books read in mexico
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lauralhI finished Lamb's Genghis Khan book. It was good, he's a great writer, i mean, they don't write now the way they did in 1928, more's the pity. Oh, maybe they do, but why bother, right?
Shakespeare of London was also a fantastic book. It made me want to watch Branaugh's Hamlet, except that it isn't out on DVD, wtf. Maybe i'll rent the videos. Anyway it just really pulls you into Elizabethean England, with its odd mix of medievalism and capitalism and Puritanism.
I'm nearly done with Gore Vidal's Hollywood, which is a lot more about politics than I'd like it to be, and really confusing in the who's sleeping with whom realm, but everyone is properly cynical about it, so that's ok.
I'm also nearly done with Campbell's The Power Of Myth, although I took a break towards the end to re-read Me Talk Pretty One Day, Permanent Midnight, Soul Music and Kept Boy, which everyone on vacation should read. But back to Campbell, most of what I got through covered the importance of rituals and stories. I think there needs to be some more overlap of rave culture/technoshamanism with Campbell; that would be rad. I guess you could approach it through a normal religion too, if that's your thing, but my favorite part of church was always the music, and that's my religion now. But yeah, as long as you understand the meaning of what's going on instead of interpreting everything literally, I can dig it.
Shakespeare of London was also a fantastic book. It made me want to watch Branaugh's Hamlet, except that it isn't out on DVD, wtf. Maybe i'll rent the videos. Anyway it just really pulls you into Elizabethean England, with its odd mix of medievalism and capitalism and Puritanism.
I'm nearly done with Gore Vidal's Hollywood, which is a lot more about politics than I'd like it to be, and really confusing in the who's sleeping with whom realm, but everyone is properly cynical about it, so that's ok.
I'm also nearly done with Campbell's The Power Of Myth, although I took a break towards the end to re-read Me Talk Pretty One Day, Permanent Midnight, Soul Music and Kept Boy, which everyone on vacation should read. But back to Campbell, most of what I got through covered the importance of rituals and stories. I think there needs to be some more overlap of rave culture/technoshamanism with Campbell; that would be rad. I guess you could approach it through a normal religion too, if that's your thing, but my favorite part of church was always the music, and that's my religion now. But yeah, as long as you understand the meaning of what's going on instead of interpreting everything literally, I can dig it.
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Date: 2005-04-11 07:18 pm (UTC)not so much.
Date: 2005-04-11 08:29 pm (UTC)As much as I'd love to, I don't have the time or critical theory chops to fully expound on this right now. Damn employment.
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Date: 2005-04-12 03:54 am (UTC)I envy you anyway. The books I want to read keep piling up to the point I want to take a sick day to lock the doors, prepare a lot of coffee and read, read...