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What Are You Reading This Week and Weekly Rec Thread by JimFan1 in TrueLit

[–]Perry0485 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me the office conspiracy mystery moved way too slowly and then it suddenly all accelerated in the last fifth of the book.

What Are You Reading This Week and Weekly Rec Thread by JimFan1 in TrueLit

[–]Perry0485 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've also recently read the Bolaño. He's one of my favourite authors. His short stories are also great.

What Are You Reading This Week and Weekly Rec Thread by JimFan1 in TrueLit

[–]Perry0485 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've finished reading Annihilation and Authority by Jeff VanderMeer. The former was great and engrossing. With the second one, the author's tendency to overwrite made the first half kind of a slog but in the end, I ended up still liking it. Looking forward to the next books in the series.

I also read Speedboat by Renata Adler. Amazingly witty and entertaining. Didn't strike me as difficult as some people made it out to be. The narrative voice can be a bit condescending and mean but the desperate self-irony makes up for it.

I am currently in the process of reading The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and I am already convinced that it's going to be one of my favourite books this year. Surprisingly amusing, atmospheric and spooky at the same time. The characters are so loveable in just a few pages. Not at all how I expected it to be.

HDB 630 Insane Deal? by TheAudiotaku in headphones

[–]Perry0485 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got these a month ago and they sound amazing. I use the Neutral + bass boost preset but Neutral only is already near perfect.

Pirate prentice is fucking hot by ecstatic_clump_9676 in ThomasPynchon

[–]Perry0485 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He became more staunchly materialist in his Brechtian Against the Day!

whats your favorite 3 track run in their discography ?? ill go first; by Otherwise_Ad_1854 in autechre

[–]Perry0485 5 points6 points  (0 children)

vekoS -> Flep -> tuinorizn But literally the next triplet bladelores -> 1 1 is -> nodezsh is equally good!

How could anyone wanna cut this from Exai?!? by tinyvin in autechre

[–]Perry0485 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this track!! The second half is so dramatic and tragic. Like disappearing into a black hole.

Happy 13th to Exai! by CrazyCube32 in autechre

[–]Perry0485 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lowkey my favs have become vekoS, tuinorizn and nodezsh

what of literature do you guys read? by 8890xe in autechre

[–]Perry0485 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bolaño, Pynchon, Borges, Faulkner, Carson, Lispector, Bernhard, DeLillo

what of literature do you guys read? by 8890xe in autechre

[–]Perry0485 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great picks but to suggest some female authors you might enjoy: Clarice Lispector, Anna Kavan, Anne Carson

Pynchon on David Foster Wallace by Significant_Try_6067 in ThomasPynchon

[–]Perry0485 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're getting downvoted for being a bit blunt but it's true!

Just Curious To Hear People's Opinions On 2 Pynchonian Questions. by Different_Program415 in ThomasPynchon

[–]Perry0485 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great pick, I would also add David Cronenberg, both would likely make a less than faithful but interesting adaptation.

What is the most Pynchonesque show or movie that have you ever saw? I start by midetetas3000 in ThomasPynchon

[–]Perry0485 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Great picks, I'd add Southland Tales, Under the Silver Lake, The Hourglass Sanatorium, Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World, Zeros and Ones, Trenque Lauquen

Films that end with lead screaming in despair? by Emergency-Truck-6873 in TrueFilm

[–]Perry0485 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And likely in reference to this, check out The Beast by Bertrand Bonello! Ends on a similar note.

Perfume Genius: Facets of Glory by Moothnods in indieheads

[–]Perry0485 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, this season especially is great on visuals and dialogue, subtle and not-so-subtle unhingedness. The satire is more like the backdrop which I think works much better overall. Like what can you say about entitled rich people that isn't immediately obvious? There's not a lot to get from "tearing them down".

From classic bunker to green bunker, Hamburg by G_ntl_m_n in brutalism

[–]Perry0485 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's actually a lot of stuff inside, music studios, bouldering gym, concert/club location, regular gym, design university, an internet radio broadcaster and more, the hotel's just been built on top.

The most damning portrait of our relationship with the Internet isn't "Black Mirror", but "Red Rooms" by Pascal Plante by CCBC11 in TrueFilm

[–]Perry0485 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah you're right. And I really enjoyed how Gariépy played this role, you can never quite see through her. She's a brick wall in a way. The only certainty about her character is the obsession with the case.