Halifamous

Well I read it.

Anyone else?

also, building on this point, i know few people who don't look like total assholes wearing "goth ninja"

Halifamous is one of them, probably pulling off the brands associated with neo-goth better than anyone else i've seen. on the other hand, most people i see dressed head to toe in the stuff look like complete and utter shit - even the people that can afford it.

My n***a.

I like gothism, despite being giant and white.

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/stupidhat/steelwoolcoat/tissueytee/crinklybag/knittedleggings/stinkyshoes/

Sweet, I havn't read it in a while and I think I lost my copy, are we agreed? Because if so I'm gonna go cop a new one at chappies this weekend.

It's totally a fucking sweet book, plus most people havn't read it, which is kind of what you want with book club. I mean, I can stop a motherfucker on campus and he's probably read the road, this shit though, this shit requires a group agreement.

Book nominations going on right now? How about Atlas Shrugged? Been reading it for the past month and have only been able to finish a third of it with school. Don't think we could discuss it in a month if people only started now..but maybe two or three? haha

HAHAHAHA I will talk about this for SURE if y'all want to read it.

I don't think you guys should do another nabakov on account of already having done one, and also on account of most people involved probably not having read enough Nabakov to properly discuss the book in context.

Also considering the likelyhood of all members of book club actually finishing a HUGE ASS book why don't you pick something short. No hate, just saying with all the commitments amongst the group you'd be hard pressed to get more than a few people to finish a short book, let alone a long ass one.

I submit the following because I think you'd like them:

Time's Arrow by Martin Amis

The Englishmans Boy by Guy Vanderhaegh

Shame by Salman Rushdie

The Innocent Millionaire by Stephen Vizinzcey

riFR_UxRwaQ

Remember when there was a book club and I contributed thousands of words on Lolita and a few other people chimed in and then a couple of other books got chosen and no one even bothered to read those books and book club just kind of petered out and then the thread became some kind of ghost town? Yeah, man, those were the days.

I like it when everyone chooses a book I've already read and then I pretend I know more about it than anyone despite the fact I probably read it like six years ago and am fishing most of my descriptives from old James Wood reviews and theasaurus.com.

KIND of my modus operandi.

Also Serpentine does not have Rick Owens, only DRKSHDW, please update.

I really wanna tackle the Original of Laura

What the tits do you mean tackle? it's like, ten thousand words tops.

Although it would be hilarious to see everyone re-arrange the motherfucker.

furthermore, i dug the connectivity and the idea that money can be understood like math or science.

I believe the markets themselves offered a rather convincing rebuttal to this idea recently.

MOREOVER ---> get at me this weekend.

Man I am so glad someone blogged this because you cannot fucking google this band, I have been trying.

http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-summer-for-you.html

Libra is actually a pretty excellent book. Some moments of paramount paranoia, the russian stuff especially, ill as hell. I think that section is some of his strongest writing. My biggest interest in literature is cold-war era and russian/eastern european diaspora writing and even though Delillo has no first hand experience I think he really nailed the way in which the communists were in turn comically ham-fisted and terrifyingly effective.

I havn't read Mao II, I should probably get on that. I've read Libra, Underworld, White Noise, Cosmopolis, and I started Falling Man but couldn't get into it.

Also, y'all droppin first names like y'all know me. Tom and Cory. Cory and Tom.

Edit: That's funny re: cosmopolis, I think it was my least favorite of the ones I finished. I think you're a bigger fan of the post-modern urban novel than I am (post-modern is a shit term, I guess.... globalist-individualist? I have no clue how to describe it, that sort of fractured yet interconnected effect, with huge turns coming from minor/unframed events, I felt it very heavily throughout that book).

If you actually want a detailed list I could holler, email me or something. Suffice to say that versus Robert Heinlein, Phillip K Dick, Ray Bradbury, Arthur Clarke, Harlan Ellison, etc. Simmons is somewhat of a small fry. He's still a good writer, but he's a good writer in science fiction the same way that Ian Rankin (of Inspector Rebus fame) is a good writer of mystery novels. His books are excellent, and in many cases transcend the limits of his genre, but I wouldn't call him required reading for everyone in the same way I'd recommend mystery novels by Tony Hillerman or Elmore Leonard.

