Red Mosquito

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:*modems not models

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:

tragabigzanda wrote:grabbed Bram Stoker's Dracula on Audible 'coz it was included in their free library. Read by Alan Cumming. Wow! It's fantastic. Never read it before. Been listening at bedtime and I can't fall asleep until the chapter is over.

Finished chapter five, which I believe is the end of Harker’s 1P story. Next couple chapters are letters from his fiancé Mina to her female cousin and I keep falling asleep. They begin with dates that parallel Harker’s earlier journal entries, so it feels like a structural hiccup: rather than get some sort of tension buildup as their stories unroll at the same time, we get the conclusion of Harker’s arch, then jump back in time to hear about her lighthearted musings while Harker was descending into hell. It’s tough to care. Anxious to move on from this part, but I’ll stick with 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.

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:

Spoiler: show

washing machine wrote:Today is a day of redemption in my adult life, by the way. I settled a 12 year old library fine and am now once again a member in good standing of my city's vast loaning system. Super interested in Libby access.

Already have an audio book hold for this title:

Spoiler: show

washing machine wrote:Today is a day of redemption in my adult life, by the way. I settled a 12 year old library fine and am now once again a member in good standing of my city's vast loaning system. Super interested in Libby access.

Already have an audio book hold for this title:

Spoiler: show

dad wrote:

washing machine wrote:Today is a day of redemption in my adult life, by the way. I settled a 12 year old library fine and am now once again a member in good standing of my city's vast loaning system. Super interested in Libby access.

Already have an audio book hold for this title:

Spoiler: show

Libby is an excellent resource.

glad you got things squared up with the library.

washing machine wrote:

dad wrote:

washing machine wrote:Today is a day of redemption in my adult life, by the way. I settled a 12 year old library fine and am now once again a member in good standing of my city's vast loaning system. Super interested in Libby access.

Already have an audio book hold for this title:

Spoiler: show

Libby is an excellent resource.

glad you got things squared up with the library.

I put pen to paper and learned that the $67 in late fees was a savings compared to what Audible is bleeding me for.

VinylGuy wrote:Finally got Bret Easton Ellis´s new book, The Shards. So far its great. Kinda reminds me of Lunar Park, which in consider his best work.

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.

oasisfan35 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Finally got Bret Easton Ellis´s new book, The Shards. So far its great. Kinda reminds me of Lunar Park, which in consider his best work.

I hit a bit of a wall with this one. Life got pretty busy and I just haven't had the gumption to jump back in to it. Found it to be a bit meandering (which I attribute to how it was initially serialized) but still enjoyable, hopefully grab some time this weekend.

The Argonaut wrote:Welcome back, reid