machinery's weekly info

[machinery]

i'm gonna try to post of the stuff i've been reading weekly.

and/or listening to.

download "america" by allen ginsberg.

he's a beat. check it out.

by the way, if any of you like the band wilco,
jeff tweedy (lead singer), who also made loose fur with o'rourke and company, has a book of poetry out now called adult head

been reading David Foster Wallace again. he's short stories are amazing. he is also the best teacher i've ever had in my life. simply inspiring.

chekc out the book brief interviews with hideous men

and if you really want a test and an adventure, read his novel infinite jest

just picked up a charles mingus album last week....fucking grand!

[sarafina mable]

awesome! wilco makes some of my favorite music!!

[Hannibal]

Welcome home brother! great to have you posting again.
This pleases me [img]smile.gif[/img]

[machinery]

get the band

the arcade fire

the album is called "funeral"


also, read up on some ezra pound...or any whitman from leaves of grass


AND SET YR ALARM ONE HOUR OR TWO BEFORE YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET UP AND CONTINOUSLY HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON EVERY TEN MINUTES....GREAT LITTLE DREAMS...GREAT ONE LINERS REALLY...THE DIALOGUE OF DREAMS!

[Hannibal]

lmao - set ur alarm early..
i dont know why, but this had me laughing out loud.. i think it's the way you seemed so excited about it. hahaha...
I do that all the time... except my "short dreams" are fucking..... well.... i dunno.
Maybe i'll write some up for ya [img]wink.gif[/img]

[machinery]

been catching up on a lot of mythology lately and i just picked up the new black keys album "rubber factory"

fucking good man....

i think we should all try and give a stab at a short story....

the minium of words will be 2000.

let's get it on.

[Hannibal]

Dude - check it - check out
Boards Of Canada
also
Nightmares On Wax

From what I've heard - I like 'em.
I haven't heard a bunch of their stuff, but the 4/5 songs I have heard i love.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ October 06, 2004 10:25 AM: Message edited by: Hannibal ]</font>

[machinery]

the new tom waits album - real gone
is one of the best albums of the year!

fucking awesome!

also, if you people got some extra money, go out and get some black and white film or better yet, if you have a polaroid, get some black and white 600 film and take pictures and then look at what you took and write poetry about it...it's easy! and fucking fun to do!

and we all should look up atleast one word a day to give to the others on the site...just to teach ourselves...i try and look up words daily....


www.centerforbookculture.org/interviews/interview_wallace.html

get out this site, i know it's 17 pages, but it's a must that all writers read this...


my word for the day:

immolate - vt. - to kill a person or animal as a ritual, or to commit suicide as a protest, especially by burning.

[machinery]

hey kids!

sorry i haven't been around, midterms, celebrations in forms of clanking glass and whatnots, friends busted on unfriendly felonies, sit-ins on skinny chips and two card holes....

i haven't even started my short story yet! it's due on tuesday....aw, always been a procrastinator....i'll figure it out...it's a mere two thousand words. there's always revision. that's where the teacher really expects greatness anyway. first drafts are shallow wells.


well i have work in a few hours....so i'm gonna lay down and lay my mind out amongst the ceiling.

lights are meant to keep you awake.

[machinery]

download this band:

godspeed you black emperor!

and yes, the exclamation is in the title!

and if you want to strain yr brain, try reading "Lost in the Funhouse" by John Barth

it's a collections of stories meant for text, tape and recordings and whatever teh fuck...it just makes you think what kind of brains they had in the sixties...

and people...its almost five years past the new whatever...

we all have brains. lets use them.

word to future mothers!