tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post1244984125511076047..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: My Valve Leaks an Amniotic Canopy Over the Bar I'm FraggingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-82097480800986958732013-09-16T21:22:36.776-04:002013-09-16T21:22:36.776-04:00Lordy, this reminds me that the major thing I miss...Lordy, this reminds me that the major thing I miss about typepad was it's edit-your-comments functionality, cause back then I didn't reread before plunging publish neither.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-84072203719652893072013-09-16T18:33:41.820-04:002013-09-16T18:33:41.820-04:00assnarks — precisely the word i was looking for af...assnarks — precisely the word i was looking for after reading the review! all that poetizing may be paying off after all!<br /><br />just got back from the mtns. been away. miss me? pics to followJim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-61298241677851153742013-09-16T11:07:41.988-04:002013-09-16T11:07:41.988-04:00I intend to try again (and I don't mean to sug...I intend to try again (and I don't mean to suggest his review of Pynchon makes him an untouchable). I don't remember the particulars of why I failed Letham's novels, it's been a number of years, I've Fortress somewhere on the bookshelves. I've a vague memory that the Brooklyn one had <br /><br />His new novel looks interesting, though almost everyone who likes his stuff says start w/Fortress. On the ever growing never-catchable list....BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-27992612949920734162013-09-16T10:39:18.695-04:002013-09-16T10:39:18.695-04:00Lethem: Can be quite good, but wildly uneven -- bo...Lethem: Can be quite good, but wildly uneven -- both from my own experience, and the opinion of some that I trust.<br /><br /><i>The Fortress of Solitude</i> quite knocked me out, featuring a long of descriptive passages that were among the best I've read in recent memory. (For instance: A game of softball on a Brooklyn sidestreet in the hour before sundown.) Have liked a number of his short stories.<br /><br />As an essayist he's occasionally quite sharp, tho' prone to flying off on tangents. Case in point: His recent addition to the Continuum 33 & 1/3 series, in which he took on Talking Heads' <i>Fear of Music</i>. Had anticipated it'd be the perfect match, but instead it turned out to be a disappointment -- a pointless read. Banged out in a flush of enthusiasm, he desperately (IMO) needed an editor who'd rein him in, force him to focus less on himself as a listener and more on the item in question.<br /><br />Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-38494265592232837682013-09-16T08:37:08.836-04:002013-09-16T08:37:08.836-04:00in the ludlow piece on the banality of systematic ...in the ludlow piece on the banality of systematic evil that you link to, he states<br /><br />"Tellingly, a recent Time magazine cover story has pointed out a marked generational difference in how people view these matters: 70 percent of those age 18 to 34 sampled in a poll said they believed that Snowden “did a good thing” in leaking the news of the National Security Agency’s surveillance program.<br /><br />So has the younger generation lost its moral compass?<br /><br />No. In my view, just the opposite."<br /><br />sounds right to memistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-8331643025647816792013-09-16T08:29:51.250-04:002013-09-16T08:29:51.250-04:00Wow, you aren't madly in love with Motherless ...Wow, you aren't madly in love with Motherless Brooklyn? recalibrate ... recalibrate ... recalibrateSashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06501998212859335778noreply@blogger.com