Yn "Papa Was A Rodeo" by the Magnetic Fieldes, the speaker sayeth "Ich koude playe guitar and rope a steer / bifor Ich learnid to stande." Hermes invented the lyre and stole the cattle of Apollo when he was but an ynfant. Conclusioun: "Papa Was A Rodeo" ys actuallye about the god Hermes.

I’m not surprised, the Catalogue of Ships is just really hard to digest

I think I have to insist on Psycho because I'd love to be in third grade again, sitting on the couch in the living room, and hear my father say, "Hey, want to watch a movie with me?"

Giving this one a belated 30th anniversary spin — haven’t listened in a while but 99% of it is still burned into my brain.

Our public library has a book sale a few times a year. I've started buying things even if I don't necessarily want to read them, but because I have a feeling that if I ever do want to read them, I may never have a chance again.

Best dinosaur is Micropachycephalosaurus and its not even close. He's so small and cute.

My only contribution to the current discourse on Catholicism is rereading Gene Wolfe novels.

Almost certainly the best photo I will ever take from an Iron Age hillfort of the sun setting over an estuary as summer segues majestically into autumn. www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

Wilhelmina 🧡

And indeed.

the absurd 83-84 period when Robert Smith was making The Glove with Steve Severin, releasing The Top, AND playing with the Banshees on Hyaena is a ridiculous feast of this The Caterpillar! Sex-Eye-Make-Up! Swimming Horses!

What a wonderful song this is. Out-of-nowhere pop futurism. The beat is almost like Timbaland before Timbaland. Apparently it took them a year to make it because there was no roadmap for this www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGH_...

check this out- just an initial search on Tortoise *alone* is a treasure trove archive.org/search?query...

On this day, 1865: the last Confederate flag, a white dish towel.

Neil Young on his guitar style (is Neil a Dune head?)

I have seen one good example of this plate

'Gov. Spanberger signed a bill to end the renewal of commemorative Robert E. Lee license plates in Virginia. A portion of the sale of these plates has previously supported the neo-Confederate organization Sons of Confederate Veterans.' #CivilWarMemory www.wavy.com/news/virgini...

Happy Surrender and Freedom Day! On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. home.nps.gov/apco/planyou...

This looks like the maps Faulkner drew of Yoknapatawpha County. I guess they are both the same: The imagined landscapes of supreme artists.

Read Nora’s piece on LitHub (@literaryhub.bsky.social) about motherhood as a form of time travel… lithub.com/how-pregnanc...

Happy “The Sound and the Fury” weekend to all who celebrate!

Gastr Del Sol Live at Hothouse 1994-08-16 https://archive.org/details/ajc02477_gastr-del-sol-1994-08-16

If you squint, Bill Frisell is Bernie Sanders with a Tele

Remember Your Memories Nephi, UT

Mom's copy of As I Lay Dying from college in 1968. She may as well have underlined the whole book. More of a Milton girl than a Faulkner girl. She still makes a face any time I mention WF.

William Butler Yeats gazing in the direction of Bethlehem:

Matthew Sweet! He put out those two perfect albums. And they are still perfect, lemme tell you

I have some exciting personal news: My daughter was selected for the elementary school math team! She will compete in a national math competition! That award medals!

shadowbanned at the corndog stand

My favorite photo of the Creature

This lust cuts off right before you get to Bardo Pond’s Amanita.

roman officials patrolling eastern towns in the second century

When my first kid was little I only played ambient-ish music for them because I had read that it helps them feel like they're safe and back in the womb? Anyway when they were 3 years old one morning I turned on the dishwasher and they said "Oh Daddy I don't feel like listening to music now."

Waiting for Gadot Waiting 2 Gadot: Lucky’s Revenge 3 Waiting 3 Gadot Waiting 4 Gadot: Endgame

And then I heard the door, and it was if she had not been. No, not that; not NOT BEEN, but rather no more IS, since WAS remains always and forever, inexplicable and immune, which is its grief. Faulkner The Town C 20 “Gavin Stevens”

Grant Hart's "2541" gets overshadowed by his work with Hüsker Dü, but there's a reason Marshall Crenshaw and Robert Forster covered it: It's remarkable. In the running for best post-Hüsker track by either of the band's chief songwriters.

If you see this, share a #randomshelfie. #booksky

The Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill. We had many fun school trips to Shakertown. I love it.

leland palmer in the black lodge

Neneh Cherry ranks among the catalog artists I've played most since 2024. Her first two albums still sound fresh, crisp, and fun. And she hasn't stopped. Happy birthday. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/g...

“[…] whether some things that men think they do not know, are not for all that thoroughly comprehended by them; and yet, so to speak, though contained in themselves, are kept a secret from themselves? The idea of Death seems such a thing.” (Pierre, Book XXI) #MelvilleMonday 🐳

The Go-Between by LP Hartley

write themselves. Try to give equal credit to the translator in your discussions of the books.

striking? You don't need to know the original language to tell if a translation is good or not. For me, the least interesting thing about a novel is the plot. It's the language that interests me. Remember, all those words in English were chosen by the translator. They didn't

One of the wonderful things about the International Booker Prize @thebookerprizes.com is that it recognizes author and translator equally. When evaluating the books on the longlist, try to pay attention to the translation itself. Does it read well in English? Is the language