietly and think about what you read while listening to the song.
Evangelist that I was, I stopped the record before that song came on EVERY TIME I PLAYED IT for weeks, maybe months, until I got hold of a Kafka book and was able to read the story. Then I did just what FZ said. Nothing much of note came of it, but not for my lack of effort, faith, or will.
And that was my introduction to Kafka.
i can’t read the word ‘abstruse’ without thinking of that ny times obituary of derrida.
i can’t read html giant without seeing things that i feel should be hidden and private and shameful. i think so many things are too easily seen and said and i am just wondering what happened to the guilt and shame and hidden things and what they must now be if they are not what I read here sometimes. they must be really bad, like the kinds of things that girls tell you that make you want to love them forever and erase their childhoods.
i like that kafka series. thank you for pointing out that it exists. it is on a website for/about jews. that is probably why i was thinking about shame and guilt and said what i said above.
i think m. baumer was trying to be fraternal and in on jokes and was not succeeding at either aim. that made me sad and i liked him better because he failed and was not as clever or funny as he wanted to be. but also i was angry with him because i wanted for him to be smoothing things over instead of digging holes.
i can’t read the word ‘abstruse’ without thinking of that ny times obituary of derrida.
i can’t read html giant without seeing things that i feel should be hidden and private and shameful. i think so many things are too easily seen and said and i am just wondering what happened to the guilt and shame and hidden things and what they must now be if they are not what I read here sometimes. they must be really bad, like the kinds of things that girls tell you that make you want to love them forever and erase their childhoods.
i like that kafka series. thank you for pointing out that it exists. it is on a website for/about jews. that is probably why i was thinking about shame and guilt and said what i said above.
i think m. baumer was trying to be fraternal and in on jokes and was not succeeding at either aim. that made me sad and i liked him better because he failed and was not as clever or funny as he wanted to be. but also i was angry with him because i wanted for him to be smoothing things over instead of digging holes.
the other thing he was really right about was the band Coldcut, whose Let Us Play and Let Us Replay are two amazing records. I haven’t been as into their newer stuff but could listen to those albums over and over. Oh and Squarepusher too, I guess.
the other thing he was really right about was the band Coldcut, whose Let Us Play and Let Us Replay are two amazing records. I haven’t been as into their newer stuff but could listen to those albums over and over. Oh and Squarepusher too, I guess.
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preorders for matt bell’s HOW THE BROKEN LEAD THE BLIND are still open, you can go here to preorder it: http://willowsweptpress.blogspot.com/
DC berman is a genius.
american water is the soundtrack of my life
DC berman is a genius.
american water is the soundtrack of my life
i wish i could get into silver jews more. ‘actual air’ is the shit though
i wish i could get into silver jews more. ‘actual air’ is the shit though
like like, the the the the
grass rabbits grass rabbits grass rabbits grass
nodoby cares
about a dead hooker
like like, the the the the
grass rabbits grass rabbits grass rabbits grass
nodoby cares
about a dead hooker
I’m more of a Bright Flight guy myself. I also think that the two most recent Joos albums are really underrated. People said Tanglewood wasn’t that great until Lookout came out, then they fronted like Tanglewood was a classic and Lookout didn’t add up. I’m not saying Lookout is the best record ever, but there’s at leas two bowls of genius on there- Party Barge is a dance classic that every producer in the world is apparently too fucking stupid to realize needs the shit remixed out of it– Everything about Cassie–bass, vox, ‘tude–needs to be cranked way the fuck up. throw in some scratching and a bridge or something: CHRISTMAS.
San Francisco, BC too, man. Not as cathartic a singalong as “Death of an Heir of Sorrows” but it’s smarter+funnier than anything I committed to DAT this year.
can’t we all just get along?
I’m more of a Bright Flight guy myself. I also think that the two most recent Joos albums are really underrated. People said Tanglewood wasn’t that great until Lookout came out, then they fronted like Tanglewood was a classic and Lookout didn’t add up. I’m not saying Lookout is the best record ever, but there’s at leas two bowls of genius on there- Party Barge is a dance classic that every producer in the world is apparently too fucking stupid to realize needs the shit remixed out of it– Everything about Cassie–bass, vox, ‘tude–needs to be cranked way the fuck up. throw in some scratching and a bridge or something: CHRISTMAS.
