Damnit, the old thread must have gotten Ratto'd.
"What do you get when you cross an insomniac, a dislexic, and an unwilling agnostic?"
"Someone who stays up all night, torturing himself mentally over the question whether or not there is a dog."
I'm only on page 70. Fun as shit dick so far.
http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=6954.0
That has some conversation. So does the Gravity's Rainbow thread.
I lent this to a friend and I highly doubt he's even cracked it yet. Which makes me want it back. He's not worthy.
DFW = David Foster Wallace.
I wish I was smarter than I am.
Quote from: Oleg on July 23, 2010, 01:55:12 PM
DFW = David Foster Wallace.
I wish I was smarter than I am.
It might have been a book about the airport. You never know.
A really long, really interesting read about Wallace.
http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/inside-david-foster-wallaces-private-self-help-library/
Speaking of Dave, I just got my copy of The Pale King in the mail. I feel like such a yuppie prick.
RV just creamed his huskies...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/books/review/david-foster-wallace-and-the-literary-tax-accountant.html
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 18, 2011, 09:14:24 AM
RV just creamed his huskies...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/books/review/david-foster-wallace-and-the-literary-tax-accountant.html
Taxes, Peoria, and David Foster Wallace. Boner: extended.
So did anyone start reading the Pale King? Thoughts so far?
Quote from: Slaky on April 18, 2011, 03:42:23 PM
So did anyone start reading the Pale King? Thoughts so far?
It's next on my list. Have you started it? I pray it's not like the The Salmon of Doubt. Because I will stab someone if that's the case. I'm not sure who I will stab. I assume Powen will stop by in 2013 and give me some ideas.
While I'm using up my post for 2011, what the fuck is up with the whole A Game of Thrones love thing? I'm not that far in, but how the hell is it considered anything beyond generic fantasy opera? Does it get better? Am I wasting my time? Should I drink a ton of white russians without eating dinner? Has my grill been "warming up" for 45 minutes and I just remembered now? Seriously, I need answers people before my place burns down.
So far, this Game of Thrones thing reminds me of The Girl Who Blah Blah Blahs... Something that some perv gave a thumbs up because it has underage and/or rape sex and a bunch of people that don't read actual big people books hyped it up because they didn't know any better.
Discuss.
Quote from: Slaky on April 18, 2011, 03:42:23 PM
So did anyone start reading the Pale King? Thoughts so far?
Started this the other day. Not sure if it's my unrealistic expectations or the fact that DFW didn't actually assemble the chapters and the story, but 50 pages in and it's kind of meh.
I'm sure it'll get better.
Quote from: Oleg on April 27, 2011, 12:03:48 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 18, 2011, 03:42:23 PM
So did anyone start reading the Pale King? Thoughts so far?
Started this the other day while out in California. Not sure if it's my unrealistic expectations or the fact that DFW didn't actually assemble the chapters and the story, but 50 pages in and it's kind of meh.
I'm sure it'll get better.
Recent meme'd.
Quote from: Oleg on April 27, 2011, 12:03:48 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 18, 2011, 03:42:23 PM
So did anyone start reading the Pale King? Thoughts so far?
Started this the other day. Not sure if it's my unrealistic expectations or the fact that DFW didn't actually assemble the chapters and the story, but 50 pages in and it's kind of meh.
I'm sure it'll get better.
I've heard it's pretty damn good and up there with his other shit. I don't know if it's as good as the The Girl Who Farted Lotion but I'm sure history will be judge.
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Quote from: Oleg on April 27, 2011, 12:03:48 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 18, 2011, 03:42:23 PM
So did anyone start reading the Pale King? Thoughts so far?
Started this the other day while out in California. Not sure if it's my unrealistic expectations or the fact that DFW didn't actually assemble the chapters and the story, but 50 pages in and it's kind of meh.
I'm sure it'll get better.
Recent meme'd.
OK...so I did buy the book at LAX for the ride back. Happy?
Starting Pale King today, looking forward to it. This is really cool:
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/digital/dfw/
Quote from: R-V on May 02, 2011, 01:13:06 PM
Starting Pale King today, looking forward to it. This is really cool:
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/digital/dfw/
Quote"You know I'll come if you insist," he said. "But please don't. I'm deep into something long, and it's hard for me to get back into it when I'm pulled away."
