Album Rating: 5.0

infinite jest actually

that would do it

Infinite Jest is overhated (but not underrated?) and very very good.

yes verdant we can and shall be friends irl. come to mine next tuesday evening i'll leave the door unlocked

Album Rating: 5.0

i love it. though the only impact DFW has had on my writing that I can consciously trace is going "and so but anyway then but and when but so and" to signify stream-of-consciousness

Album Rating: 5.0

cool! if memory serves you're in NZ yes? i'll just pop over the pond real quick be there soon

mad weed vibes, i was a big fan of the straight dialogue that left (a little) room for inference (and then i read the big bae William Gass)

ye man, hit us up if you ever clear that body of water. if the Inghams can do it you can too

Album Rating: 5.0

man i was there in january. wish i'd tee'd this up earlier

Album Rating: 5.0

i've been hearing about gass a lot recently. should i read

There is time just try not to die! Yes, Gass is amazing. Have a hoon on Omensetter's Luck to peep the natural talent at work, and then hit The Tunnel which is an absolute all timer that tries to do it all. While we're at it, his criticism/academic stuff is great too

Album Rating: 4.0

This album is sick. I really like tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 11. Also 9 7 6 are good

whats wrong with 1 4 10

Album Rating: 4.0

Nothing rly, except 4 is a bit annoying but not bad, nor the other two. Maybe just slightly tier 3 ish

Album is probably FINE

“ Infinite Jest is overhated (but not underrated?) and very very good.”

Agreed. One of my favourites. I think some people get so caught up in the style and respond to that over the huge amounts of emotion and pain. Like, when people call it pretentious, i wonder if they’re ignoring all the humanity to lash out against some perceived air-of-superiority because “big words” (that you often don’t need to know the definitions of anyway) and “big paragraphs.” Which, if so, i think that fits many of the themes of the book and many of its characters

Don’t pretend like you read books

Album Rating: 3.5

ulysses>

“ Don’t pretend like you read books”

I only read braille

Reading Sputnik in braille is twice as upsetting, I assume.

It’s definitely better than morse code! Some comments just sound SOSs