Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:Someone break it down for me

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.

bune wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Yeah I've read it a couple of times, but its been a long time.

It's the book. Don't know why I grabbed that image. Looks cool.

I need to read it again. first time was early 00s so it was insane seeing how many pop culture references I was pulling from it that were stolen for movies and tv and other books.

is there a consensus on the sequels? i.e. yay or nay.

durdencommatyler wrote:Any of you ding-dongs read A Visit From the Goon Squad?

I'm finally getting around to it and I'm really digging it. Would love to chat about some things if anyone's up for it.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh that’s on my short list

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh that’s on my short list

It was my wife's Jolabokaflod gift to me this year. It's really outstanding. Would love your thoughts when you get around to diving in.

my first thought is wtf is Jolabokaflod

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh that’s on my short list

It was my wife's Jolabokaflod gift to me this year. It's really outstanding. Would love your thoughts when you get around to diving in.

my first thought is wtf is Jolabokaflod

It's an Icelandic holiday/tradition on which one gifts a book to someone on Christmas Eve.

sounds like a sex act between tragabigzanda and the girl who kicked the hornets nest

durdencommatyler wrote:This is great.