Also as a side note, Nabakov wrote a pretty excellent sci-fi novel called Ada or Adore, I know you guys read Lolita and liked it, so I'd recommend this one as well, I feel it's among his least read works.

Edit: Read Ian Rankin too, that motherfucker is tight as all hell, Knots and Crosses is almost enough to make you physically agitated with jealousy when you consider how young he was when he wrote it.

i just started underworld after reading about 9 novels last month. just the bulk of it is intimidating and makes me put it down more often than i normally would.

Just read the first chapter.

It's the best one.

By a lot.

The book is totally good overall but Donny boy can't write a compelling character to save his life. Phenomenal stylist though.

A friend was telling me about a sci-fi series based on the Canterbury Tales, it's called the Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons. I haven't read it myself, but I was told it's some of the best sci-fi written, and takes on some pretty deep philosophical concepts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Cantos

Hyperion is really good, I would bump that to the front of your reading list. The entire series is solid but the first two books can be read as a closed story and the others only need follow if you're really interested in the background. The Cantebury structure is pretty loose but he has a very good command of the historical elements that he integrates. Simmons is a smart writer, one of the few guys that's keeping me reading sci-fi these days.

If you were looking for something that hews closer to a classic narrative his Olympos series (starting with "Ilium") is a retelling of the Trojan wars that is much more directly referential. Not as good as Hyperion, but still pretty excellent.

Calling any of that stuff "some of the best sci-fi written" may be going a little far though. Simmons is an excellent distiller of ideas and an unabashed classicist fanboy, but apart from a bit of babble regarding "the singularity" he doesn't expand any current questions or concepts in a meaningful way. The best Sci-Fi authors are distinguished by their ability to confront the new and strange directly and without camp, to ultimately comment on the place of humanity amidst the fantastically familiar.

Word.

are you looking for hometowns from 2008?

No, no I can just google that one. They released a three or four song demo in 2005 that kicked mad ass (back then at least) I'm not really into indie rock/folk anymore, but I have a huge amount of nostalgia for the song "the city" and I'd like to have a copy again.

This is as good a place as any to ask I guess. Does anyone have the Rural Alberta Advantage demo tape on their comp? I had it years ago and have been looking for a copy forever.

Help me Indie nerds.

Everything gone but KK, which is funny because it's the nicest item and a REALLY good price.

Get on it doggies.

Fuck I want that hat

probably check out the j'in o sale today. ive actually only been in there once before and it seemed kinda gay all i really remember is the justice x surface 2 air jackets, hilarious.

nesk, there is plenty going on. come shoot hoops with me and wildsteve

Quoting because it needed quoting.

May I suggest an edit of the sydneys to reflect the collections that are still/most heavily carried?

Viridi Anne, Rick Owens, DRKSHDW, MA+, Augusta, Dries Van Noten.

Chatav and Damir are both cut, those brands listed above are the largest buys for sufu brands.

FUUUUUCK my inbox was full. That explains a bunch.

OK LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN.

BUY BUY BUY

I'm in TO if you want to give it a shot, drkshdw doesnt run as small as regular RO.

All messages replied.

http://secure.hostdeziners.com/www_sydneystoronto_com/store/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=2

Or just walk down to the store, you're in Toronto.

Quick sales, clearout of things I don't need/don't fit right.

So quick I haven't even flipped images.

drkshdw cap sleeve tee

Sz: L

Colour: grey (dust maybe? can't remember)

Season S/S 09

GONE

KK Attachment dbl layer turtleneck

Sz: 3

Colour: one black, one grey layer, gauzy, not attached, can be worn as separates

Season FW 08/09

Wear: Very light, dry cleaned once

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Price: 160$ shipped

Raf by Raf all over print tee

Sz: 50

Colour: Print, all over screenprint, newspapery.

Season: SS/09

Wear: Light, washed once.

GONE

Number (N)ine Jeans

Sz: 5x34 (waist between 31 and 32)

Colour: Washed black

Season: Not sure

GONE

gonzo

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