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Title: I wonder what Mike thinks of ______
Post by: gravy boat on February 18, 2014, 06:17:36 PM
HBO's True Detective?
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Post by: Kormodd on February 18, 2014, 06:35:59 PM
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Mike Lisk ‏@APMike Feb 10

I'm pretty certain that by the end of its first season #TrueDetective will have set a new standard for incoherent storytelling.

I wonder what Mike thinks of Charles Dickens.
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Post by: B_Buster on February 18, 2014, 11:20:20 PM
I haven't read a whole lot of Dickens. Bleak House and Great Expectations: top tier. Hard Times: 2nd tier. I want to read David Copperfield and Dombey & Son before I croak.
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Post by: B_Buster on February 18, 2014, 11:21:24 PM
I think True Detective is pretty ridiculous, but it has inspired me. Stay tuned!
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Post by: Kormodd on February 18, 2014, 11:38:03 PM
I haven't read a whole lot of Dickens. Bleak House and Great Expectations: top tier. Hard Times: 2nd tier. I want to read David Copperfield and Dombey & Son before I croak.

Copperfield is a must. Dombey and Son is all right. How I'd rank his oeuvre (or what I've read of it):

Great Expectations
David Copperfield
The Pickwick Papers
A Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
Bleak House
A Tale of Two Cities
Hard Times
Martin Chuzzlewit
Dombey and Son
Nicholas Nickleby
The Old Curiosity Shop

I've never read A Mutual Friend, but I hear it's fantastic.

I'm looking forward to the wig video, Mike.
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Post by: daveB from Oakland on February 19, 2014, 01:33:38 AM
"Friday Night Lights" (the TV series) and/or "Nashville" (the TV series)

I wonder what Mike thinks of Connie Britton. 'cuz she's alright by me.
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Post by: B_Buster on February 19, 2014, 08:59:34 PM
"Friday Night Lights" (the TV series) and/or "Nashville" (the TV series)

I wonder what Mike thinks of Connie Britton. 'cuz she's alright by me.

I liked the first couple of seasons of Friday Night Lights, but then one of the characters got involved in a murder and the show drifted toward TV Cliche Land and I stopped watching. But those first couple seasons proved that ordinary life can be very compelling.

I liked Connie Britton in Friday Night Lights. I haven't seen Nashville. Is it good?

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Post by: not that clay on February 19, 2014, 11:55:47 PM
Middlemarch?
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Post by: InspectorHound on February 20, 2014, 12:00:14 AM
William Vollmann
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Post by: Kormodd on February 20, 2014, 12:12:31 AM
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
H.L. Mencken
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Timon of Athens
The Draughtsman's Contract
W.C. Fields
Robert Bresson
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Post by: B_Buster on February 20, 2014, 01:25:45 AM
Middlemarch?

Haven't read it. I still have my copy from a college course I took, but the class fell behind and we never got to it. I tried to read it once but I didn't get too far. Joyce Carol Oates caught hell recently in The New York Times Book Review for suggesting that it's not all that. I did read The Mill on the Floss, though, and enjoyed it.
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Post by: B_Buster on February 20, 2014, 01:27:09 AM
William Vollmann

I've got a couple of his books, but haven't taken the plunge yet. Where should I start?
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Post by: B_Buster on February 20, 2014, 01:39:52 AM
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
H.L. Mencken
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Timon of Athens
The Draughtsman's Contract
W.C. Fields
Robert Bresson

