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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 4:01 pm
by epilogue
Whitey McTeeth wrote:Is this anything like the one with the cemetery of pets? I always forget the name.
:lol:

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 4:31 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 4:32 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:I think it was called Billy and the Clonasauruses.
That's the one!

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 4:37 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 4:50 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:There's a new King-centric podcast:

http://consequenceofsound.net/podcast-e ... -1-carrie/
:nice:

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 4:01 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 4:02 am
by bada
Yeah I'm curious.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 4:11 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 1:41 pm
by wease
I don't remember Red being from Castle Rock.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 3:33 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 3:49 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:I'm just using this as a catch-all King thread. Anyway, I'm intrigued by this. Would even plunk down for a Hulu subscription if it looks any good. Hopefully Ace Merrill is a regular.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ulu-977498
First of all, this was totally my idea. This should hire me to work on it. :mrgreen:

Secondly, I get so excited when this thread gets bumped and it's almost never an update on The Dark Tower. And that makes me so sad.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 7:05 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:IIRC, he mentions it during the narration.
IMMA HAVETA PULL THAT OUT TONIGHT AND CHECK IT

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 8:16 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 10:47 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:
wease wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:IIRC, he mentions it during the narration.
IMMA HAVETA PULL THAT OUT TONIGHT AND CHECK IT
Stop yelling at me! And I could be wrong. I haven't read the novella for like 20 years, so the movie has mostly supplanted my memories of the story.
Heh. Sorry about that. I was at work and they use all caps and I didn't realize it until I was finished. So it wasn't yelling. It was laziness.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 10:49 pm
by VinylGuy
I need to read a new book from him. I stopped after Joyride, almost two years ago because i was reading so much from him i though i needed something else...but its been too long.

Maybe the next one is Mr Mercedes...

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 11:37 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sat February 18, 2017 11:39 pm
by Norah
tragabigzanda wrote:I think it was called Billy and the Clonasauruses.
...the best seller list for 18 months!

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sun February 19, 2017 1:31 am
by VinylGuy
tragabigzanda wrote:Yea, that trilogy does look good. If you haven't read 11/22/63 yet, I think it's one of his very best. Revival is not quite as impressive, but it's one of the better ones since his car accident turned him into a Garrison Keillor/Edgar Allen Poe hybrid.
yeah, i read 11/22/63. Its a masterpiece...that one and Lisey's Story are perhaps my favorites from him.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sun February 19, 2017 3:38 am
by bada
I was thinking about reading IT next.

Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower

Posted: Sun February 19, 2017 4:49 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.