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August 2011
The Archives
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08.15.11Darkness on the edge of the OzarksWinter's Bone, directed by Debra Granik, adapted from Daniel Woodrell's novel of the same name. The best film we've seen in quite some time. Beautiful score by Dickon Hinchliffe too. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/5O8F8JtSVmI" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/HjXcAmxZ_l0" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
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08.13.11Pulling the devil by the tail"Pollock seems vigilant against acts of grace; whenever any flicker of light appears, he pinches it out with grim purpose." Josh Ritter reviews Donald Ray Pollock's new novel The Devil All the Time in the NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/books/review/the-devil-all-the-time-by-donald-ray-pollock-book-review.html?hpw [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/fwA-EzaEa44" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
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08.09.11London’s burning and I…... live by the river. Three days in which BBC bulletins were rewritten by Ballard and Burgess. "There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultraviolence..." [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/3HEdukcOwDk" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCkNu9OxThc" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/EfK-WX2pa8c" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
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08.03.11Ellroy ConfidentialJohn Kelly's excellent interview with James Ellroy for the View Presents special is online. http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1105302 [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/BHseb8JGNyA" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
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08.02.11Words of Wisdom for the Young from William Burroughs…"People often ask me if I have any words of advice for young people. Well here are a few simple admonitions for young and old. Never interfere in a boy-and-girl fight. Beware of whores who say they don't want money. The hell they don't. What they mean is they want more money. Much more. If you're doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, Get it in writing. His word isn't worth shit. Not with the good lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal. Avoid fuck-ups. We all know the type. Anything they have anything to do with, No matter how good it sounds, Turns into a disaster. Do not offer sympathy to the ...