tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.comments2023-07-04T09:35:04.595-04:00Little Stories.Adam Golaskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-86399688768653300352022-02-01T19:49:42.717-05:002022-02-01T19:49:42.717-05:00Ian, After consulting McCartney's The Lyrics, ...Ian, After consulting McCartney's The Lyrics, I find no evidence that Maxwell is a secret agent--he's a serial killer. I associate Maxwell with Mac the Knife. As for Rose & Valerie--names that rhyme. If there's more significance than that, I don't know. I'm certainly not the ultimate expert.Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-40146262239465848232022-01-31T04:33:11.290-05:002022-01-31T04:33:11.290-05:00I read somewhere that Maxwell was either an MI5 or...I read somewhere that Maxwell was either an MI5 or MI6 handler, following Paul's death. If that is so, then I wonder if there is any significance in "Rose and Valarie".Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399821322934876639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-47949308463401769052021-07-02T12:24:53.788-04:002021-07-02T12:24:53.788-04:00This is The Beatles song "Maxwell's Silve...This is The Beatles song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"John David Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342416388451019297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-80146868231987827572021-02-27T10:30:21.317-05:002021-02-27T10:30:21.317-05:00Jenna, Happy you found your way to this post. Yes,...Jenna, Happy you found your way to this post. Yes, Ringing the Changes is a radio show. Nightfall dramatized a number of short stories; some of their best dramatizations are of stories lesser known (did we need another "Tell Tale Heart"? No. But Nightfall's "They Bite" is fascinating. Nightfall's "Screaming Skull" (admittedly, a fairly well-known story) is also very good. & all these broadcasts can be found on Internet Archive. Be well, Adam Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-58929584624436388412021-02-27T00:43:44.587-05:002021-02-27T00:43:44.587-05:00Thank you for updating this post! I really enjoyed...Thank you for updating this post! I really enjoyed reading about how the short story was transferred into a radio format. I first read the short story in Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Story and it's stuck with me ever since. I had no idea there was a radio show!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-36951486487634698262020-09-04T04:09:13.249-04:002020-09-04T04:09:13.249-04:00"Our aged heads are our homes/ We had a Speec..."Our aged heads are our homes/ We had a Speech, our children have/ evolved a jargon./ “A”-4<br /><br />Zukofsky //<br /><br />I remember this blogpost & want to say, I think the long poem to pick if one must pick one is "A" <br /><br />A lot of other long works seem part of a network / Duncan/Spicer/Blaser -- the Cantos / WCW <br /><br />Rachel Blau DuPlessis?("Drafts" involves all the above / Olson &c)<br /><br />"A" seems the most singular as I guess it should from its title / / <br /><br />& this year or so have been reading through it all and feel it is the one text that if vanished I would be conceiving of what writing could/should be, in a very different (likely more positive as re: "career" but never mind that) way.<br /><br />get the lovely blue one. They seem to be going cheap at the moment. <br /><br />(I got "A"-22&-23 as published 196x / more transportable format / <br /><br />next I want to aim for "Catullus" with the facing Latin original but I need to save) \ <br /><br />but so "A" by Z / life-long / <br /><br />So maybe "what must be read" = what cannot imagine not being written / but then one would have had to have read in order to -- oh no -- <br /><br />But, that blue "A" is so lovely, why not. Simple, really.mal-mal-malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831574806076348641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-50746703467165079142019-05-13T06:21:55.378-04:002019-05-13T06:21:55.378-04:00almost all "the fall" fans on youtube vi...almost all "the fall" fans on youtube video their LP, or EP, or 7inch (there are even 10 inches, right?) -- I think it is a tribute to what lives on or something . . . "The Fall" song Psykick Dance Hall"-- "& when I'm dead & gone/ my records (variant lyric:vibrations, I think) will live on/ stacks of vinyl thru the years . . . &c<br /><br />Matthew)<br /><br />(email shortly)mal-mal-malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831574806076348641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-62643663633847340612018-11-27T19:42:29.482-05:002018-11-27T19:42:29.482-05:00Narrow margin of error here--I think, yes, somethi...Narrow margin of error here--I think, yes, something unreleased...new, from the collection. Want to make a decent impression at the joint. Eager for Saturday, man.Raskolnikov Karamazovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12120541307018908176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-63036910003064320992018-11-27T16:36:04.633-05:002018-11-27T16:36:04.633-05:00Sloppy, no--professional, in fact. Are you asking ...Sloppy, no--professional, in fact. Are you asking me to announce what I'm reading or are you asking me permission for you to announce what you're reading? I grant permission. Something from Skeleton Melodies, I presume? As for myself, I've narrowed it down to a few stories. There's one that's perfect except for length--I may try to make a reading edit of it.Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-47706580251623187222018-11-27T13:36:23.259-05:002018-11-27T13:36:23.259-05:00"of what" -- if not, what'cha got? -..."of what" -- if not, what'cha got? -- CSRaskolnikov Karamazovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12120541307018908176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-82644891975052811202018-11-27T13:35:55.297-05:002018-11-27T13:35:55.297-05:00Is it too sloppy to announce the title of12 what y...Is it too sloppy to announce the title of12 what you're reading?Raskolnikov Karamazovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12120541307018908176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-22944760983300427122018-08-27T11:37:56.431-04:002018-08-27T11:37:56.431-04:00if it is a geyser, it must be an artery that has b...if it is a geyser, it must be an artery that has been hit, in which<br />case the blood will be bright red and maybe even twinkle in the<br />sunlight. . . it sounds quite fatal anyway.<br /><br />it reminds me of the cockney expression "Diamond geezer" / tho maybe<br />that has been in use since the Kray twins era, except for TV cliche<br />use. . .<br /><br />also english psych/noise/band (I don't know much about them but) a<br />long song has a constant reiterating sample from I assume a film,<br />american, macho voice: "a diamond bullet. . . " Any idea of source?<br /><br />Neglected transmitting magazines because things went askew, but soon; apologies.<br /><br />Booth is creepy, I think of "Frank Booth" --<br /><br />(m pendleton_(temporary? new email because partly things askew . . . mal-mal-malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831574806076348641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-8266440941309066252018-05-21T09:36:43.692-04:002018-05-21T09:36:43.692-04:00there is a 1 of 1 merzbow recording that is purpos...there is a 1 of 1 merzbow recording that is purposefully stuck in a tape player in an car. I think thurston moore bought it (he had to buy the car. basically) -- that is likely not online.<br /><br />There are all sorts of things still not online in fact. But there is dropbox. <br /><br />More sometimes I think it would be nice to have someone acknowledge my thinking re: a piece of music. An agreement, or "oh I see what you mean". A nod would do it. <br /><br />To have someone approach a music because of what I had written about it, that would seem like a success to me, & I cannot imagine it happening. I think I have tried now and then.<br /><br />Is it about loneliness? Music has a particular loneliness? Despite it being made by a group &c . . . ?<br /><br />Feel free to email to continue this conversation if blog comment is unpleasant.<br /><br />Tho let me say I enjoy sending these thoughts out to you and your responding.<br /><br />"well known" songs tend not to be listened to you -- you say, that is an interesting point, another tendril . . . MALALEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563118805586951514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-76717447974722912862018-05-21T07:08:21.218-04:002018-05-21T07:08:21.218-04:00A goal (not "the" goal) of music writing...A goal (not "the" goal) of music writing is to make readers want to listen. A reader shouldn't *have* to listen to enjoy the writing, even if they would enjoy the writing more. "Come Together" is a well-known song, but well-known songs tend not to be *listened* to. And really, I don't write that much about the song--in this piece, I'm more interested in the way the song was repurposed by Lennon.<br /><br />A piece of music would have to be pretty damn obscure not to be readily available online. Are we talking about music that was recorded onto tape and shelved? Music not-yet-written?Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-61793685295561191772018-05-21T04:20:09.480-04:002018-05-21T04:20:09.480-04:00I'll see to it me head is toppled off so's...<br />I'll see to it me head is toppled off so's to retain for the world any future writings you may produce.<br /><br />Actually I am studying this, I can't write about music. Follow a small motif through entirety of the music-in-question's career; is a note I have made. This is helpful.<br /><br />What if the music is so obscure you are worried no-one will be able to listen to it no matter how well you write about it? I find this stymies me.MALALEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563118805586951514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-28042432253079038902018-05-20T16:01:31.001-04:002018-05-20T16:01:31.001-04:00Far be it from me to change your head. I'll wr...Far be it from me to change your head. I'll write less wonderfully in the future. Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-28046475917247955162018-05-08T03:12:00.892-04:002018-05-08T03:12:00.892-04:00if you continue these wonderful hyper-concise summ...if you continue these wonderful hyper-concise summaries I may be in danger of ending up not disliking the Beatles.<br /><br /> . . . a troubling thought . . . MALALEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563118805586951514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-81298981459253654242017-09-25T03:38:32.066-04:002017-09-25T03:38:32.066-04:00nearing 40 "winnie the pooh" and "f...nearing 40 "winnie the pooh" and "finnegans wake" seem essential.<br /><br />Fill the gap with whatever intrigues.<br /><br />And Beckett's "Watt" -- I think he (beckett) invented monty python. Gods bless him.MALALEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563118805586951514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-54759635842610646072017-08-17T12:37:31.433-04:002017-08-17T12:37:31.433-04:00that is a very charming collage image ... chaotic ...that is a very charming collage image ... chaotic yet it calms somehow. Is it almost "cute"?? I have been thinking about "cute" a lot recently.<br /><br />I am sure there is something "cute" here.MALALEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563118805586951514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-80996866546732614202017-08-10T05:46:44.938-04:002017-08-10T05:46:44.938-04:00Would enjoy corresponding further -- let's cha...Would enjoy corresponding further -- let's chat some time: clint[dot]smith77[at]gmail.com<br />Raskolnikov Karamazovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12120541307018908176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-75310891003541553022017-08-09T16:44:27.919-04:002017-08-09T16:44:27.919-04:00Hardly "too" kind. Yours was the story I...Hardly "too" kind. Yours was the story I found myself (metaphorically) sitting up for (tho I certainly liked others)--the one I would've yanked from the slush pile for New Genre. So, Mr. Karamazov, what other Smith fiction should I look out for?Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-72526376744453443692017-08-09T16:11:04.917-04:002017-08-09T16:11:04.917-04:00Too damn kind, Adam. Thanks for the shoutout, man...Too damn kind, Adam. Thanks for the shoutout, man. Eager to read your story. Raskolnikov Karamazovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12120541307018908176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-7130182652386163582017-07-11T20:30:49.662-04:002017-07-11T20:30:49.662-04:00...when New Genre was started, we talked a lot abo......when New Genre was started, we talked a lot about literary canons and what's in and out, since we were concerned with where genre fiction fell. In the States, horror has always had a place--Brown, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, etc. There are other literary canons--within genres. Since sf, an American invention, has been out of THE canon, it established its own, pulling into it "proto" sf from THE canon--Orwell, Verne--and identifying its own masters. In horror, for instance, Lovecraft has been canonical since Derleth started his Arkham House; now, Lovecraft is in the Norton. You and I are clearly in very special, limited canons. I'm pretty sure my mom considers my work to be canonical.Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-49144075832614623822017-07-11T09:04:36.035-04:002017-07-11T09:04:36.035-04:00"canonization" may equal "fired fro..."canonization" may equal "fired from a canon", study that,plus shrapnel, &c.<br />Therefore something not easily defined, explained, and (in wrong sense) "canonized".<br />Blast-Off, 3, 2, 1, . . .<br /><br />(hadn't thought of this before)(like many other things)MALALEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563118805586951514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-3659714392025820082016-12-26T02:23:00.232-05:002016-12-26T02:23:00.232-05:00I wonder how many ground zeroes there are now. Doe...I wonder how many ground zeroes there are now. Does Trinity the test-site count?<br /><br />There was a good japanese band called Ground Zero.<br /><br />Have you seen "Threads"? Was banned by the BBC for being too harrowing (harrowingly plausible) + and "When the Wind Blows" an utterly sad British cartoon-film. Played regularly at christmas, before or after "Return to Oz" - also quite a harrowing film.<br /><br />Oh, G.Corso's "the bomb"(sic?), nihilistic jouissance, I suppose...<br /><br />the book "brighter than a thousand suns" covers the development of the bomb back to 1880s if I remember correctly.<br /><br />I like to think of the bomb as an unworldly invader presence. Something intriguing beyond "all the terror", to paraphrase Joy Division, (I think) . . . <br /><br />Merry Festive Season!MALALEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563118805586951514noreply@blogger.com