Dec
30
2007
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
ISBN: 057122539X DDC: 823.914
See also: LibraryThing ; Jabberwock ; Fantastic Metropolis
Surreal and weird are terms that come to mind when I attempt to review this book. Or to be even more accurate, very weird and extremely surreal 
The story revolves around a world famous pianist who travels to a city, in Europe somewhere but we’re never told where exactly, and then travels around meeting people and being late for other meetings with people. Ryder seems to be suffering from some sort of amnesia at first. We don’t really know anything about him, and he doesn’t really seem to know anything about himself either.
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823.914,
9 Stars,
amnesia,
Kazuo Ishiguro,
pianist,
surreal,
The Unconsoled,
weird
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Dec
19
2007
When Katy French died I only knew her as “that so-called celeb in a coma”. I only knew her as that because I use TV3 to keep track of the time before I go to work in the morning. And she was a true example of a TV3 celebrity.
I never really intended to post about her death.
What’d be the point. I didn’t know her. Or anything about her. And if I’m honest I don’t care. That may sound uncaring; obviously for her family it is a tragedy. But I don’t post about every person who may or may not have died because of cocaine. Actually this isn’t about her at all, or her death, it is about the media reaction to her death.
Today Kevin (Disillusioned Lefty) posted a link to The Monkey’s Typewriter post about John Waters column in The Irish Times.
OMG what a load of old tripe. The John Waters column I mean, not the blog post. Did someone pretending to be a journalist actually write those things? If it wasn’t so horrendous it’d be funny. Actually, horrendous as it is, it is still hilarious as only self-indulgent tripe can be.
And of course it also further belittles the tragedy of French’s family as they have to put up with the media intrusion into their lives. Personal tragedy is the only real tragedy. This misbegotten piece of trash, from a person who didn’t know Katy is simply cashing in on her family’s pain with no real regard for what they might be going through.
French was not “personification of our fantasies” she was simply a person who was famous. And like all famous people, was therefore subject to other people’s projections and, in this case, a journalist making her less than a person in order to make some general sweeping comment about society. A general sweeping comment, btw, that says nothing at all.
She was a child. She was my daughter and Eoghan’s daughter and Eamon’s daughter and Pat’s daughter and Bertie’s daughter. She was your daughter, your little sister. She was a child of Ireland in the time of its rebirth.
Excuse me while I vomit.
Title taken from a
politics.ie thread.
Tags:
death,
drugs,
John Waters,
Katy French,
meeja,
The Irish Times
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Dec
18
2007
Writ & Dir: James Grey
- Joaquin Phoenix … Robert ‘Bobby’ Green
- Eva Mendes … Amada Juarez
- Mark Wahlberg … Capt. Joseph ‘Joe’ Grusinsky
- Robert Duvall … Deputy Chief Albert ‘Bert’ Grusinsky
- Alex Veadov … Vadim Nezhinski
- Danny Hoch … Jumbo Falsetti
Bobby is a night club manager. It is the 1980’s, New York. Life is good. Until the day his brother comes calling. Bobby’s brother, Joe, you see, is a cop. A drugs cop and he arrives in full on SWAT-mode at the club. This is not a way to ensure peaceful family get togethers. Especially considering that we already know there is tension in the family. You can just guess at the resulting tensions. But then the Russian bad-guys organise a hit on Joe. Bobby is stung into action and swears revenge. In this life or the next.[1]
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Linknotes:
- yeah yeah, that is vengeance, but whatever ↩
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1988,
5 Stars,
Alex Veadov,
clichéd,
crime,
Danny Hoch,
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Eva Mendes,
James Grey,
Joaquin Phoenix,
looks cool,
Mark Wahlberg,
New York,
police,
predictable,
R15A,
Robert Duvall,
USA - 1980s
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Dec
18
2007
Dir: Kevin Lima
Writ: Bill Kelly
- Amy Adams … Giselle
- James Marsden … Prince Edward
- Idina Menzel … Nancy Tremaine
- Susan Sarandon … Queen Narissa
- Patrick Dempsey … Robert Philip
- Timothy Spall … Nathaniel
- Rachel Covey … Morgan Philip
- Julie Andrews … Narrator
Enchanted is the story of Giselle, who meets her true love, Prince Edward after he rescues her from a troll. Or maybe an ogre. But before they seal their relationship with true-loves-kiss, and get married, Giselle is sent spinning out of her world. And into ours, a place where endings are never happy ever after.
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8 Stars,
Amy Adams,
animation,
awwww,
Bill Kelly,
cute,
faerie,
humour,
Idina Menzel,
James Marsden,
Julie Andrews,
Kevin Lima,
musical,
Patrick Dempsey,
Rachel Covey,
romance,
Susan Sarandon,
Timothy Spall
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Dec
17
2007
- Interview ::
- Army ::
- Unwrap ::
- Evolve ::
- Bus ::
- The real thing ::
- Streak ::
- Gorge ::
- Spicy ::
- Course ::
and before I do mine, have y’all seen the trailer for the new Batman film yet? Continue Reading »
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Batman,
Luna Nina
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Dec
12
2007
As I walked to work I mentally composed this post. It was to be full of rage and bile; hatred spewing forth. Red in tooth and claw. There was to be angry words, four-lettered ones at that, screams of frustration.
And all because of those free newspapers.
Well, more to do with the way the giver-outers of the newspapers have developed the habit of stepping slightly into your path and forcing you to swerve to avoid smashing in to them. I’ve no problem with ignoring the “Free morning Metro” pleas. I don’t read them so I see no point in taking them. I don’t want one and that is that.
So I intended to moan and gripe and bitch about them and the annoyance that they are. I mean, if I wanted a paper I’d take one, right? So you getting in my face is really not going to have any impact, unless, of course, I smack you on the nose. That’d have an impact.
That was to have been the subject of my blog today. Fucking free-newspaper-giver-outers and their irritating ways. But then I got to work. And it was lovely and quiet. Most of the exams are over, the students are gone away, and there was cake. And now I have a lovely cup of tea, and lo, all is right with the world again.
I know what you are thinking, that the post title is to do with the road I walk to work, and I suppose it is, a little, but it fits even more, on account of the whole good intentions, and the intent I earlier had. Man, i is a fricking genius.
Or just lame. Either works.
Tags:
annoyances,
free stuff,
fucktard,
Metro,
rant mode
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Dec
10
2007
Y’all know the drill, she says:
- Master ::
- Tour ::
- Input ::
- Downtown ::
- Pricey ::
- Acceptable ::
- Terrace ::
- Sunday ::
- Payoff ::
- Jack and Jill ::
and I say
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Luna Nina
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