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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On December 20 2018 03:06 Silvanel wrote: Traditional/folk music would be Ariana Grande, Mozart would be i dont know - Bon Jovi? Beethoven would be Black Sabbath and Haydn would be Tool. I really need to know the David Bowie and Prince of classical music composers. But I like this list. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21247 Posts
On December 20 2018 03:06 Silvanel wrote: Traditional/folk music would be Ariana Grande, Mozart would be i dont know - Bon Jovi? Beethoven would be Black Sabbath and Haydn would be Tool. please dont post about music ever again | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On December 20 2018 04:12 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: please dont post about music ever again Man, you must be a blast a parties and reading groups. This and the “your analogy is stupid” post have really brought the fun to the discussion. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21247 Posts
On December 20 2018 04:21 Plansix wrote: Man, you must be a blast a parties and reading groups. This and the “your analogy is stupid” post have really brought the fun to the discussion. aren't you the guy who's too illiterate to read moby dick? | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On December 20 2018 04:55 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: aren't you the guy who's too illiterate to read moby dick? Actually I’m dyslexic. Which limits my appreciation prose dense works like Moby Dick and other classics. Which is more the pity for me, since I’m unable to engage with the strongest part of many classic works and I suck at grammar. But I did buy a copy of Moby Dick after the discussion in this thread, because maybe this time will be the time? What’s your excuse? Just a malcontent by nature? | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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Silvanel
Poland4769 Posts
On December 20 2018 04:12 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: please dont post about music ever again I wonder which comparison exactly got You so worked up, the Mozart one? | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On December 19 2018 02:23 IgnE wrote: Fisher’s Capitalist Realism is a short book with a provocative thesis and some powerful prose. I don’t know that I agree with his empirical evidence regarding music (remix culture frozen in pre-corporated songs unable to produce the new; jungle music in the 90s being the last real musical breakthrough, etc.) and so his larger thesis on late capitalist aesthetics gets a bit tenuous, even if he’s not entirely wrong. It would have been interesting to hear what he had to say about youtube and the igeneration, since some of the commentary and evidence on that has changed quite a bit compared to even 5 years ago. Graeber’s book on debt is better than the one on bullshit jobs. I actually did not care too much about what Fisher wrote about music and aesthetics in general, which might be a little silly since this is the bulk of the book. What I found most interesting is his description of the completely broken system of higher education in the UK. Since I know some people working at different universities there, I can confirm most of what he says. If you are not working at, say, Oxford or Cambridge, it's a shitshow. Also what he has to say about the students he had to teach resonated a lot with me. Maybe I am getting old, but for me having cornflakes as breakfast in class is not normal behavior. Neither is wearing headphones or having telephone calls in the classroom during class. I have seen all those behaviors, and for me it was actually comforting that I am not the only one having such students and not being OK with it. I know that people have been complaining about younger generations forever, but still what I and my peers are seeing in our classrooms is beyond terrible. Graeber also writes about the hell hole that UK academia is and I am glad that I decided not to go there but to France where we have our own problems but to me those are comparatively benign. We are also going in this direction of applying stupid techniques from management, but I am enjoying that things here as still roughly reasonable. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21247 Posts
On December 20 2018 19:18 123Gurke wrote: I actually did not care too much about what Fisher wrote about music and aesthetics in general, which might be a little silly since this is the bulk of the book. What I found most interesting is his description of the completely broken system of higher education in the UK. Since I know some people working at different universities there, I can confirm most of what he says. If you are not working at, say, Oxford or Cambridge, it's a shitshow. Also what he has to say about the students he had to teach resonated a lot with me. Maybe I am getting old, but for me having cornflakes as breakfast in class is not normal behavior. Neither is wearing headphones or having telephone calls in the classroom during class. I have seen all those behaviors, and for me it was actually comforting that I am not the only one having such students and not being OK with it. I know that people have been complaining about younger generations forever, but still what I and my peers are seeing in our classrooms is beyond terrible. Graeber also writes about the hell hole that UK academia is and I am