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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Shape of things

Posted by Mickey Z on 06/22 at 05:39 AM

  1. I thought you might like The Road, Mick.  I think that was me who recommended it at one time or another.

    Posted by JOS  on  from Oak Park 06/22  at  10:45 AM

  2. Sorry, JOS, I forgot it was you. Anyway, thanks for the recommendation. What did you think of the book?

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 06/22  at  10:46 AM

  3. JOS: I fixed the reference on the main post.

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 06/22  at  11:29 AM

  4. I guess the ending was a bit of a let down...but what stays with me is the feeling of horror the bulk of the book portrayed so well...the horror of what the end result might be like of or current destructive actions.

    Posted by JOS  on  from Oak Park 06/22  at  12:54 PM

  5. Obama’s raising half a billion?  Jesus.  I can’t even fathom how much they’ll raise in 2012.

    Posted by Charles  on  from Jersey City 06/22  at  01:05 PM

  6. Man, “change” is expensive…

    Posted by James  on  from Hell's Kitchen 06/22  at  02:51 PM

  7. The Road movie out in a few months--

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/

    Posted by James  on  from Hell's Kitchen 06/22  at  03:10 PM

  8. Can’t imagine a movie capturing the book’s soul but who knows? As for me, the road movies I like typically star Hope and Crosby.

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 06/22  at  03:38 PM

  9. I don’t think Hollywood can effectively film “The Road.” It’s way too terrifying (then again, the cast and director are a start). Hopefully I’m wrong about this, ‘cause the novel is an important work and deserves the most screamingly graphic, unsentimental filming possible- something to make “Children of Men” look like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

    Didn’t take Oh Bama long, did it? There seems to be a lag in liberal excuse-making, however. Care to tackle that on Kos, MZ? If you do, be sure to pre-empt race-baiting of Ralph Nader.

    Posted by Zen Prole  on  from Urth 06/22  at  11:01 PM

  10. After the success of No Country for Old Men I’d be surprised if a Road movie hadn’t been planned. I should check the book sometime, since the plot synopsis did kinda sound like stuff that had been done a very often before.

    Posted by James  on  from Hell's Kitchen 06/23  at  12:05 AM

  11. I just heard the sad news that George Carlin has died.

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 06/23  at  05:11 AM

  12. Maybe it’s because of cool people who die too young, or I’m off to the proofreading sweatshop, but I can’t get the lyrics to the Clash’s Magnificent Seven out of my head.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpJuE9-nZMQ&feature=related

    http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/clash/the+magnificent+seven_20031948.html

    Posted by Jameshttp://www.mickeyz.net/news/mickeyz/comments/  on  from Hell's Kitchen 06/23  at  07:32 AM

  13. Zen: I just haven’t had much ambition to write articles lately.

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 06/23  at  11:13 AM

  14. Oh, man. What a loss. I was lucky enough to see Carlin two years ago, and the guy was still a flamethrower. Most people have forgotten about his Supreme Court case, which was a blow against censorship.

    MZ, nevermind the Folding Oh Bama article...it’s hardly worth discussing. But I’m sticking to my Nader race-baiting prediction, coming soon to a media toilet near you.

    Lookit the Yankees streaking along, though I need to note the Cubs have 48 wins.

    Posted by Zen Prole  on  from Urth 06/23  at  11:26 AM

  15. A sad day for all who knew George Carlin…

    Posted by RMJ  on  from Ward Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 06/23  at  11:56 AM

  16. This week’s tarot card is The Devil…

    my sister found an interesting quotation:

    I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
    -- St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

    Plus, she’s posted an interesting commentary:

    http://tinyurl.com/2pnrlh

    or after today:

    http://tinyurl.com/43vwnf

    “Hats are optional.”

    Posted by Robert B. Livingston  on  from San Francisco 06/23  at  02:46 PM

  17. All those interesting links - and thanks for posting excerpts of ‘CPR for Dummies’, Mickey! 

    Hello, JOS, Charles, James, Zen Prole,Rosemarie and Robert B. Livingston from a rather cool and damp Daylesford. 

    Auf Wiederemailen aus Australien,
    Helga

    Posted by Helga Fremlin  on  from Daylesford, Australia 06/23  at  08:06 PM

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