Read Humphry Clinker and Tom Jones for the same class (even wrote a paper on Humphry Clinker). I can't remember much about Clinker, but Tom Jones was a fun read. Haven't read much Mencken, but I've recently received the The Library of America volumes. Timon of Athens isn't really a favorite. I'd rather read Hamlet or King Lear again. I don't think I've seen The Draughtsman's Contract although I saw a bunch of Greenaway's movies around the time it came out. Yes, I like W. C. Fields. Yes, I like Robert Bresson.
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Post by: Kormodd on February 20, 2014, 11:39:30 AM
I'm surprised that you didn't like Timon of Athens (or, rather, that it wasn't a favorite). I thought the long misanthropic speeches of Timon would be up your alley.
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Post by: Kormodd on February 20, 2014, 11:58:58 AM
And if you like Hamlet and King Lear, you should check out Kozintsev's adaptations of them. They're in Russian, but the subtitles are lines from the play (so they're not loose adaptations like Throne of Blood or Ran). King Lor, to my mind, has by far the best Lear and Fool I've seen in any Lear adaptation. There are clips available of both films on YouTube.
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Post by: B_Buster on February 21, 2014, 01:33:16 AM
I'll check them out. Timon is fine, it's just not on the same level as Hamlet, Lear, Othello, and Macbeth.
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Post by: Kormodd on February 21, 2014, 02:32:48 AM
Not many things are. Though I'd put Henry IV above Macbeth and Othello. And maybe Richard II, Henry V and Antony and Cleopatra above Othello.
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Post by: Epic Soundtracks on February 21, 2014, 06:34:21 PM
A Fan's Notes
Confederacy of Dunces
Vonnegut
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Post by: B_Buster on February 21, 2014, 07:32:29 PM
A Fan's Notes
Confederacy of Dunces
Vonnegut

Love A Fan's Notes. Love A Confederacy of Dunces. Loved Vonnegut when I was young man (not so sure if I'd love him as much today).
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Post by: InspectorHound on February 21, 2014, 11:02:42 PM
A Fan's Notes
Confederacy of Dunces
Vonnegut

Love A Fan's Notes. Love A Confederacy of Dunces. Loved Vonnegut when I was young man (not so sure if I'd love him as much today).
It'a acceptable to enjoy Vonnegut when you're in high school. Afterwards, not as much.
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Post by: not that clay on February 22, 2014, 01:14:17 AM
A Fan's Notes
Confederacy of Dunces
Vonnegut

Love A Fan's Notes. Love A Confederacy of Dunces. Loved Vonnegut when I was young man (not so sure if I'd love him as much today).
It'a acceptable to enjoy Vonnegut when you're in high school. Afterwards, not as much.

For me it literally was the summer between high school and college.
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Post by: Epic Soundtracks on March 18, 2014, 07:50:11 PM
1. Marijuana
2. Coke
3. Acid
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Post by: fonpr on March 18, 2014, 08:00:51 PM
1. Marijuana
2. Coke
3. Acid
Ask him tonight at 9 P.M.. On SKYPE!
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Post by: Epic Soundtracks on March 18, 2014, 08:39:28 PM
1. Marijuana
2. Coke
3. Acid
Ask him tonight at 9 P.M.. On SKYPE!

I'll be there!
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Post by: Kormodd on March 19, 2014, 11:51:40 AM
Questions about these subjects were not asked! Very disappointed.

But from what I recall from previous Skype chats is that Mike doesn't like pot and did coke once and found it boring. I vaguely remember him saying that he's never tried LSD. So there you have it.

- Mike's Biographer
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Post by: Epic Soundtracks on March 19, 2014, 03:59:34 PM
I know, I froze up again! Don't know why I am so shy about it...I am going to write some questions I've always wanted to ask and take a shot or two for courage!
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Post by: fonpr on March 19, 2014, 05:36:40 PM
Right-oh.
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Post by: Epic Soundtracks on March 19, 2014, 07:41:00 PM
Right-oh.

If you see "Epic Soundtracks" signed in, that's me lurking so call me out! Such a chicken...how many other people were in attendance and not talking, btw?
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Post by: Kormodd on March 19, 2014, 07:55:38 PM
I don't think you need alcohol to talk. Just talk. No one (except me and a bunch of other people) is going to judge you.
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Post by: B_Buster on March 20, 2014, 11:06:58 AM
1. Marijuana
2. Coke
3. Acid