San Francisco, BC too, man. Not as cathartic a singalong as “Death of an Heir of Sorrows” but it’s smarter+funnier than anything I committed to DAT this year.
can’t we all just get along?
i’m the one with the fucking bashed in head
can’t we all just get along?
i’m 1984 i was hospitalized for approaching perfection
i’m the one with the fucking bashed in head
can’t we all just get along?
i’m 1984 i was hospitalized for approaching perfection
ps “two bowls of genius” was a superlative intended to be applied to the whole record. i wasn’t saying that those 2 songs I zeroed in on are the only 2 “bowls” of genius. no, the record itself is the bowl–a brimming double bowl of awesome.
ps “two bowls of genius” was a superlative intended to be applied to the whole record. i wasn’t saying that those 2 songs I zeroed in on are the only 2 “bowls” of genius. no, the record itself is the bowl–a brimming double bowl of awesome.
there’s that one silver jews song on i forget which album where he talks about going to a party and sneaking upstairs to make free long-distance phone calls and i always thought that was one of the best lines ever
there’s that one silver jews song on i forget which album where he talks about going to a party and sneaking upstairs to make free long-distance phone calls and i always thought that was one of the best lines ever
ben- that would be “The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor” on Starlite Walker. Title is a play on “Diary of a Country Priest” but perhaps not entirely unrelated to KAFKA’S “A Country Doctor,” which is an awesomely fucked story.
ben- that would be “The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor” on Starlite Walker. Title is a play on “Diary of a Country Priest” but perhaps not entirely unrelated to KAFKA’S “A Country Doctor,” which is an awesomely fucked story.
The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor.
“It’s not made if it’s made in Roanoke.”
The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor.
“It’s not made if it’s made in Roanoke.”
“all my favorite singers couldn’t sing”
“all my favorite singers couldn’t sing”
no one really says that about writers though. or do they?
no one really says that about writers though. or do they?
OK, I don’t listen to the Silver Jews. Sorry. BUT- Justin! That story about your introduction to Kafka was great! You are great. I read him in my late teens early twenties and then again, in my mid to late twenties. The two experiences were so different. The second time, I laughed out loud, smiled, giggled. The first time, I had been very serious, and was like, WOW, this is soo deep and dark. The second time, I saw his aburdity for what it is- absurd. A guy wakes up and is a fly? That’s funny. But like all great comedy, it has a dark side. But to miss the comedy is to miss the point. So thanks for the post. I picked up his diaries again because of it. I have this section marked off I want to share here- it’s funny AND dark- but I have to go outside now, cause Jimmy told me to.
OK, I don’t listen to the Silver Jews. Sorry. BUT- Justin! That story about your introduction to Kafka was great! You are great. I read him in my late teens early twenties and then again, in my mid to late twenties. The two experiences were so different. The second time, I laughed out loud, smiled, giggled. The first time, I had been very serious, and was like, WOW, this is soo deep and dark. The second time, I saw his aburdity for what it is- absurd. A guy wakes up and is a fly? That’s funny. But like all great comedy, it has a dark side. But to miss the comedy is to miss the point. So thanks for the post. I picked up his diaries again because of it. I have this section marked off I want to share here- it’s funny AND dark- but I have to go outside now, cause Jimmy told me to.
I don’t really know what’s going on here, but that letter by M. Baumer, the first one, is one of the best things. M. Baumer should contribute to this blog.
I don’t really know what’s going on here, but that letter by M. Baumer, the first one, is one of the best things. M. Baumer should contribute to this blog.
justin:
“on pointness” is my favorite adjective. god bless ya.
justin:
“on pointness” is my favorite adjective. god bless ya.
In certain corners of the internet no one knows what anyone means and they apologise every third sentence as if it were cute. It’s not deep or funny guys, it’s kind of annoying!!!!
In certain corners of the internet no one knows what anyone means and they apologise every third sentence as if it were cute. It’s not deep or funny guys, it’s kind of annoying!!!!
not sure why all the trouble but writers are sensitive about their work
rejection get use to it
not sure why all the trouble but writers are sensitive about their work
rejection get use to it
Hey, Just wanted to let you know that your site isn’t loading properly on my iPhone. Do you know if there’s some setting I need to use to make it show properly? Everything is out of line.
Hey, Just wanted to let you know that your site isn’t loading properly on my iPhone. Do you know if there’s some setting I need to use to make it show properly? Everything is out of line.