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Quote from: R-V on May 02, 2011, 01:13:06 PM
Starting Pale King today, looking forward to it. This is really cool:
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/digital/dfw/
I read the intro just to get started. I'm almost done reading about Gil's hero. Can't wait.
Quote from: Slaky on May 02, 2011, 02:16:02 PMI'm almost done reading about Gil's hero.
[SKO]Bin Laden?[/SKO]
So Claude is basically DFW, right? I've only finished chapter 2 but they seem to share a lot of the same obsessions/fixations based on what I've read about Wallace. I can see that the stream of consciousness writing may annoy some but I really enjoy it. The dude has a knack for describing the mundane. As someone who deals with incredibly boring tax jargon for a living I can't believe he actually CHOSE to spend time taking accounting and tax classes so the 12 readers who cared about this stuff would validate for authenticity.
Quote from: R-V on May 03, 2011, 09:18:49 AM
So Claude is basically DFW, right? I've only finished chapter 2 but they seem to share a lot of the same obsessions/fixations based on what I've read about Wallace. I can see that the stream of consciousness writing may annoy some but I really enjoy it. The dude has a knack for describing the mundane. As someone who deals with incredibly boring tax jargon for a living I can't believe he actually CHOSE to spend time taking accounting and tax classes so the 12 readers who cared about this stuff would validate for authenticity.
Maybe. This thing gets weird when DFW actually talks to the reader. Just wait.
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Quote from: R-V on May 03, 2011, 09:18:49 AM
So Claude is basically DFW, right? I've only finished chapter 2 but they seem to share a lot of the same obsessions/fixations based on what I've read about Wallace. I can see that the stream of consciousness writing may annoy some but I really enjoy it. The dude has a knack for describing the mundane. As someone who deals with incredibly boring tax jargon for a living I can't believe he actually CHOSE to spend time taking accounting and tax classes so the 12 readers who cared about this stuff would validate for authenticity.
Maybe. This thing gets weird when DFW actually talks to the reader. Just wait.
(http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ferris-broderick.png)
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Quote from: Oleg on May 03, 2011, 10:59:09 AM
Quote from: R-V on May 03, 2011, 09:18:49 AM
So Claude is basically DFW, right? I've only finished chapter 2 but they seem to share a lot of the same obsessions/fixations based on what I've read about Wallace. I can see that the stream of consciousness writing may annoy some but I really enjoy it. The dude has a knack for describing the mundane. As someone who deals with incredibly boring tax jargon for a living I can't believe he actually CHOSE to spend time taking accounting and tax classes so the 12 readers who cared about this stuff would validate for authenticity.
Maybe. This thing gets weird when DFW actually talks to the reader. Just wait.
(http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ferris-broderick.png)
I actually had to go to wikipedia to make sure Wallace did not actually work for the IRS, and that the author's note was also fiction. That was a really enjoyable chapter.
But my favorite so far has been the one about Leonard Stecyk being the most insufferable kid on the face of the planet. Hilarious stuff.
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Quote from: PenPho on May 03, 2011, 11:00:51 AM
Quote from: Oleg on May 03, 2011, 10:59:09 AM
Quote from: R-V on May 03, 2011, 09:18:49 AM
So Claude is basically DFW, right? I've only finished chapter 2 but they seem to share a lot of the same obsessions/fixations based on what I've read about Wallace. I can see that the stream of consciousness writing may annoy some but I really enjoy it. The dude has a knack for describing the mundane. As someone who deals with incredibly boring tax jargon for a living I can't believe he actually CHOSE to spend time taking accounting and tax classes so the 12 readers who cared about this stuff would validate for authenticity.
Maybe. This thing gets weird when DFW actually talks to the reader. Just wait.
(http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ferris-broderick.png)
I actually had to go to wikipedia to make sure Wallace did not actually work for the IRS, and that the author's note was also fiction. That was a really enjoyable chapter.
But my favorite so far has been the one about Leonard Stecyk being the most insufferable kid on the face of the planet. Hilarious stuff.
The way he writes that chapter...God damn. There are times when you feel sorry for the kid and then you realize he's just insufferable. Fantastic.