glad that I decided not to go there but to France where we have our own problems but to me those are comparatively benign. We are also going in this direction of applying stupid techniques from management, but I am enjoying that things here as still roughly reasonable. you'd have a heart attack if you walked into a US school then On December 20 2018 05:54 Silvanel wrote: I wonder which comparison exactly got You so worked up, the Mozart one? it was more the display of holistic ignorance On December 20 2018 05:25 Plansix wrote: Actually I’m dyslexic. Which limits my appreciation prose dense works like Moby Dick and other classics. Which is more the pity for me, since I’m unable to engage with the strongest part of many classic works and I suck at grammar. But I did buy a copy of Moby Dick after the discussion in this thread, because maybe this time will be the time? What’s your excuse? Just a malcontent by nature? go read it instead of wasting your time here On December 20 2018 05:50 The_Red_Viper wrote: If only staff was here to make sure the forum bullies have to be more careful, OH WAIT the bully that is the specter of philistinism looms large indeed  | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On December 20 2018 23:46 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: it was more the display of holistic ignorance [ This might be true, but he has a firm grasp of sentence structure and punctuation. On December 20 2018 23:46 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: go read it instead of wasting your time here I don’t consider respond your low effort posts a waste of time. You shouldn’t be so hard on yourself, it is unhealthy. Maybe after I finally finish reading this biography of Hamilton. ![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/9168wNMBk1L.jpg) From someone who suffered through endless dry historical text, this biography is well paced and doesn’t get bogged down in specific eras of Hamilton’s life. It also digs into interesting, lesser known aspects of his life like his legal practice. As a biography I am picking at slowly, I recommend it to anyone wanting a view of the founding fathers than isn’t all about worship and adoration. | ||
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Silvanel
Poland4769 Posts
![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81TWeROI%2B-L.jpg) Great read. I love Watts as long s he doesnt try to sound smart. Final notes of his books are actualy their weakest parts, it is where it becomes apparent that he doesnt understand nearly as much of the topics he writes about as he would want us to belive. Lets stick to writing science fiction Mr Watts. Still a great treat. | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On December 19 2018 00:01 123Gurke wrote: I am also reading ![[image loading]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Arsene_Lupin_1907_French_edition.jpg) I still have a pile of those books waiting to be read. They are really fun. Finished this now. Definitely recommended. In the last story, Lupin actually meets Herlock Sholmes - and of course he outsmarts him. The next part in the series is this Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès. While I am looking forward to this, for now I am reading a christmas present by my father in law. ![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51fp4oxiBaL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) I have finished the first part and so far it's fantastic. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
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ZerOCoolSC2
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Silvanel
Poland4769 Posts
![[image loading]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/Acceptance_by_Jeff_VanderMeer.jpg/220px-Acceptance_by_Jeff_VanderMeer.jpg) Final and worst part of trilogy. Both on the language and plot level. Its much more tiring to read and we get no answers to questions set in first two books, only vague "contact with OTHER is impossible" which is known theme and You dont need three books to convey that message. This book is very close to border beyond which lies "waste of time" country. | ||
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Korean-MILF
Norway65 Posts
Finished "The broken empire" trilogy (Prince\King\Emperor of Thorns). That was a dark ride, and I quite liked it, tho the ending was not what I was hoping for, but thats life. Finished "The First Law" books 4-7 (Best Served Cold\The Heroes\Red Country+Sharp Ends). I just love "The First Law" universe. The characters, the world, the twists...I can`t wait till the new trilogy starts up this September (?). Stoked as fuck. I read "The Road". Quite different, and quite grim, but an enjoyable read still. Atm I`m not reading as much as I would hope. I started "Prince Of Fools" (The Red Queens War), but I`m really thinking about switching it out with "Kings of the Wyld", or "Red Sister". Will have to think about that. By chance, does anyone know where I can pick up a Dune bundle, with the first 6 books? Dune\Dune Messiah\Children of Dune\God Emperor of Dune\Heretics of Dune\Chapterhouse:Dune Was really hoping I could get a complete bundle, and not just buy the books one at a time. Looks better in the library I`m slowly but steadily building up  | ||
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United States1405 Posts
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United States996 Posts
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