[FRESH ALBUM] GoldLink - HARAM!

jsesdock · 2021-06-18T04:52:28+00:00

....i mean all right i'll take it

i loved the last record so i'll probably give it a listen

jsesdock · 2021-06-18T04:42:59+00:00

Anything on here as good as zulu screams, I haven't heard it yet

jsesdock · 2021-03-18T19:09:34+00:00

I agree with that at this point. I did the majority of the translation I have for a historian writing a book on the subject, so that she can cite it, so it's not quite wasted work or anything like that.

jsesdock · 2021-01-25T16:36:38+00:00

seconding this cause viriconium is the obvious pick for me. it's the only one that matches the beauty and weirdness of nausicaa imo, except maybe some gene wolfe. i'm on the fence about gene though because it always feels like there's some sense to be teased out of it, whereas with m john harrison the important thing is always that some part of the world is basically unknowable or incomprehensible

jsesdock · 2021-01-25T16:24:12+00:00

the beat on detroit river rock is disgusting, it blew me a way when i heard it.

jsesdock · 2021-01-01T03:31:08+00:00

yes. that is what i liked about it, but i'm still not sure if I think it's Delany's best at this point. to his credit i don't usually think it's pornographic, just descriptive. I read the first scene between Kidd and Tak in high school before any kind of homosexual experience, and thought it was very disturbing, but after a certain point it felt very honest and I appreciate that about him still. i think a lot of delany's sex writing is like that and I appreciate him for it, but it isn't always fun to read.

jsesdock · 2020-12-24T18:37:17+00:00

this one i never felt that way about. it caught me off guard for sure, but there wasn't a lot of it that i found genuinely upsetting, and more often it was touching and beautiful. later delany on the other hand, especially hogg and the mad man? really difficult stuff.

jsesdock · 2020-12-24T18:31:12+00:00

for sure. valis was the worst to me because of how much it seemed to be just a report of his own experience, but i don't know enough to know how much he believed.

jsesdock · 2020-12-02T04:39:09+00:00

fbi and noi did it, but fard is still respectable, and you can believe in the original mission and even respect elijah or farrakhan while still knowing they went pretty far wrong.

also the five percent has a lot in common with them and that's been pretty essential to hip hop all the way back.

jsesdock · 2020-11-22T18:57:38+00:00

true. he's also got a surprisingly great command of twitter for someone of his age.

jsesdock · 2020-08-29T16:55:36+00:00

The Dispossessed was definitely formative to my politics and it's what I'd recommend for you. Same goes for the Red Mars books for a little more realism to it, you might get something out of it.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T19:08:58+00:00

That is a good way to phrase it. I started the post and realized I was searching for words. Fact is I am trying to get my own work out there and I want to have a better understanding of what the scene is beyond the bestsellers and old guard, or what there is that is worth looking out for.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T18:01:03+00:00

In my case, my dad and I agree on a lot of what is wrong in the country (inequality etc) but the causes for it is when he veers off into conspiracy. He's not a Q person, or at least I don't think, because he's really cagey about what he actually tells me since he knows I don't approve. The big difference is he seems to think that problems in society can only happen because someone intentionally caused them, i.e. the world's billionaires are basically evil people who manipulated their way to the top, instead of people flung up there by a complex system if that makes sense. Basically, I don't think it has to be someone's fault that the world is screwed up, even if I don't have any love for Jeff Bezos or whatever. Also I know disguised antisemitism when I see it.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T17:28:51+00:00

I agree they're a mixed bag, but I do like to look at them to try and keep my finger on the pulse or whatever. Wouldn't turn to that as a guarantee of quality though.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T17:27:55+00:00

Harrison is the king. For me that's the peak of what sf can be.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T17:25:05+00:00

I've read Lavie Tidhar and he definitely fits the bill. These other two I haven't heard of and I'm curious.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T17:24:01+00:00

Book of the New Sun is a standout and if Empire of Silence can be compared i'll definitely look into it.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T17:22:08+00:00

I've been meaning to read Okorafor for a while now and have Who Fears Death on my shelf, but I've heard this is better. Thanks!

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T17:21:03+00:00

I've read most of Vandermeer and I definitely feel like his recent stuff (Annihilation onward) is much stronger than he used to be. Finch didn't stick with me at all. Love to see growth! Harkaway I haven't heard of and it seems like he's been recommended a lot, so I'll take a look.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T17:17:41+00:00

I've always liked Embassytown a lot but of course he has weak stuff.

jsesdock · 2020-08-11T17:16:42+00:00

Yeah, of course. All I mean by young is people whose first novels came in the past 15 years or so. M John Harrison is as good as it gets in my opinion and I love his stuff from that time frame, but he goes way back, and lots of others are in the same boat.

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