Kormodd is eerily spot on. I don't like marijuana (too unpredictable), or coke (not a fan of "the drips"), or acid (never tried it--too afraid I'd go insane ala Syd Barrett).
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Post by: TheyGotEmma on May 30, 2014, 11:47:32 AM
Haha, I came in here to ask what Mike thinks of A Fan's Notes, but someone beat me to it.
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Post by: Carver on May 30, 2014, 12:20:27 PM
The TV series Fargo?
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Post by: B_Buster on May 31, 2014, 09:57:24 AM
It's OK. Billy Bob is particularly good.
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Post by: Carver on June 06, 2014, 04:33:51 PM
Billy Bob Thornton in that show seems like he just stepped out of a Cormac McCarthy novel. 
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Post by: B_Buster on June 09, 2014, 08:05:57 PM
He reminds me at times of Dylan being interviewed.
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on July 28, 2014, 04:53:20 PM
The Leftovers?
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Post by: B_Buster on July 28, 2014, 07:26:51 PM
I'm not watching The Leftovers (heard too many bad things). My new Sunday night show is Ray Donovan. It's so hyper-masculine that it would make Sam Peckinpah blush. It just makes me laugh (like True Detective made me laugh).
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on July 28, 2014, 08:54:33 PM
I'm not watching The Leftovers (heard too many bad things). My new Sunday night show is Ray Donovan. It's so hyper-masculine that it would make Sam Peckinpah blush. It just makes me laugh (like True Detective made me laugh).

The Leftovers is pretty terrible, its whats making me laugh at the moment.
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Post by: benhosler on September 16, 2014, 08:34:34 PM
"The Singularity".
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Post by: djtyler on September 18, 2014, 01:57:04 PM
I wonder what Mike thinks of Tim & Eric?
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Post by: fonpr on September 18, 2014, 09:47:40 PM
I wonder what Mike thinks of Tim & Eric?
He has talked about this, I seem to recall.
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Post by: B_Buster on September 19, 2014, 04:13:01 AM
I enjoyed The Comedy.
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Post by: DadHasADD on September 23, 2014, 11:47:21 AM
Run, Lola, Run
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Post by: B_Buster on September 24, 2014, 07:31:59 PM
I saw it when it came out. It was OK. Did you have to be on speed to really enjoy it? Never felt the need to revisit.
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Post by: PfromBton on September 30, 2014, 03:55:23 PM
Barbara Pym?
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Post by: InspectorHound on October 04, 2014, 05:38:14 PM
Mike Francesa falling asleep on live TV again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiul8UWrY5w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiul8UWrY5w)
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Post by: B_Buster on October 06, 2014, 10:24:20 PM
Love it!
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Post by: DadHasADD on December 02, 2014, 05:34:22 PM
Piehole Whiskey
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Post by: JesseG. on December 04, 2014, 03:48:45 PM
Tilda Swinton's character in Snowpiercer?
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Post by: buffcoat on December 05, 2014, 01:20:30 AM
Tilda Swinton's character in Snowpiercer?

Just watched this last week. I give em all the credit in the world for actually trying to do something with a movie plot, unlike most of the other movies I've seen in the past 3 years.
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Post by: B_Buster on December 06, 2014, 09:40:24 AM
I'm unfamiliar with Piehole and Snowpiercer. Will get back to you after I've done the research.
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Post by: warmachine on December 09, 2014, 08:57:19 AM
The British tv show Black Mirror.
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Post by: B_Buster on December 09, 2014, 06:41:19 PM
Haven't seen Black Mirror. Fill me in. Tried to watch The Game on BBC America. A real snooze.
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Post by: warmachine on December 09, 2014, 09:32:09 PM
Black Mirror just got added to netflix. Kind of a twilight zone anthology feel where the crazy twist at the end of each episode revolves around the horrors of modern technology.
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on December 10, 2014, 08:06:33 PM
Black Mirror just got added to netflix. Kind of a twilight zone anthology feel where the crazy twist at the end of each episode revolves around the horrors of modern technology.

I just watched the first episode and the "Entire History of You" episode the other day, so far its good stuff. There is no way something like that first episode would get shown on air in the US, its depravity seems like something right up Mike's alley.
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Post by: bigginsjp on December 11, 2014, 12:46:57 PM
The return of The Best Show?
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Post by: placeholder on December 16, 2014, 12:45:40 PM
- Dario Argento's movies.

- Scott Walker (the singer, not the Wisconsin ghoul, obv).

- Television's Adventure.
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on December 18, 2014, 01:07:09 AM
The possibility that Thomas Pynchon may look like Pauly Walnuts, per his cameo in Inherent Vice.
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Post by: B_Buster on December 18, 2014, 07:04:28 PM
The return of The Best Show?