About to get started on it, finally. Very excited.
Quote from: Slaky on May 09, 2011, 06:52:46 PM
About to get started on it, finally. Very excited.
I just picked it up from the store. Better be good.
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Quote from: Slaky on May 09, 2011, 06:52:46 PM
About to get started on it, finally. Very excited.
I just picked it up from the store. Better be good.
You can read?
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Quote from: Slaky on May 09, 2011, 06:52:46 PM
About to get started on it, finally. Very excited.
I just picked it up from the store. Better be good.
You can read?
He gets the book on tape and plays it in this:
(http://bestofthe80s.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/teddy-ruxpin.jpg)
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Quote from: Slaky on May 09, 2011, 06:52:46 PM
About to get started on it, finally. Very excited.
I just picked it up from the store. Better be good.
You can read?
No.... This isn't a pictutebook?
QuoteAnd it strikes me I've definitely seen that argyle sweater-vest before....
I'm in this book?
Quote from: Yeti on May 11, 2011, 09:44:54 PM
QuoteAnd it strikes me I've definitely seen that argyle sweater-vest before....
I'm in this book?
Oh, you're not content to glom onto Huey's glory? Now it's DFW's turn?[/Shoutbox]
The discussion of civics, corporations, advertising and whatnot in Chapter 19 of the Pale King is outstanding. Maybe I'm a Wallace dongchugger but the book is surprisingly coherent for something that was unfinished. It's amazing how many tones/writing styles he jumps between in the different chapters and that he manages to pull it off.
Quote from: R-V on May 12, 2011, 08:16:23 AM
The discussion of civics, corporations, advertising and whatnot in Chapter 19 of the Pale King is outstanding. Maybe I'm a Wallace dongchugger but the book is surprisingly coherent for something that was unfinished. It's amazing how many tones/writing styles he jumps between in the different chapters and that he manages to pull it off.
Jesus, you're far. I'm just starting out but there are already some seriously memorable excerpts. The piece about asking someone what's wrong is great, as well as the conversation about what these drones think about while masturbating. When one guy asks the other guy what he pictures when it's just him alone with his thoughts I though - what about the goddamn Internet? Then I remember this is 1982.
So I finished Pale King. I enjoyed the hell out of it in spite of the fact that there was basically no discernible plot and a couple chapters at the end that I could not follow...at all. The guy was just an amazingly insightful and funny writer and I'd probably read a 1,200 page book about paint drying if he'd had the chance to write it. There are two very long chapters (one where a guy tells the story of his relationship with his dad and how he came to join the IRS, and another where a woman talks about meeting her husband) that are basically monologues by these characters, that I thought were just as engaging as the unbelievable Eschaton chapter in Infinite Jest.
I was satisfied when I finished the book that, although there was no plot, it didn't really feel like an unfinished work. Then I read the Notes and Asides with all of Wallace's notes about what he thought the book was about and additional plot points/character points that he intended to add and I became a very sad panda. It appears from the notes that there was at least going to be some semblance of a plot...he just hung himself before developing it further. The guy had so many great ideas that we'll never have the chance to read.
One note, at the risk of sounding like the "I was at the game with Slezak, so I have a better understanding than those of you who merely watched on TV" guy, as a pathetic accountant, I understood and was amused by DFW's use of technical IRS/tax terms, but I could understand that for anyone who's not a loser like me that stuff could be tedious to wade through. That's only one element of the book though.
Anyway all is not lost, the only other books of his I've read are Infinite Jest and Consider the Lobster so it's quite possible I'll be making more posts with a dead man's dong in my mouth as I work through (and celebrate, natch) his entire catalog.
Quote from: R-V on June 03, 2011, 09:16:22 AM
One note, at the risk of sounding like the "I was at the game with Slezak, so I have a better understanding than those of you who merely watched on TV" guy, as a pathetic accountant, I understood and was amused by DFW's use of technical IRS/tax terms, but I could understand that for anyone who's not a loser like me that stuff could be tedious to wade through. That's only one element of the book though.
I know what you mean. I think the use of Russian by Burgess, and my ease of understanding it, made Clockwork Orange much more enjoyable to me than to some of my friends who had to work through those Russian words.
