I think "urbane" is right. I THINK.
I join you in brainstemness, Tep.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jun 22, 2007 11:32:52 am PDT #2976 of 28195
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2007 11:33:46 am PDT #2977 of 28195
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I join you in brainstemness, Tep.
blink blink
Connie Neil - Jun 22, 2007 12:13:57 pm PDT #2978 of 28195
brillig
insect-eating SCA freaks
Gosh, thanks, I love being sneered at by people on a "my intelligentsia is hipper than yours" kick.
Any literary movement that requires a manifesto receives my foot in its ass.
I'm with Nutty.
DavidS - Jun 22, 2007 12:45:24 pm PDT #2979 of 28195
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What? No love for vituperation and poison pens? How oppressively moderate.
Atropa - Jun 22, 2007 12:52:49 pm PDT #2980 of 28195
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What? No love for vituperation and poison pens? How oppressively moderate.
I have some love, but I think that The Manifesto veered too far into "Goddamn, we are hipper and smarter than you, nyah-nyah nyah-nyah" posturing.
Connie Neil - Jun 22, 2007 12:54:51 pm PDT #2981 of 28195
brillig
How oppressively moderate
How self-consciously avant garde.
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2007 12:59:52 pm PDT #2982 of 28195
I look more rad than Lutheranism
How self-consciously avant garde.
t yet more connielove
DavidS - Jun 22, 2007 1:12:52 pm PDT #2983 of 28195
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How self-consciously avant garde.
That's redundant, I think. The avant garde is always going to posit itself against something else, which requires some self consciousness. You can't be the leading edge of something without knowing where the previous boundaries were and critique them.
I prefer civil discourse among friends, but I think that in the world of ideas it's better to make your claim boldly and make enemies. Incremental changes can be stultifying and frequently things need to be shaken up and challenged. Orthodoxies get set and moderation really does become oppressive.
Connie Neil - Jun 22, 2007 1:16:36 pm PDT #2984 of 28195
brillig
Pedantic is also a good word.
DavidS - Jun 22, 2007 1:18:24 pm PDT #2985 of 28195
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pedantic is also a good word.
Compared to what? Umbelliferous? (my personal favorite word)