tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post8823464223372404742..comments2024-03-28T17:13:53.779-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MANShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-25552969866085780612011-03-18T08:24:50.222-04:002011-03-18T08:24:50.222-04:00The greatest poem ever written. ; ]
Love the Flann...The greatest poem ever written. ; ]<br />Love the Flann-man too.Alphabetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717081576443571842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-76877194901064276232008-12-11T13:04:00.000-05:002008-12-11T13:04:00.000-05:00Shaw typed:I've also slogged through the hundreds ...Shaw typed:<BR/><BR/>I've also slogged through the hundreds of books about the disasterous Bush administration.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Don't worry.<BR/><BR/>There will be more. It will take time and considerable effort to to unearth all the secrets kept but once more of this stuff is unearthed GWB's 'legacy' will be cemented.<BR/><BR/>Eight years of misrule by a lazy, disinterested, intellectually stultified man in far over his head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-58299496746586813852008-12-11T08:48:00.000-05:002008-12-11T08:48:00.000-05:00Hey Arthur,Thanks for those recommendations. I ha...Hey Arthur,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for those recommendations. I haven't read much fiction lately. Nothing really catches my interest, but that's probably because I haven't found the off-beat good authors. I've been reading nonfiction, with an emphasis on American history. I've also slogged through the hundreds of books about the disasterous Bush administration.<BR/><BR/>I also like reading biology, Dawkins, S.J. Gould, Natalie Angiers, to name a few.<BR/><BR/>And books on atheism--Dawkins, Denet, Hitchens. And the history of religion: Constantine's Sword by James Carroll.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-46699811990785502782008-12-10T11:33:00.000-05:002008-12-10T11:33:00.000-05:00Thanks.I've read Julian Barnes and he, along with ...Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I've read Julian Barnes and he, along with William Boyd and Ian McEwan are top notch.<BR/><BR/>If you are interested in something more deadpan, dark and funny in a Beckett sort of way take a look at Magnus Mills.<BR/><BR/>'The Restraint of Beasts' and 'All Quiet on the Orient Express' are fantastic novels on the subject of... let's say capital and labor.<BR/><BR/>O'Brian would approve of Mills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-58687886423269305792008-12-09T20:38:00.000-05:002008-12-09T20:38:00.000-05:00Arthurstone,Another author whose books are a joy t...Arthurstone,<BR/><BR/>Another author whose books are a joy to read is Julien Barnes.<BR/><BR/>"History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters" is so good, you need to read it again and again.<BR/><BR/>Also "Flaubert's Parrot"<BR/><BR/>And "Arthur and George" is an absolute feast.<BR/><BR/>I highly recommend it if you like writers who are brilliant and write wonderously.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-88589250329962287722008-12-09T20:28:00.000-05:002008-12-09T20:28:00.000-05:00PS. The Secret Policeman's Third Ball is a hilari...PS. The Secret Policeman's Third Ball is a hilarious film!Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-71204238961346137192008-12-09T20:27:00.000-05:002008-12-09T20:27:00.000-05:00Miles na gCopaleenIn Erse, na gCopaleen means "of ...<I>Miles na gCopaleen</I><BR/><BR/>In Erse, na gCopaleen means "of the little horses." His name in Erse is Miles "of the little horses."<BR/><BR/>"een" is the diminutive in Erse.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-18944664564608577562008-12-09T18:20:00.000-05:002008-12-09T18:20:00.000-05:00I'd not heard of "The Third Policeman", but at one...I'd not heard of "The Third Policeman", but at one time I had a record album entiled <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286059/" REL="nofollow">"The Secret Policeman's Third Ball"</A><BR/><BR/>Miles na gCopaleen? From the surname, he might be Narn. I wonder if he knows Ambassador gKar.<BR/><BR/>At least he did not combine the pen names and call himself Miles O'Brien.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-18472365820791520252008-12-08T15:20:00.000-05:002008-12-08T15:20:00.000-05:00Well it's hard to choose what were may favorite pa...Well it's hard to choose what were may favorite parts of his novels.<BR/><BR/>The Third Policemen with the concept of the man who rode the bicycle exchanging his molecules and becoming the bicycle--to the point where IT was put in jail and not the human, was side-splitting. <BR/><BR/>I have to go back and re-read all of those noted in my post because I read them a while ago and need to reacquaint myself with his characters. Character like deSelby the philosopher/scientist in, I think, At Swim.., who used to close all the windows in the house at night because he believed the night was black because it was insalubrious and dangerous to one's health. He also he used to refer to his mother as "that fine old gentleman," because he wasn't able to determine if she was a man or a woman.<BR/><BR/>And The Dalky Archive, I think was the funniest.<BR/><BR/>The Hard Life and Poor Mouth had me laughing through tears of sorrow because of the way he wrote about how awful life was for the Irish under British rule.<BR/><BR/>The Hard Life was filled with rain, misery, and pigs--that were dressed as little children.<BR/><BR/>Oh gawd, I HAVE TO READ THAT AGAIN!!!Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-9806257618377742342008-12-08T13:52:00.000-05:002008-12-08T13:52:00.000-05:00Brian O'Nolan is one of the funniest writers I...Brian O'Nolan is one of the funniest writers I've ever encountered. And one of the smartest and one of the more tragic.<BR/><BR/>'No Laughing Matter; The Life & Times of Flann O'Brien' is indispensable. What a writer. Spent much of his working life as a civil servant writing columns (and endless letters to the editor under various pseudonyms) under the pen names Flann O'Brien and Miles na gCopaleen as well as five novels. Much under appreciated in his day he has found an audience long after his death. 'The Third Policeman' is brilliant as is 'At Swim Two Birds' he was post-modern before there was such a thing.<BR/><BR/>And hyper-textual. What inventive and beautiful use of the English language.<BR/><BR/>His bit on the snow collection machine and the callow young lover with the reference to Proust in either 'Best of Myles' or 'Further Cuttings from Cruiskeen Lawn' is one of the funniest things I've ever read. Ever. Really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com