A to Z
Although nobody has seen fit to tag me for this particular meme making the rounds, here is my list:
- Douglas Adams: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
- J. G. Ballard: Empire of the Sun
- Italo Calvino: If on a winter’s night a traveller
- Don DeLillo: Underworld
- Bret Easton Ellis: Less Than Zero
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
- Neil Gaiman: American Gods
- Knut Hamsun: Hunger
- Christopher Isherwood: Goodbye to Berlin
- James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Franz Kafka: The Trial
- Jonathan Lethem: The Fortress of Solitude
- Hector Malot: Nobody’s Boy
- Vladimir Nabokov: Pnin
- Michael Ondaatje: In the Skin of a Lion
- Thomas Pynchon: Vineland
- Raymond Queneau: Zazie in the Metro
- J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
- J. D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye
- Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace
- Leon Uris: Exodus
- Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth
- P. G. Wodehouse: # Carry on, Jeeves
- X…. no, I have to pass this one
- Marguerite Yourcenar: Memoirs of Hadrian
- Emile Zola: Nana
Make your own, if you so desire.
April 27th, 2008 / Tags: books, meme, list / TrackbackPaul Strand’s wonderful Manhatta over at U B U.
April 25th, 2008 / Tags: america, manhattan, paul strand / TrackbackThumbs down for Hands Up
A somewhat provocative article from the Oxford University student newspaper about using a fashion show to raise money for Darfur. Although most comments are rather negative, a few agree with the brilliant young author. This one just about nails it:
Why on earth does the poster for a charity that fights against the rape of women in Africa consist of a photograph of a white, headless, naked woman?
I should probably add a disclaimer: the author is a dear friend of the family. He makes us proud.
April 25th, 2008 / Tags: darfur, charity, max / TrackbackPinky Chicks: “Yopparata Ojousan”. Good, and not only in that blasé, hipsteresque way. But that, too.
April 24th, 2008 / Tags: japanese pop / Trackback
Music Intelligence Quiz Results
“Mix-Tape Master (109-144 points)” — in the same kinda bracket as this guy — totally undeserved (I guessed a few…)
April 22nd, 2008 / Tags: music, quiz / TrackbackMarx Blog
“A class discussion blog for Derek Stanovsky’s Marx courses at Appalachian State University.” Appalachian State University?!? Like, wow.
April 22nd, 2008 / Tags: america, really strange in a way / TrackbackJames Brown! Luciano Pavarotti! Together!
Electrifying. There is not much to say…
April 16th, 2008 / Tags: music, godfathers / Trackback“Scientology is destructive and a rip-off.”
April 16th, 2008 / Tags: scientology, coming to your senses / Trackback
The Modern Word
I somehow managed to forget about this; found it again today; just wanted to remind you all, too. Don’t miss Zak Smith’s Illustrations For Each Page of Gravity’s Rainbow.
April 15th, 2008 / Tags: literature / TrackbackOther Dangerous Historical Events Hillary Clinton Experienced as First Lady
April 14th, 2008 / Tags: funny, hillary / TrackbackEvent
While Ms. Clinton reads It Takes a Village to a second-grade class, a student vomits on the carpet.
Clinton Description
“I remember landing under sniper fire. We dove to the floor as if a tornado-like wind had plowed us down. I covered my face with the book, but others were not so lucky: one girl had to burn her sneakers after the soles were marked with hellish regurgitation. I was able to herd the children out, counting each of their little heads as they passed, ensuring the safety of America’s future.”
At least they are both in, um, those mountains over there...
“This morning on ABC’s This Week, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley repeatedly confused Tibet and Nepal while discussing President Bush’s decision to attend the Olympics. At least 8 different times, Hadley said “Nepal” when talking about the human rights abuses that have taken place in Tibet.”
April 14th, 2008 / Tags: america, politics, cluelessness / Trackback
The Best of All Games
John Rawls on baseball — via kottke
April 12th, 2008 / Tags: america, sport, rawls / Trackback