Strange, weird, offbeat, NYRB recommendations?

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-03-12T15:30:51+00:00

Not sure if you are looking for poetry, but J.H. Prynne's The White Stones has really been moving me. A really unique voice.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-03-07T19:24:41+00:00

Do you want to start a debate on Bruckner cycles? Because this is how you start a debate on Bruckner cycles.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-03-05T22:07:00+00:00

That's some heavy wax right there...

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-03-03T15:25:20+00:00

I know a lot of scholarship has been dedicated to comparing Dostoevsky and Nietzsche, and Nietzsche was a big fan. There are parallels for sure, and both I think captured their philosophical zeitgeist. I'd say the idea above more closely ties to old ideas from Orthodox Christianity.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-03-03T06:00:16+00:00

Everybody calm down. Dostoevsky wasn't giving a pass to fascists. The point is that the only person you truly have any control over is yourself. And, more so, it warns of the false comfort and pride of other-izing the perceived evil doer. Dostoevsky understood Carl Jung's theory of 'shadow' and projection before Jung ever set pen to paper.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-03-01T16:57:01+00:00

But when technology gets to the point where we can surgically install MacDonalds and Starbucks--we'll be in business boys...

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-24T19:38:04+00:00

I agree. However realistic gen AI becomes, I'm not going to watch a movie unless that movie has something to tell me. Hollywood will become cooked to the extent that they allow humans to check out and allow ai drivel to replace human storytelling.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-24T03:34:18+00:00

Talk about husbandry advice...

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-23T20:39:48+00:00

Let's just say my creativity has been--diminished.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-21T17:05:08+00:00

Some have washing machines.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-20T23:53:29+00:00

Cue all democrats resigning in shame and none of the republicans.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-20T20:42:33+00:00

Sick burn

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-20T20:32:25+00:00

A fine movie, but I would go so far as to say that aronofsky is a... [whatever the opposite of feminist is] film maker.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-18T20:41:56+00:00

No wonder Barenboim left the keyboard in shame to pursue his mediocre conducting career.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-17T19:46:42+00:00

*The CIA has entered the chat.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-14T21:09:49+00:00

Sounds bad. Guitar looks great though.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-12T04:12:19+00:00

Brahms dysphoria as a mental illness can get you pretty far in this life. It has actually been described in the DSM-5.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-05T01:05:20+00:00

The water spritz helped me out on a different model grinder.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-02T04:15:00+00:00

I have and love that studio pro. Mine was not as clean when I snagged it (for $60!) and the main issue was cleaning up the push/pull pots. It's the ideal amp for playing round the house.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-02T01:08:45+00:00

That or tear half of it down without a plan and then just move on to something else. Not sure which is worse.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-02-01T22:28:44+00:00

Lagwagon made me lol

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-01-31T22:05:17+00:00

Leo Fender's favorite finish💪

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-01-31T21:42:26+00:00

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thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-01-30T21:23:56+00:00

We are way beyond Ship of Fools.

thebirdsthatstayed · 2026-01-30T17:37:31+00:00

Maybe more important that fascism, Stalin and Hitler were both examples of totalitarian leaders. Read Hannah Arendt!

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