The Aran Islands. Playboy of the Western World. How can you not like Synge, Plei? t throws away sodden Kleenex and picks up another to sop up the tears
I also find Austen somewhat soporific. And I've never been able to get through Madame Bovary.
Yeah. He's my hero.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Ginger - Jun 16, 2004 5:12:13 pm PDT #3341 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
juliana - Jun 16, 2004 5:15:17 pm PDT #3342 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
think Marlowe's writing was better, but Wm. stole better plots + was more prolific.
Don't forget Wm. being a better spinmeister (Richard III) with a blatant disregard for actual historical fact (MacBeth).
(Waiting for Deb's rant on Richard.)
(I still love him, though.)
Jen - Jun 16, 2004 5:18:14 pm PDT #3343 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Believe that, despite taste being subjective, some books really are better than others on an objective level. However, my Western Canon != that of Howard Bloom
See, Plei, this is one of the many reasons why I love you.
DavidS - Jun 16, 2004 5:24:17 pm PDT #3344 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
with a blatant disregard for actual historical fact (MacBeth).
Please. Wm. doesn't owe shit to historical fact.
juliana - Jun 16, 2004 5:26:04 pm PDT #3345 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Wm. doesn't owe shit to historical fact.
Dude. I wasn't criticising, but it is fun to see what he does.
DavidS - Jun 16, 2004 5:38:09 pm PDT #3346 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dude. I wasn't criticising, but it is fun to see what he does.
Sorry - I didn't mean to sound so crabby about it. But histories were notoriously slippery back then anyway. But you're right - I love it when he's toadying up to the Powers That Be by rewriting history to flatter their ancestors.
juliana - Jun 16, 2004 5:39:54 pm PDT #3347 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I love it when he's toadying up to the Powers That Be by rewriting history to flatter their ancestors.
And then you go and say what I was trying to say. Thank yew. I do love it. It's a sick love, but there ya go.
DavidS - Jun 16, 2004 6:00:23 pm PDT #3348 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's a sick love, but there ya go.
Heh. Just today I was listening to that recording I have of Ian McKellen reciting the HoYayful Sonnett XX backed by a rock band sounding like the Velvet Underground. You really need to spend a weekend with Jen chatting up all the dark twisty corners of Wm. Shakespeare.
Jen - Jun 16, 2004 6:04:40 pm PDT #3349 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
You really need to spend a weekend with Jen chatting up all the dark twisty corners of Wm. Shakespeare.
Yes please.
Edit: I'm reading a great book right now called _Looking for Sex in Shakespeare_ that has two delightful HoYay-heavy chapters, one about the Sonnets and another about hot boy-on-boy action in all the works.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 16, 2004 6:17:04 pm PDT #3350 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Though I must also note the scatalogical genius of the comic Ed, The Happy Clown
Another great piece of anti-Reagan nostalgia there, even if the caricature looks nothing like him.