February 6th, 2010 / 4:31 pm
Web Hype
Blake Butler
Web Hype
Stranger Than Fiction?
Sorry, this is funny. Good spirit. But funny.
Song of the day? Converge? Trying to figure out the perspective here. On a Wallace review video for the recent Pale King excerpt he talks about how you can mention “DFW” at a hipster party when people are talking about “hipster lit” like Bolano and Lispector. F’real?
Tags: stranger than fiction
Those people aren’t hipster lit, but they are lit hipsters like, probably.
Those people aren’t hipster lit, but they are lit hipsters like, probably.
Someone is clearly self-conscious in front of the camera.
Someone is clearly self-conscious in front of the camera.
maybe his opinions have merit, but we’ll never know, because his articulation is shit
the only “system” needed to evaluate literature is a nimble vocabulary
get a job teaching, where you have to persuade your audience of your opinion by scooping them up in the loving arms of compelling presentation — specificity, examples, continual representation of the idea from multiple angles — for five years, then speak, critic
maybe his opinions have merit, but we’ll never know, because his articulation is shit
the only “system” needed to evaluate literature is a nimble vocabulary
get a job teaching, where you have to persuade your audience of your opinion by scooping them up in the loving arms of compelling presentation — specificity, examples, continual representation of the idea from multiple angles — for five years, then speak, critic
he ‘cross posted’ the video review on sfaa’s amazon page
after i linked it on my blog/twitter sales on amazon increased considerably, i think
unsure if other factors increased the sales
he ‘cross posted’ the video review on sfaa’s amazon page
after i linked it on my blog/twitter sales on amazon increased considerably, i think
unsure if other factors increased the sales
this man suffers from “happy hands”
i couldn’t stop staring at his pen, or what he was doing with his pen. and when he dropped the pen, i cringed something terrible.
has converge broken through to the mainstream? do they appeal to the button-down crowd?
what is a hipster?
this man suffers from “happy hands”
i couldn’t stop staring at his pen, or what he was doing with his pen. and when he dropped the pen, i cringed something terrible.
has converge broken through to the mainstream? do they appeal to the button-down crowd?
what is a hipster?
big 2 oh 1 oh is breakin me up
some of his delivery reminds me of bob odenkirk’s here
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYZAo1k4R0
big 2 oh 1 oh is breakin me up
some of his delivery reminds me of bob odenkirk’s here
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYZAo1k4R0
i’d say they’re hipster lit, but not exclusively hipster lit. just because the ‘intellectual-hipster’ demographic wears those authors like a badge it doesn’t devalue them at all.
i’d say they’re hipster lit, but not exclusively hipster lit. just because the ‘intellectual-hipster’ demographic wears those authors like a badge it doesn’t devalue them at all.
1:23: I am just there to hang out with you–for as long as you want!
oh man too funny
1:23: I am just there to hang out with you–for as long as you want!
oh man too funny
This guy in the review videos is a jackass. Tossing out names like Forster and Bertolt Brecht?!
This guy in the review videos is a jackass. Tossing out names like Forster and Bertolt Brecht?!
Forster? Like the coffee?
Forster? Like the coffee?
the only book that resulted in blood in the streets was mein kampf.
the only book that resulted in blood in the streets was mein kampf.
that/s not true jack. and you know it. you can/t throw in the nazz and not mention mishima. i had to read the sailor who fell from grace with the sea in high school and it/s what inspired me to start a gang. my gang was me and a bunch of guys who also wanted to start a gang because of mishima/s book. all of us were the leader of the gang. that/s the bloody part. the last one to die gets to be leader.
that/s not true jack. and you know it. you can/t throw in the nazz and not mention mishima. i had to read the sailor who fell from grace with the sea in high school and it/s what inspired me to start a gang. my gang was me and a bunch of guys who also wanted to start a gang because of mishima/s book. all of us were the leader of the gang. that/s the bloody part. the last one to die gets to be leader.
don’t forget the communist manifesto.
don’t forget the communist manifesto.
don’t forget the count of monte cristo.
don’t forget the count of monte cristo.
For all my dead writer homies out there?
For all my dead writer homies out there?
man, this is weird. the guy meanders through his intro for more than half the video, then doesn’t say much specifically at all, or the points he does try to address he does so in about 30 seconds, and they’re vague: “it doesn’t do it for me… I don’t feel for the characters… it’s not joyce or shakespeare.” seriously??? seems like deeply lazy wannabe lit crit.
why is it that people put out vlogs w/ no attempt at quality presentation, or like mark put it, articulation? is it supposed to be more authentic because it’s unrehearsed (i.e., sloppy)?
given tao’s comment, though, I guess this proves that all publicity is good publicity, eh?
too strange…
man, this is weird. the guy meanders through his intro for more than half the video, then doesn’t say much specifically at all, or the points he does try to address he does so in about 30 seconds, and they’re vague: “it doesn’t do it for me… I don’t feel for the characters… it’s not joyce or shakespeare.” seriously??? seems like deeply lazy wannabe lit crit.
why is it that people put out vlogs w/ no attempt at quality presentation, or like mark put it, articulation? is it supposed to be more authentic because it’s unrehearsed (i.e., sloppy)?
given tao’s comment, though, I guess this proves that all publicity is good publicity, eh?
too strange…
his glasses are so heavy that they have ripped his shirt apart
his glasses are so heavy that they have ripped his shirt apart
p.s
i just did the ‘do you like or dislike this article’ survey on his website.
at the moment, 100% of people dislike his article.
i make that 6,692,030,277 people.
p.s
i just did the ‘do you like or dislike this article’ survey on his website.
at the moment, 100% of people dislike his article.
i make that 6,692,030,277 people.