I'm thrilled!
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Post by: B_Buster on December 18, 2014, 07:05:36 PM
- Dario Argento's movies.

- Scott Walker (the singer, not the Wisconsin ghoul, obv).

- Television's Adventure.

1. Yuck.
2. Not a fan.
3. Love it.
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Post by: B_Buster on December 18, 2014, 07:11:50 PM
The possibility that Thomas Pynchon may look like Pauly Walnuts, per his cameo in Inherent Vice.

That picture of Pynchon when he was young looks a little like my father when he was that age. And since my father and Pynchon are about the same age, I just figured Pynchon would look a little like my father. I've seen that photo of the guy who stalked him on the Upper West Side, though, and he looks a little more like Lou Reed (it looks like he dyes his hair).
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on December 18, 2014, 07:29:44 PM
The possibility that Thomas Pynchon may look like Pauly Walnuts, per his cameo in Inherent Vice.

That picture of Pynchon when he was young looks a little like my father when he was that age. And since my father and Pynchon are about the same age, I just figured Pynchon would look a little like my father. I've seen that photo of the guy who stalked him on the Upper West Side, though, and he looks a little more like Lou Reed (it looks like he dyes his hair).

I haven't seen any of those, but did you see the guy that people think is Pynchon in Inherent Vice?

Here is a link, apparently that's him sitting at the table around the  40 second mark of the trailer, does he look similar to the ones you are referring to?

http://laist.com/2014/12/14/photos_thomas_pynchons_apartment_in.php#photo-1 (http://laist.com/2014/12/14/photos_thomas_pynchons_apartment_in.php#photo-1)
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Post by: B_Buster on December 18, 2014, 08:25:42 PM
The possibility that Thomas Pynchon may look like Pauly Walnuts, per his cameo in Inherent Vice.

That picture of Pynchon when he was young looks a little like my father when he was that age. And since my father and Pynchon are about the same age, I just figured Pynchon would look a little like my father. I've seen that photo of the guy who stalked him on the Upper West Side, though, and he looks a little more like Lou Reed (it looks like he dyes his hair).

I haven't seen any of those, but did you see the guy that people think is Pynchon in Inherent Vice?

Here is a link, apparently that's him sitting at the table around the  40 second mark of the trailer, does he look similar to the ones you are referring to?

http://laist.com/2014/12/14/photos_thomas_pynchons_apartment_in.php#photo-1 (http://laist.com/2014/12/14/photos_thomas_pynchons_apartment_in.php#photo-1)

Yeah. You can get a better look at the 57 second mark here:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000003298787/anatomy-of-a-scene-inherent-vice.html (http://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000003298787/anatomy-of-a-scene-inherent-vice.html)

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Post by: bigginsjp on January 05, 2015, 10:40:15 AM
Tom Wolfe?

(Just started working through The Bonfire of the Vanities)
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Post by: B_Buster on January 06, 2015, 12:25:17 AM
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and Bonfire of the Vanities were great, but he lost me with that novella that was published in Rolling Stone Magazine (I can't even remember the name of it). And the reviews for his last couple books were mixed, so I didn't bother.
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Post by: nrt4 on January 07, 2015, 01:58:29 AM
Sometimes A Great Notion?
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Post by: B_Buster on January 07, 2015, 07:09:21 AM
Sometimes a Great Notion is nuts in a good way. Not a great book (it's way too baggy) but I'm glad I read it.
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Post by: bigginsjp on January 15, 2015, 01:36:35 PM
David Mitchell (author of The Bone Clocks, Cloud Atlas)?

I was thinking of reading one or both of these. (I've seen Cloud Atlas the film and am still trying to sort it out in my head)
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Post by: B_Buster on January 15, 2015, 07:35:46 PM
I have Cloud Atlas, but haven't read it yet. I hear that's the one to start with.
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Post by: JesseG. on January 16, 2015, 05:24:36 PM
I have Cloud Atlas, but haven't read it yet. I hear that's the one to start with.
Cloud Atlas is a really good read, but I think I prefer A Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet. Start anywhere really. That dude can write.
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Post by: Epic Soundtracks on January 27, 2015, 05:00:15 PM
The possibility that Thomas Pynchon may look like Pauly Walnuts, per his cameo in Inherent Vice.