I'm actually glad to hear there no plot in Pale King. I think I may actually now enjoy it more now. I keep thinking I'm a Pank when I read it because I can't figure out the plot.
Thanks.
Oh, great, look what shows up mere steps from the alley. Maybe I'll save it for my looming trip to a locked ward.
Quote from: R-V on April 06, 2011, 12:42:25 PM
A really long, really interesting read about Wallace.
http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/inside-david-foster-wallaces-private-self-help-library/
Lest it be overlooked,
"[Sally Foster Wallace's] book is full of snakes and gorillas, monsters, Superman, Cinderella, disasters of every description,
ketchup on ice cream, kissing and parachutes and romance. It reveals a dizzying, intoxicating and dangerous world."
[Edit.--Oh, sweet Jesus, transactionalism rears its head (http://www.theawl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/the-divided-self.jpg). This shit has been popping up all over the place for me for over a week.]
[Edit 2.--I will call attention to this odd little volume (http://www.amazon.com/Open-Diary-Homeless-Alcoholic/dp/0226157687) while I'm at it.]
[Edit 3.--"the individual suddenly discovers that he has acquired a mannerism, a gesture, a turn of speech, an inflection in his voice that is not 'his' but belongs to someone else. Often it is a mannerism that he consciously particularly dislikes.
"Dave with girlfriend's accent (
The Divided Self)"
Curiously, R.D. Laing died while playing tennis.]
[Edit 4.--"And C. looked at me with pity and sadness, as if from a great distance, and said, 'Oh, honey. You don't care. You don't care; that's the whole point.'" No, it's not, honey.]
TPD. IJ has totally petered out for me by page 66.
Ken Tremendous directs an Eschaton music video.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/arts/music/michael-schur-directs-decemberists-video.html?_r=2&hpw
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
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Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
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Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
I think my favorite part of the internet is when people I don't know in real life hate random things I assumed were unhateable for reasons I totally don't understand.
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Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
I think my favorite part of the internet is when people I don't know in real life hate random things I assumed were unhateable for reasons I totally don't understand.
I gotta be honest, I barely made it through The Corrections and I don't know why the blue fuck anyone would want to see it translated into another medium.
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Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
I think my favorite part of the internet is when people I don't know in real life hate random things I assumed were unhateable for reasons I totally don't understand.
Megadittos, Rush.
So it's settled, we're all butthurt HBO isn't making The Corrections because Maggie Gyllenhall is the finest looking lady in Pangaea.
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DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
I think my favorite part of the internet is when people I don't know in real life hate random things I assumed were unhateable for reasons I totally don't understand.
I thought he was creepy and gross in Adaptation. That was enough for me.
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DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
I think my favorite part of the internet is when people I don't know in real life hate random things I assumed were unhateable for reasons I totally don't understand.
I thought he was creepy and gross in Adaptation. That was enough for me.
A Nicholas Cage movie where someone ELSE comes off as noticeably creepy and gross? I call bullshit.
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Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
Pretty confident that you're the only one. Chris Cooper? Really? I'd watch him recite a speech for an insurance seminar.
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Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
Pretty confident that you're the only one. Chris Cooper? Really? I'd watch him recite a speech for an insurance seminar.
Let's not go nuts here.
I mean, I'm not one to irrationally Slakhate Chris Cooper either. But the guy's no Charles Durning.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 02, 2012, 11:05:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 02, 2012, 10:18:46 AM
Quote from: Slaky on May 01, 2012, 05:15:20 PM
Quote from: R-V on May 01, 2012, 03:58:11 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
Pretty confident that you're the only one. Chris Cooper? Really? I'd watch him recite a speech for an insurance seminar.
Let's not go nuts here.
I mean, I'm not one to irrationally Slakhate Chris Cooper either. But the guy's no Charles Durning.
I didn't know the guy had his own fucking fan club.
Quote from: Slaky on May 02, 2012, 11:37:28 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 02, 2012, 11:05:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 02, 2012, 10:18:46 AM
Quote from: Slaky on May 01, 2012, 05:15:20 PM
Quote from: R-V on May 01, 2012, 03:58:11 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
Pretty confident that you're the only one. Chris Cooper? Really? I'd watch him recite a speech for an insurance seminar.
