Comments on: Early 2007

By: ed biblioklept

ed biblioklept — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:21:15 +0000

Are you talking about What is the What? I need to read that, but it won’t happen until the summer, I’m sure.
Hmmm…something often overlooked in the Faulknerish vein is Florida’s own Lillian Smith. Her novel Strange Fruit deals with the fall out of an interracial relationship…in the South…in the 1920s! I read most of it, and the end of it (I am “one of those” as a friend would say). The first chapter of her memoir Killers of the Dream is even better. Also, Carson McCullers is good stuff in the Faulknerish vein. See: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories (c/f Flannery O’Connor).

By: micbk

micbk — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:01:35 +0000

Pan’s Lab was very good. i wouldn’t say it was as great as advertised (see the 98 on metacritic), but certainly well worth the watch and a very good film. Person Pitch is beautimous. loves it. the first track off the Avey Tare/Kria Brekken collab is lovely as well. As far as books go, I finished Keith Olbermann’s book, and started that new(est) Dave Eggers book, but truth be told my tolerance for modern lit is waning…i needs me some good ole Beckett or Faulkner to really stomp a mudhole in my brain. any recommendations?

By: ed biblioklept

ed biblioklept — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:33:59 +0000

Face beaten in w/ a bottle? I’m there!

By: jenna

jenna — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:02:27 +0000

I saw Pan’s Labyrinth over the weekend…I enjoyed it, although it made me cringe and whimper quite a few times. It’s a pretty brutal movie, but a great story. Probably not for those with weak stomachs or an aversion to seeing people get their face beaten in with a bottle. It wasn’t really what I expected it to be, and I mean that in a good way.