That picture of Pynchon when he was young looks a little like my father when he was that age. And since my father and Pynchon are about the same age, I just figured Pynchon would look a little like my father. I've seen that photo of the guy who stalked him on the Upper West Side, though, and he looks a little more like Lou Reed (it looks like he dyes his hair).

That dude seated at the table during the tour of the rehab place isn't him. His name is Charley Morgan and his IMDB entry says he was also in The Master.

The current thinking is that Pynchon is visible reflected in the window behind Sportello and the sax player as they sit at the kitchen table at the rock band's pad. Wearing shades and a wig, could very well be him.

I haven't seen any of those, but did you see the guy that people think is Pynchon in Inherent Vice?

Here is a link, apparently that's him sitting at the table around the  40 second mark of the trailer, does he look similar to the ones you are referring to?

http://laist.com/2014/12/14/photos_thomas_pynchons_apartment_in.php#photo-1 (http://laist.com/2014/12/14/photos_thomas_pynchons_apartment_in.php#photo-1)

Yeah. You can get a better look at the 57 second mark here:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000003298787/anatomy-of-a-scene-inherent-vice.html (http://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000003298787/anatomy-of-a-scene-inherent-vice.html)
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Post by: Epic Soundtracks on January 27, 2015, 05:03:26 PM
well that's fucking irritating, didn't post my reply when i did the "quote" thing. Long and short, that's not Pynchon at the rehab place, his name is Charley Morgan and he's in the Master. Current thinking is Pynchon can be seen reflected in the window behind Phoenix and Wilson as they are seated at the kitchen table at the rock band's place. Wearing sunglasses and a wig, could very well be him.
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Post by: fonpr on January 27, 2015, 07:23:33 PM
well that's fucking irritating, didn't post my reply when i did the "quote" thing. Long and short, that's not Pynchon at the rehab place, his name is Charley Morgan and he's in the Master. Current thinking is Pynchon can be seen reflected in the window behind Phoenix and Wilson as they are seated at the kitchen table at the rock band's place. Wearing sunglasses and a wig, could very well be him.
Calm down Epic. Get on Skype.
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Post by: B_Buster on January 27, 2015, 07:25:18 PM
Are you talking about the guy at the first table or the second? The guy at the second table looks like the photo of Pynchon taken by a stalker/journalist (you can find the article online).
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Post by: buffcoat on January 28, 2015, 11:20:52 AM
Are you talking about the guy at the first table or the second? The guy at the second table looks like the photo of Pynchon taken by a stalker/journalist (you can find the article online).

I agree, as much as you can say someone looks like someone.

I will say, though, that being shown that clearly in that scene does not fit with how hard he's worked to keep himself anonymous.
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Post by: Epic Soundtracks on January 28, 2015, 03:47:18 PM
Are you talking about the guy at the first table or the second? The guy at the second table looks like the photo of Pynchon taken by a stalker/journalist (you can find the article online).

It is amazing how much the guy at the second table looks EXACTLY like you'd guess Pynchon to look based on that college photo. But if you google the actor Charley Morgan, you'll see it's him. I'm much more convinced by the dude reflected in the window--counts as a cameo but very well veiled
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Post by: B_Buster on January 28, 2015, 11:21:47 PM
Yeah, the guy in the reflection is probably him. I read somewhere that Pynchon has a mustache.
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on January 29, 2015, 12:33:28 AM
well that's fucking irritating, didn't post my reply when i did the "quote" thing. Long and short, that's not Pynchon at the rehab place, his name is Charley Morgan and he's in the Master. Current thinking is Pynchon can be seen reflected in the window behind Phoenix and Wilson as they are seated at the kitchen table at the rock band's place. Wearing sunglasses and a wig, could very well be him.

Thats what Anderson said in the Maron interview I believe.
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Post by: fonpr on February 12, 2015, 06:00:53 PM
This cartoon?

