tpaine posted:crustpunk_trotsky posted:tpaine posted:crustpunk_trotsky posted:
please keep in mind the first chapter is the most coherent part, after that it's like derrida as translated by william s burroughswhoaaa! check out the big brain on this fucker! 'it's like brig schungle's sophomoric interpretation of boat von schweeb's oooo
lemme try to break this down into terms you can understand *makes fart noises w/ armpit*
you little cuntfuck!
how plebian *puffs on pipe, blows smoke ring perfectly shaped like the Harvard crest that gently wafts up and chokes a poor*
the first chapter is the worst and most dense imo, its just a bunch of silly numerology games. the good stuff comes later
Groulxsmith posted:
that same claim is made about infinite jest and couldn't be any more untrue with regard to it so i'm skeptical when books get slandered that way
infinite jest isnt elaborate pomo style garbage, it's just garbage
Impper posted:Groulxsmith posted:
that same claim is made about infinite jest and couldn't be any more untrue with regard to it so i'm skeptical when books get slandered that wayinfinite jest isnt elaborate pomo style garbage, it's just garbage
gonna have to trust impper on this, can't think of a better expert on the topic of garbage writing
EmanuelaOrlandi posted:
my posting is The Entertainment
i keep clicking to upvote but it seems stuck. mods?
EmanuelaOrlandi posted:
lol crustpunk was so jealous he downvoted...
I try to downvote you whenever I see that av but sometimes I forget sorry
i think i asked you this before in another thread before ken but i don't think you replied, have you checked out sonic warfare by steve goodman (a.k.a. kode9, who was an active member of the c.c.r.u. who are related very directly to negarestani), it tackles global bass music from a similar philosophical framework
blinkandwheeze posted:
it tackles global bass music from a similar philosophical framework
lol
Edit: Already copied it to my SMart Phone, so all labor beyond the reading itself is taken care of.
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Skylark posted:
i was planning to read the book in the OP; can some1 pls confirm that this book is not as absurd as the idea mentioned in the post i just quoted, and is in fact worth setting aside what im currently reading.
naw the things negarestani talks about are generally pretty serious issues - the particular group of london based philosophers he associates with are all nerds who grew up listening to jungle & reggae soundsystems tho so their thinking is marked by that sometimes. there are a lot of traces of john carpenter movies & things like that in cyclonopedia tho, if that's an issue with you i guess
Skylark posted:
i was planning to read the book in the OP; can some1 pls confirm that this book is not as absurd as the idea mentioned in the post i just quoted, and is in fact worth setting aside what im currently reading.
Edit: Already copied it to my SMart Phone, so all labor beyond the reading itself is taken care of.
you should hold out for the audiobook edition and drop some acid before listening, I believe this was the author's intent
alternate answer: i am steve goodman, downs syndrome lookin dude and producer of dope ass riddims, irl