Recent content by JimO'Brien

I think the problem with the argument is in point 3. We can agree that adults do things that are detrimental to children but I douby very much whether we can agree what these things are. Many people are very certain not giving children a good thrashing on a regular basis to teach them manners...

I really like Washing Machine and the later Sonic Youth records. I like that they are slight. I like that they just drift by. I like that they all sound the same. I think that these are all good qulities in a record.

I haven't read much Ford Madox Ford, but I don't think that you can get a finer novel that The Good Soldier. This is definitely a book that I could recommend unreservedly.

Please excuse the delay in responding. Calvino wrote a short piece called How I wrote one of my Books about the restraints to If on a Winter's Night a traveller. The piece only dicusses the narrative half of he book and not the indiviual first chapters of the various novels within the book (...

I see that the original line up of Asia id reforming to tour America. I am sure all the prog fans in Europe hope for a visit to.

I found this on a website for the Oulipo Compendium. If you do a search you will easily find lots of information on the Organisation.

It was by Harry Mathews - I haven't read tlooth but have read many others. He is a member of Oulipo and a lot of his stuff is written under self imposed constraints. All of his books that I have read are worth reading and I would particularly recommend My Life in CIA his recent memoir/novel.

"these people who are well educated and very knowledgeable (practicing Natural Healing doctors, Kung-Fu instructors, etc), " Same on all you cynics who would doubt the word of a Kung-Fu instructor.

Luka and Craner - if you like Pound and Zukofsky why not try Basil Bunting? On the Fly-Leaf of Pound's Cantos There are the Alps. What is there to say about them? They don't make sense. Fatal glaciers, crags cranks climb, jumbled boulder and weed, pasture and boulder, scree, et l'on entend...

I am always intrigued where I see refenence to Badiou being a novelist/playwright as well as a philosopher. Has anybody read any of the non-philosophical work? What are they Like? I read recently that Badiou only has an interest in art of the most austere kind so I presume that he doesn't write...

The only ones worth having are Nick Jr and Cbeebies. They can keep a 2 year old and a 6 year old happy enough without making any adults in the room throw the TV out the window. The rest of the kid's channels are diabolical.

Talking of psychopaths Talking of psychopaths I thought that Bryan Ferry was very good in Breakfast in Pluto.

I am disgusted that I am reply No. 16 and am the first to say The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping. It is obvious to any right thibking person tha this is the best christmas record ever. As for the Pogues, try living in Ireland and hearing Fairytale of New York about 40 times a day - see how...

Adam Mars-Jones His first book Lantern Lectures is great. 3 semi fictional long short stories. After that I think everything (not that there is much) is very gay/aids centered.

A couple of people have listed Pink Floyd in the list of Avant Garde hits. Some mistake surely? By the time of dark side of the moon and even more so by the time of the wall Pink Floyd were the epitome of conservatism rather than anything radical. I would refer you all to Mr Agreeable who...