Let's not go nuts here.
I mean, I'm not one to irrationally Slakhate Chris Cooper either. But the guy's no Charles Durning.
I didn't know the guy had his own fucking fan club.
No offense, man. But what you don't know about Chris Cooper could fill a book.
Quote from: Slaky on May 02, 2012, 11:37:28 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 02, 2012, 11:05:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on May 02, 2012, 10:18:46 AM
Quote from: Slaky on May 01, 2012, 05:15:20 PM
Quote from: R-V on May 01, 2012, 03:58:11 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
Pretty confident that you're the only one. Chris Cooper? Really? I'd watch him recite a speech for an insurance seminar.
Let's not go nuts here.
I mean, I'm not one to irrationally Slakhate Chris Cooper either. But the guy's no Charles Durning.
I didn't know the guy had his own fucking fan club.
Oh, you'd love the fuck out of him if he were on "Glee".
Quote from: PenPho on May 01, 2012, 07:02:36 PM
Quote from: Slaky on May 01, 2012, 05:15:20 PM
Quote from: R-V on May 01, 2012, 03:58:11 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
I think my favorite part of the internet is when people I don't know in real life hate random things I assumed were unhateable for reasons I totally don't understand.
Variety needs to die in a fire and have every remnant of their stylebook extirpated.
Quote from: Wheezer on May 03, 2012, 09:03:44 PM
Quote from: PenPho on May 01, 2012, 07:02:36 PM
Quote from: Slaky on May 01, 2012, 05:15:20 PM
Quote from: R-V on May 01, 2012, 03:58:11 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 27, 2012, 04:46:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on April 27, 2012, 02:55:29 PM
DPD. Any of you chuckleheads read The Corrections? The first Franzen I've read, enjoyed it nearly as much as Wallace's stuff. Alfred Lambert was a hilariously miserable cocksucker.
I read it awhile back and liked it because it was depressing as hell.
Boourns.
QuoteDespite having the selling points of a stellar cast and a bestselling novel, HBO is not moving forward with "The Corrections."
Pay cabler has decided the pilot, which was shot in February, won't become a series. Based on the Jonathan Franzen book, HBO's version of "The Corrections" was adapted and directed by Noah Baumbach, who was exec producing with Franzen and Scott Rudin.
"The Corrections" revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.
The parents were played by Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest while Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal were cast as the couple's adult children.
Good, I fucking hate Chris Cooper.
I think my favorite part of the internet is when people I don't know in real life hate random things I assumed were unhateable for reasons I totally don't understand.
Variety needs to die in a fire and have every remnant of their stylebook extirpated.
Then who will report the various goings on and trollings in the CHUD forums?
So Orrin's death was weird huh? Did he die? Crazy, right?
Quote from: Slaky on May 04, 2012, 08:33:32 AM
So Orrin's death was weird huh? Did he die? Crazy, right?
I have no idea anymore.
I think this serves as the de facto DFW thread as well.
Saw a tweet recommending this read, from 1996 Esquire.
David Foster Wallace on the Costs of Becoming a Professional Tennis Player (http://blog.longreads.com/2014/08/31/david-foster-wallace-on-the-costs-of-becoming-a-professional-tennis-player/?utm_content=buffer730ae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)
Quote from: PenFoe on September 04, 2014, 03:57:43 PM
I think this serves as the de facto DFW thread as well.
Saw a tweet recommending this read, from 1996 Esquire.
David Foster Wallace on the Costs of Becoming a Professional Tennis Player (http://blog.longreads.com/2014/08/31/david-foster-wallace-on-the-costs-of-becoming-a-professional-tennis-player/?utm_content=buffer730ae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)
I think I'm the only tennis player/fan on this board, but DFW's tennis pieces were amazing. His piece on Roger Federer is still probably the best sports piece I've ever read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html?pagewanted=all (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html?pagewanted=all)
Posthumous congratulations to DFW for predicting Trump with his Johnny Gentle character.
Quote from: R-V on November 10, 2016, 10:18:27 AM
Posthumous congratulations to DFW for predicting Trump with his Johnny Gentle character.
I've been thinking of this parallel for months--eerily prescient on a few levels.