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his latest book is called the business, not scifi, very witty as usual. haven't finished it yet. look to windward, one of the best i've read. |
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Complicity was so cool....theres a film apparently but I doubt it'll work as well... The Wasp Factory is a classic as well... We have a fucking good taste on this board...if I do so myself... |
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that scene from the wasp factory in which his brother discovers those flies in the brain of that kid... so well written, it really gave me the creeps. i saw a play of it last year, it was ok, but (as it was dutch) it totally lacked the scottish dialogues and all that. |
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I saw a Complicity (most of it). Its got Sickboy from Trainspotting in it. It was lame. I read Espedair Street and the Glass something. Both were pretty shit. The Crow Road I enjoyed though. |
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another book i love is the acid house-the first story is amazing..terrible film adaptation though. |
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i saw acid house the film. it was disgusting. |
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yeah...my old dealer was watching that and I knew the Fly bit was coming up and had so much fun watching their faces.... priceless...:)... The question remains tho...is Walsh a one trick pony?...will be interesting to see how long he continues...(Trainspotting is still by far his best work...and he'll def be remmebered for that...)... |
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i think it was the last scene right? the fly bit. took me completely by surprise. luckily i was pretty wasted already when i was watching it. |
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dunno-ive not really kept up since 'ecstasy'-what was filth like?? trainspotting is a classic book though. especially if you can forget the film whilst reading it...if that makes sense.. |
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nah the last scene is the one with sickboy (dunno the actors name) getting struck by lightening whilst tripping...i think out of all the stories in the film, the 'soft touch' one is the best.... |
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Filth was brilliant, not as good as Spotting of course. Don't bother with Glue. |
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the fly bit where he find his mum & dad doing odd stuff with Strapon & anal cavities...(I shouldn't have given it away...)...but ekkk...yuck... I read TS well bfore the film so enjoyed both but they are very different...I so loved the scotch in it...didn't take long before you could hear the voice in your head, which was his intention I think... I'm a ex/recovering whatver skaghead myself and that shit was very realistic and pretty accurate...good he saw the comedy in the situation as well, easy to be too dark with that subject... |
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That "Blind Cunt" story of his is well cool as well...what book is that in?... |
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hmv brum have it (filth) for 1.99 in the sale-i shall pick it up. |
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dunno jand-dont think blind cunt was in acid house???.... |
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Yeah the dialogue sinks in and you definitely hear the voices - good device. Ken: I'd definitely get it. |
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yeah-its like burgess's clockwork orange-once the dialogue works its way into you after a few chapters, you get more imagery with the characters... |
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I haven't read it. Is it good? |
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clockwork orange? yeah its smart-i enjoyed it-as i say the dialogue is a mix of sorta-russian, sorta gangster...wished id have read it before id seen the film. |
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im off now peeps, have a smart night-laters ;> |
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GOT IT LAST NIGHT JONESY!! (filth) for 1.99...am onto chap 3, can tell its gonna be a good un... |
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Yeah its good. Some sick shit in there so don't lend it to your gran. I found out last night that my ex-landlord(left Jan 2002) who we lived in the same house with is a gangster with a very dark history. |
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FILTH = Welsh's best work easily.... LOL...IMO, but I am a sicko...=) |
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C'mon man, Trainspotting was better. |
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The Beatles Anthology... it's got LOTS of pictures to hold my attention. |
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I always stay away from auto/biographies but Shane McGowen's looks good. Anyone read it? |
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ive only read up to filth-outside of trainspotting, the acid house was the most impressive... |
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Hey Ophecks have you read that NEW Paul McCartney Bio?...If so, is it good?...I have been wanting to get it started ASAP... Just curious.... |
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hmm a couple that immediately come to mind are: The Holographic Universe, 1984, The Falcon and the Snowman.. anything by Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury |
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I remeber reading some of that book by Erik Von Daniken about aliens and the Aztecs and shit. Something of the gods it was called. Anyone read it. |
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mmnn new macca biog? ive read many years from now...that a good read.. |
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Chariot of the Gods... was well popular at one stage, altho he's seen as a bit of loon nowadays... Shane McGowans looks cool...not sure if the one I was fingering in Waterstones was the offical one tho, it was called "Shame Mcgowan? Isn't he dead yet?" or something similar anyway... good bit about Shane believeing you shoudl legalise Crack... mmmmm....would make the weekend go with a swing I guess... |
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the boys from brazil --excellent read! |
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I'm a sucker for a good Bio... Marc Almonds - Tainted Life ...is very very good...loads of tales of producing albums on E and valium addiction and the like... Boy Georges is's a good laugh as well... Anything by Victor Bokris is cool - Wahol, Patti Smith, Burroughs etc... And THE WARHOL DIARIES are a must read...Brett EE got so many of his AP style from Andy's Diary & Interview Magazine...(all that "Patrick is wearing Armani, Gucci Loafters" etc lark...)... |
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i got the bowie biog 'inside out' from hmv for 1.99 as well!! looking forward to readin the spiders from mars period bit... |
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jesus-i would never have made that connection-batemans observations are very warhol... |
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Interesting. What do you make of Warhol? I just write them them all off as pretentious wankers. A bit unfair probably. I just don't get it. |
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id love to find out more about warhol.. some character he was i heard about these experimental films he made, like just taping some guy sleeping for hours.. stuffes , know about this? |
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Yeah, Chariots of the Gods. I got bored. Nice ideas though. Aztec alien spaceship runways and shit. |
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i think warhol was important for reaffirming an updated version of dada- he extended the duchamp tradition-like most great artists his influence of ideas etc is more important than his work... |
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soz that last post sounded WELL pretentious... |
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Ken: ha, ha. You're one of em. Just kidding. I've never investigated art. Its never appealed to me really. I love photography though. There was this Manics exhibition in Cardiff with pictures by Picasso, Warhol and Pollock. They meant nothing to me. there were photos from Nam that were amazing though. |
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i learned bit bout dada, fun shit that was.. the highest art possible they thoughts they would recite shit to eachother, like words and letters they cut out and pasted together randomly and drone on and on, odd heh |
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i wrote my dissatation on minimilism in the early 60's so had to do alot of obvious research into influence of past movements-dada was fascinating..its had such a broad and heavy influence pn everything-from architecture throcht to furniture and music-its arguable that punk would not have existed in the way it did if it wasnt for punk |
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erm..dada.. |
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KEN: for everyone here that isn't quite as familiar with dada, give us a good rundown of it's aesthetics and style.. |
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will do mate-just have to get on with some work at the mo ;> |
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Theres a great Warhol exhibition at the Tate Modern....I went the morning after that AFX gig at the Astoria... Enjoyed it muchly, despite the drug fueled paranoia & total lack of sleep....:).. |
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RE: DADA... Have you read LIPSTICK TRACES by Greil Marcus... the story of DADA & the Situationists as well...It's way up there on my TOP 10 list... Futurism was another great movement that had a lot to do with DADA... Am dreaming of doing an Art History course/degree but it seems all the rich kids go for this as it's seen as "easy"...go figure...I'm pretty well informed on the subject anyway but would be nice to have some actual academic grounding beyond my O Levels (left school at 16....so have learnt to educate myself to a certain extent...but nothing beats actually having to study full/part time...)... |
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Jand: respect to your self education. Its not easy finding time to learn when you're working. |
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