June 25th, 2009 / 12:32 pm
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Catherine Lacey
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Phillip Roth: The Dance Mix
Back that ass up...
This morning on the Melville House blog, Moby Lives, editor Kelly Burdick posted a dance track featuring Phillip Roth doing some “Jewish Shouting.” DJ James Marcus, critic, translator and author of Amazonia, is responsible for the madness. Marcus interviewed Roth last September for the LA Times, and during the interview, Roth gave Marcus an example of what he called “Jewish Shouting,” which Marcus (who is also a musician) turned into a short dance track. You can find the track here. You have basically not lived until you can dance to the wails of Phillip Roth.
Tags: dance music, phillip roth
Oh my god that’s retarded.
Oh my god that’s retarded.
Anti-Semite
Anti-Semite
It’s only bunnies I hate. Easter. Bugs.
It’s only bunnies I hate. Easter. Bugs.
intergalactic planetary
intergalactic planetary
i just read portnoys complaint, and i hated it. what is a really good roth book? is there such a thing?
i just read portnoys complaint, and i hated it. what is a really good roth book? is there such a thing?
its a kind of weak shout
its a kind of weak shout
Read American Pastoral or Sabbath’s Theater. The Counterlife. Operation Shylock. Zuckerman Bound (that’s four books). I don’t like his early stuff, either as much. Portnoy’s and When she was good…eh…also I don’t like his Kapesh books as much as his Zuckerman books. But when he’s good- NO ONE is better. He’s one of my faves.
planetary intergalactic
planetary intergalactic
Is this really Darby posting all this or is this Ryan Manning?
Is this really Darby posting all this or is this Ryan Manning?
it’s me, darby. hi!
it’s me, darby. hi!
I just finished Portnoy’s Complaint and aside from the shock value of making love to lunch meat and serving it to your family or having one’s way with a cored apple type shenanigans, I had a few good laughs. The book was recommended when I mentioned to a playwright friend something about sex in books making easy best sellers. I told him how much I liked the way humor took the edge off dark-age-esque taboos. He claimed Roth made the ultimate Godzilla book baby from sex and humor in Portnoy. I pretty much agree. It was hard core dirty and fun.
I just finished Portnoy’s Complaint and aside from the shock value of making love to lunch meat and serving it to your family or having one’s way with a cored apple type shenanigans, I had a few good laughs. The book was recommended when I mentioned to a playwright friend something about sex in books making easy best sellers. I told him how much I liked the way humor took the edge off dark-age-esque taboos. He claimed Roth made the ultimate Godzilla book baby from sex and humor in Portnoy. I pretty much agree. It was hard core dirty and fun.
the first half of the plot against america is mega good.
the first half of the plot against america is mega good.
i liked ‘when she was good’
bought it randomly because the cover was cool
apparently it’s the only one with a female protagonist, roth does some interesting stuff with it
i liked ‘when she was good’
bought it randomly because the cover was cool
apparently it’s the only one with a female protagonist, roth does some interesting stuff with it