(http://38.media.tumblr.com/816802b68a320b7ad35cac4671732686/tumblr_n8wzh0whs41qzy30io1_r1_1280.gif)
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Post by: B_Buster on February 16, 2015, 11:21:17 PM
I draw the line at Grateful Dead cartoons, fonpr.
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Post by: fonpr on February 17, 2015, 08:04:58 AM
I draw the line at Grateful Dead cartoons, fonpr.
Je Sus....
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Post by: JeffertonFromTX on February 23, 2015, 08:55:39 PM
I wonder what Mike thinks of the movie Sweet Smell of Success.
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on February 23, 2015, 11:21:50 PM
I wonder what Mike thinks of The Grateful Dead/ Ken Kesey ballet.
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Post by: Dip Apesworth on February 25, 2015, 01:42:11 AM
I wonder what Mike thinks of the return of Twin Peaks...
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Post by: B_Buster on February 25, 2015, 04:58:20 PM
1. I liked it.
2. Sounds dreadful.
3. I'm optimistic. Because I'm an optimist when it comes to Twin Peaks.
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Post by: Dip Apesworth on March 06, 2015, 02:40:20 AM
Hey Mike, they're going to need to cast some more folks in the new Twin Peaks...do you have a fantasy cast by any chance? I'd love to see a you and Tom with a cameo. Or Bruno S. But that may be too on the nose.
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Post by: B_Buster on March 06, 2015, 12:07:49 PM
Yeah, that's going to happen, I'm sure. Also, sadly, Bruno S. has left this mortal coil.
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Post by: Dip Apesworth on March 12, 2015, 06:45:59 AM
I wonder what Mike thinks of Michael Kupperman's work?
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on March 12, 2015, 09:38:48 PM
Harry Crews
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Post by: fonpr on March 13, 2015, 08:57:59 AM
Episcopalians. 


I ask because we just got done watching Tree Of Life.
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Post by: B_Buster on March 13, 2015, 11:50:51 AM
I've been lax in familiarizing myself with Michale Kupperman's and Harry Crews work. Where do I start?

Is Tree of Life about Episcopalians?! Do I have to watch it again?
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Post by: DadHasADD on March 13, 2015, 01:14:13 PM
I've been lax in familiarizing myself with Michale Kupperman's and Harry Crews work. Where do I start?

Is Tree of Life about Episcopalians?! Do I have to watch it again?

Shades may have more ideas, but I have read Crews' "A Feast of Snakes" and "Scar Lover." Both were crazy-insane and had some brilliant writing in them, but I wouldn't expect characters you necessarily would root for. Also, I wasn't quite satisfied where "A Feast of Snakes" ended up, though it might deserve a re-read. I would recommend reading Crews, though, and would say, of those two, A Feast of Snakes is a better start. But again, Shades may be more of a Crews scholar.  :D
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on March 13, 2015, 05:48:10 PM
.... and Harry Crews work. Where do I start?


I was hoping you could tell me.
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Post by: Denim Gremlin on March 14, 2015, 09:41:38 AM
Kevin Smith confirms he's making Mallrats 2

http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/03/kevin-smith-is-definitely-making-a-sequel-to-mallrats/ (http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/03/kevin-smith-is-definitely-making-a-sequel-to-mallrats/)
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Post by: bigginsjp on March 16, 2015, 11:22:39 AM
Performing live with Scharpling & Wurster?
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Post by: B_Buster on March 16, 2015, 06:41:02 PM
It was fun! Although I do regret calling for "another Altamont" at one point.
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Post by: Dip Apesworth on March 17, 2015, 02:42:42 AM
I've been lax in familiarizing myself with Michale Kupperman's and Harry Crews work. Where do I start?

I've been a big fan of Kupperman's work for years. Assuming you enjoy Dadaist escapades into pulpy genre fiction, I would recommend Snake and Bacon's Cartoon Cavalcade. Kupperman's later work has more of a structure (ie Mark Twain's autobiography), but the Cavalcade is more like a chocolate box, single servings of a wide variety. I'd hope this might draw you in:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/funkypresident/sexblimp.jpg)
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Post by: bigginsjp on May 08, 2015, 10:56:14 AM
All of the great guests on The Best Show recently?

(Do you have a favorite? And if so, why?)
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Post by: fonpr on May 09, 2015, 08:29:44 PM
All of the great guests on The Best Show recently?

(Do you have a favorite? And if so, why?)

(http://breathlessmini.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/crw_8939-copy.jpg)
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Post by: kouzie on May 10, 2015, 06:52:51 AM
Auer is a fucking national treasure.