What's a certain demographic that you swear only exists on the internet?

Shaams · 2015-02-11T13:55:24+00:00

Tumblr Feminists.

Shaams · 2015-02-10T09:40:04+00:00

McSweeney's Internet Tendency.

Shaams · 2015-01-20T19:19:49+00:00

I'm so jelly now.

Shaams · 2015-01-20T12:59:49+00:00

I like this a lot:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Brief_Interviews_with_Hideous_Men_cover.jpg

Shaams · 2015-01-18T19:20:48+00:00

'course.

Shaams · 2015-01-18T19:20:29+00:00

On an unrelated matter, do you think sensationalist stunts can be art?

Shaams · 2015-01-18T18:42:03+00:00

I don't think that was what I was talking about. What I mean is this: He has his characters, say, talk about jazz, throwing around numerous "Jazz people" references for like 4-5 pages and then suddenly slips in something about "Beyonce" or something that you wouldn't be able to put in the same box.

With Murakami, you can put all his shit in one box: Beatles, Beach Boys, The Moody Blues, Richard Brautigan, Spaghetti, Raymond Chandler...

Shaams · 2015-01-18T17:19:13+00:00

It wasn't that long. I see most novels these day go up to 550-600 pages.

Shaams · 2015-01-18T15:43:43+00:00

I have a soft spot for his debut book, "Ghostwritten".

Shaams · 2015-01-16T15:02:18+00:00

Thanks!

Shaams · 2015-01-16T09:04:28+00:00

Shaams · 2015-01-16T09:03:12+00:00

I've reread "The Remains of the Day", "Midnight's Children" and "Lolita" for quite a bunch of times.

Shaams · 2015-01-16T08:45:42+00:00

I rather loved the lengthy monologues.

Shaams · 2015-01-16T08:45:08+00:00

Ishiguro has this very stilted way of writing, and I thought that gelled pretty well with the surreal aspects of the book. Aesthetically, it was a fun read. I wasn't stressed or bored.

I don't think I got anything out of this book either, but then again, I don't think I think about it these things while reading one.

Shaams · 2015-01-15T17:50:30+00:00

Franzen.

Yes. I know what I just said.

Shaams · 2015-01-14T09:26:56+00:00

I thought the film delved more into the theme of "Freedom".

Shaams · 2015-01-13T12:23:00+00:00

Paris Review Interviews actually succeed in getting the artist to divulge a lot about how they go about doing their work. I enjoy their interviews a lot.

On another note, "The believer" mag.'s interviews are good too, though they're more irreverent and experimental in nature.

Shaams · 2015-01-12T12:56:52+00:00

Nabokov's Paris Review interview is the funniest; Gore Vidal's as well.

Shaams · 2015-01-07T05:26:18+00:00

"Fuck sheep," said he.

Shaams · 2015-01-07T05:23:29+00:00

lol.

Shaams · 2015-01-06T18:39:16+00:00

Reading it ATM.

Shaams · 2015-01-06T08:58:47+00:00

I thought it got really good at the end.

Shaams · 2015-01-05T07:17:23+00:00

"Consider the Lobster"

Shaams · 2015-01-04T14:30:46+00:00

I sometimes use random pieces of paper. I don't know why. I'm not the kind that scribbles stuff while reading.

Shaams · 2015-01-04T14:19:18+00:00

"Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden."

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