Jump to content

romanticdude

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    118

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by romanticdude

    Societas x Tape

    in Boards of Canada

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Friendly Stranger said:

    The song at 57 min. - someone decided to chop 100 onions simultaneously in my house right when this came on it was really bizarre. 

    Nobody can say for sure unless there’s a formal track listing but if that’s not one of their old tunes I’ll launch myself into the sun. 

    Felt the same way about the very last track, Sea Cathedral. The mix was totally melancholic at times, looks like the bros still have their way to pull our strings. 

    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    On 5/8/2019 at 6:19 PM, cwmbrancity said:

    After reading the blurb on Mindfuckers/Acid Fascists in another fred, have got to see if this is in Cardiff's humanities library, where, if it is, i'm gonna xerox every page & leave the £123 paperback w/Amazon.

    Admit to being mildly fascinated with the period in question, the themes, music & "the long 60's" perspective", the places tripping can take you anyway on top of all this contextual madness, how ego-heavy brutalism can appropriate psychedelics as a tool to exploit, the gullibility of disciples (vulnerabilities/openness/wtf-ness?), plus the deeply-held belief that hallucinogenic chemicals could, somehow, transform the world. Manson got olde with Genesis P-Orridge & the Process Church always fascinated me, so dearest Mindfuckers, come out of the shadows, my mind is fucked enough already.

    Sarah Hill's recent book "San-Francisco & the Long 60's" is an outstanding inquiry into the psychological landscape of the period, equally critical, but far more focused on activist groups, highly recommended:

    spacer.png

     

    Found a pdf of Mindfuckers. Might spare you the xeroxing. 

    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    Lot49 was his 2nd, V was his first.

    Personally I loved Gravity's Rainbow on the first (admittedly arduous) read.

    I didn't really click with Lot49 until I read it the second time. But yeah, at least it's short. Agree with you on Vineland, love that one.

    Shit, you're right. My bad.

    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    re: contemporary writing, I might start with Pynchon then. haven't read a word of his.

    The Crying of Lot 49 is recommended often as the ideal starting point as it was his debut novella and already featured a lot of elements that make Pynchon so fucking great. But you might as well pick up some later novels like Inherent Vice or Vineland (seriously underrated), two stoner stories with all Pynchon paraphernalia intact, yet more easily digestible than Gravity's Rainbow or something.

    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    blasted in a few days, what a stunning riot

     

    28281.books.origjpg.jpg

     

    too funny at times, mercilessly dark characterss & themes plus the style is a joy, possibly the most surreal journey into the snake infested heart of the Troubles you could hope to encounter in fiction

    I got myself This Is Memorial Device after reading this post and holy shit. It's brilliant. Not too far in and I can already tell I'll love it until the end.

    pics you took that you're pleased with

    in General Banter

    Posted

     

    Alright watmmers, I'm pretty much done with instagram. Worn out. Sucks the fun out of photography. Where should I migrate to? Oscillik suggested VSCO but that seems like another insta.

     

    Also, recent snaps.

     

    34ebba0a214b20882d3c554e40fdcd10.jpg

    63ab3794c73644522a7713b9c96f5458.jpg

    Ehh, it's not really like Instagram — Instagram seems to be very focussed on likes, and how many people are following you etc. It's all very "look at me, my picture got eleventy-hundred likes, and my profile has twenty-seventy-fourteen followers".

     

    VSCO doesn't make any of that shit visible to people. It's very much focussed on the photos.

    Yeah but it's mobile only, right? So, tiny screens and no way to view photos the way they should be looked at.

    This Time with Alan Patridge

    in General Banter

    Posted

    Start with Day Today ideally yeah. Most people would say just watch I'm Alan Partridge 1 & 2 after that (which is where the gold is) but I'd argue Knowing Me Knowing You gives important context for when they go full meta with I'm Alan Partridge.

    After that it's all gravy. I need to rewatch Scissored Isle.

    Yeah I'm a big fan of Day Today, seen it several times already so I'll move on to Knowing Me Knowing You. Thanks a lot!

    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    I'm not reading this (yet) but I will probably have to at some point. Always been intrigued by this guy's art, and it sounds like this book is, basically, something pulled out of my dreamworld.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sRKEgyZgW8

    Damn. I should get this, always dug his work.

    You're right, it's something coming straight from what I imagined as a kid when reading synopses of sci fi films I wasn't allowed to watch in TV guides.

    I also saw that there's some video game to be released soon that basically steals his style. Sad.

    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    i've a question for anyone into mark fisher's stuff: i want to read his Capitalist Realism book - is it collected in the 900-ish pages long "k-punk" volume? or is it a standalone book?

     

    No, it isn't included. k-punk is a collection of his blog posts and while some of them were later reworked into what became Capitalist Realism, the latter is a lot more refined. Go for that if you haven't read any of his work. 

    Aphex Twin - Collapse EP

    in Aphex Twin

    Posted

    I'm mad as fuck, bye bye limited edition, thanks blerp you're the best as usual

     

    is it really gone? did the reddit crowd snatch them all? how can it be sold out if the servers are entirely down?

    I have so many questions 

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.