Who were the real people in the Ormond Hotel in "Sirens"? In this blog post, we explore the history of Dublin's Ormond Hotel and also the true story behind Ulysses' possibly most forgettable character. #booksky

Ep. 167 - Secondbest Bed We get to the bottom of Shakespeare's second-best bed, Anne Hathaway, and how Stephen is wrong about everything. #booksky www.bloomsandbarnacles.com/episodes/ep-...

November's Patreon episode is up! We discuss Shakespeare's sonnets and Oscar Wilde's short story, "The Portrait of Mr. W.H." #booksky

I read today that the "Do Not Remove" guy was taken down from the facade of the former Ormond Hotel a couple months back. Can any Dubliner confirm or deny this? #speirgorm

Personally: James Joyce. Bringing Dubliners to the world, etc etc

I read today that the "Do Not Remove" guy was taken down from the facade of the former Ormond Hotel a couple months back. Can any Dubliner confirm or deny this? #speirgorm

*need* to find a copy of the austrian adaptation of At Swim-Two-Birds www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hvb...

The first blog post in our series on "Sirens" Who are the Sirens of Ulysses? #booksky

The first blog post in our series on "Sirens" Who are the Sirens of Ulysses? #booksky

Went to the Rosenbach today, where a highly knowledgeable librarian let me (carefully) leaf through their #Ulysses manuscript, as well as giving me a lot of fantastic background/insights. Of course I took a run at Scylla & Charybdis, with Hans Walter Gabler's favorite passage....

Episode #166: Synge We discuss the influence of J.M. Synge on James Joyce and Ulysses. This is a gossip episode! #booksky

Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!

New Episode: Mr. W.H. Shakespeare's sonnets were dedicated to Mr. W.H., but who was he? The Fair Youth? Buck Mulligan? We have thoughts. #booksky

If you want to read Ulysses, just read it. The first two chapters are not as hard as you think. It's OK not to understand everything in Proteus. Just read it and note what you DO get. If you're skipping chapters, Ulysses may not be the book you're actually interested in, which is also OK.

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If you haven't already, check out our October bonus episode: We talk with author Eric Wagner about Robert Anton Wilson, James Joyce, and his new book about both #booksky

Happy Halloween!

Today we harvested many olive trees in Ramallah. Wothout Israeli and international volunteers, the Palestinian farmers are prohibited from harvesting their own orchards. This is their livelihood, and we stand in solidarity with them. #IsraeliOccupation

Ep. 164 - Puck Mulligan In which, we discuss Buck Mulligan's role as a Shakespearean fool within Ulysses, tormenting poor Stephen Dedalus. #booksky

I'm beginning my research phase for "Sirens" and I'm not sure what to cover in this episode. I'm considering covering it in a single episode and then moving onto "Cyclops," which I have A LOT to talk about. What would you want me to cover from "Sirens?" Leave your thoughts in the comments!

New blog post: Stephen Dynamo Why is Stephen Dedalus afraid of electricity? #booksky

Finally, I can softly recall Michael Furey in glorious 4K!

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Ep. 163 - The Spirit of Reconciliation Shakespeare couldn't have possibly written all those plays all by himself... right? #booksky

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

This month on Patreon, we're discussing Djuna Barnes' classic novel about 1920's Paris and lesbian longing, Nightwood #booksky Listen or watch the video at patreon.com/barnaclecast

@moderation.bsky.app has suppressed my Sweets of Sin post! To read the blog post that's too hot for Bluesky, please visit bloomsandbarnacles.com It's what James Joyce would want you to do #booksky

Ep. 162 - Quaker Librarian We discuss an especially an especially obscure passage of Ulysses and @animatewithdermot.bsky.social 's most obscure illustration #booksky

@moderation.bsky.app has suppressed my Sweets of Sin post! To read the blog post that's too hot for Bluesky, please visit bloomsandbarnacles.com It's what James Joyce would want you to do #booksky

New blog post -- Sweets of Sin On the influence of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Furs, and Victorian flagellation literature on Ulysses #booksky

Ep. 161 - Yogibogeybox If you'd like to know about the various uncouth antics of a young James Joyce and Oliver St. John Gogarty, we've got you covered. #booksky www.bloomsandbarnacles.com/episodes/ep-...

We're talking Giacomo Joyce, James Joyce's only story set outside of Dublin. We talk about the poetry of the work, how it influenced his later work, and of course the controversy surrounding this work Here's a preview. You can find the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast youtu.be/sshBjDtpf-o

Being on social media is fine but if it’s getting in the way of you doing deep reading and deep thinking, then your balance of how you spend your time is off Lots of interesting threads here and none of them are a substitute for reading a good book or essay

We're talking Giacomo Joyce, James Joyce's only story set outside of Dublin. We talk about the poetry of the work, how it influenced his later work, and of course the controversy surrounding this work Here's a preview. You can find the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast youtu.be/sshBjDtpf-o

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Episode 160: Anne Hath a Way Stephen Dedalus would have you think that Shakespeare's wife Anne was an Elizabethan Yoko Ono. Is he right? (Spoiler: No, he's not. Also, Yoko didn't break up the Beatles.) #booksky

The new tariffs are going to hit artists particularly hard if it means losing customers in the US, so I'd ask Irish people to please consider buying local, from Irish makers, where at all possible. Support that means little to a huge business makes a massive difference to small creators. We need ye.

New blog post: The Most Historic Spot in All Dublin In which we discuss the Geraldines, visiting buildings that don't exist, and why landlords suck. What do you think is the most historic spot in all Dublin? #booksky

when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe

We're so proud of our video about Ulysses and AI that we're pulling it out from behind the paywall for your perusal. Could an AI write Ulysses? Watch now at: youtu.be/lHVdjVLpLx0 #booksky

Aristotle and Joyce in one ep? That's a wild brain workout. My fave pun might be "I'm reading a book on anti-gravity... it's impossible to put down"

Ep. 159 - AEIOU We talk Aristotle and possibly Joyce's best pun. What's your favorite pun? #booksky www.bloomsandbarnacles.com/episodes/ep-...

Amazing stuff happening in the Chat GPT subreddit or right now.

One thing I wish Chat GPT could do is make me a list of reliable resources to aid in my research for the podcast. The last time I attempted this, 8/9 sources were hallucinated and unusable. See my video in the pinned post on my page. I thought I'd give GPT 5 a shot, in the interest of good faith:

I've figured out what those mangled maps of Ireland from chat gpt remind me of. I bought this bootleg copy of Brave New World when I was living in SE Asia because I really enjoyed the typo on the cover.

New blog post: I tell the story of James Joyce's might-have-been music career #booksky

Inspired by @edzitron.com I generated a map of Ireland just now to see if it improved on the map we used in the our video. It's somehow worse with GPT 5 Anyway, I live in Canav now. Where do you live? #speirgorm