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p.s. Hey. Apologies for what I imagine will be a pretty slow load time on the post. At least the blog has reached its slowness capacity, and it'll maybe never emerge more laboriously than now. ** Bill, Howdy, Bill. Lovely weather here too. I always forget how nice this temperate slide from summer into fall can be. I don't recall the name Philippe Moenne-Loccoz, at least at the moment. I'll hit the link and see/hear what's what. Thank you, pal. How was the quartet and the preceding work? Enjoying Berlin in general? I guess it sort of feels like you obviously are. ** Chris Goode, Hi, Chris! Ha ha, a Pym/Acconci two headed monster is such a nice, brain fucking idea. I thank you for that interlude. No prob on the slow reply, of course. You writing and working off-blog is kind of the best comment ever or something. I don't know 'Wounded Geode'. I'll see what I can find about it. It's really hard for me to go back to thinking she did interesting things sometimes, but she did. Abramovic-pivot-Bataille. Wow. That I'll need to read at some point. Interesting that the holding up and related isolation is a mixed bag for you. I mean, of course it is, and it would be, but I guess it's so fairly standard for me when I'm in novel writing mode that I can easily forget what's erased or architect what's being erased into a field trip or something or ... I don't know what I'm trying to say too complicatedly for some reason. Braco? No. Never heard of him. I hope searching out Braco will get me somewhere. Isn't there a semi-famous actress with the last name Braco? I'll wade through her hits, if so. No big. When I build these image stacks, at some point I always try searching for whatever I seek plus the word 'weird' 'cos that's usually fruitful, which causes me to constantly be wading through a sea of images of Weird Al Jankovic, and, you know, I've lived. Anyway, I seem to be prone to blah-blahing even though something's wrong with my articulation this morning or something. See, 'or something'. How many times am I going to end a sentence that way? I'm sorry. Good morning, Chris! I hope the rehearsal space experience errs towards the glorious today. ** Wolf, Hi! Oh, the code? I don't know anything about that, or I just use the code that Blogger gives you except for youtube/Vimeo imbed codes and such. I don't know. It's weird. I'm sorry. Interesting about your discomfort with heavily self-based art forms du jour. So, is, say, poetry irksome in general? Or, like, Cindy Sherman? Or is it more about art that requires a real-time experience with a human body/person? What about in music or live music at least? No, I don't think I've ever climbed. There's something about the idea of it that doesn't excite me in theory. Too gradual or something? I think I like doing things, exotic things, 'dangerous' things in company maybe. Not that you don't climb in company, of course. I don't know what it is. I'll probably try it sometime. I think maybe there's some climbing involved/scheduled on the Antarctica trip I'll be doing next February, so maybe then. Yeah, LA is pretty great for outdoor sports stuff, I'm pretty sure. Well, it's great for most things. I see what you mean about the danger, i.e. creationism. I guess I think logic should always be behind decisions or tentative decisions, but I'm, like, kind of a logical dude or something. What did you do today, maestro? ** David Ehrenstein, Very nice Pynchon link, thank you. Everyone, if you're into Pynchon, this link provided by Mr. E has some good stuff at the end of it. ** œ, Hi. How nice that you liked the Pym post. Thank you. Oh, yes, Anne-Marie Duguet. I've only read the Nakaya texts by her. I know that Fujiko was very happy working with her on the book. Oh, I can't imagine that everyone or even anyone here likes all the writers and artists I like. I just like offering intros and seeing what happens. The consequent liking or not among readers/comments is only very interesting. Thank you about the chain. That's super kind. Have the loveliest day possible. ** Chris Cochrane, Hey, Chris! My address is still the c/o Centre International des Recollets one. Thanks, awesome! Oh, you got that Nilsson box set! I've been looking at it and reading about it and drooling and trying to justify the expended dough involved. Great to see you, buddy. ** Scunnard, Hey, J! Missed you, man. I'm blanking on which artist you mean, but I think this is the post you want, and I think the artist should be there? If not, let me know, and I'll make my brain hunker down. Things are good with me, yeah. Very happy that they are with you too, moving and all. ** Rewritedept, The 'Mats set looked really good, yeah. An actual reunion worth doing, it would seem. I think getting shit for loving ELO and Tom Petty makes sense, but we all have our things that we can see/hear with an intricacy that others do not possess. I love the first ELO album when Roy Wood was still in the band, but that's like a different band. I like a couple of Tom Petty songs, but I can't remember what they are. Anyway, love is the best. Fuck justifying it. Ouch, about the ant bites and their troublesome location. Yeah, I had a good day yesterday, thanks. It's sunny-ish and cloudy-ish here in Paris right now. Yesterday was weather perfect. That's funny, I was just talking about Elliott Smith in an interview I did last night. Further synchronicity. Aw, thanks for wanting me to treat myself. I will, in fact, because my nearby favorite boulangerie Du Pain et Des Idées reopens today after their summer vacation, and I get to stock up and share. Treat yourself to something wow too, okay? ** Tosh Berman, Hi, T. I saw the pix on FB of the Sparks lyrics book. It looks great! ** Robert-nyc, Hi there, Robert! Things are pretty peachy here, yes, thank you. Oh, you love the Var album! Cool! Like I think I said before, that's been my most listened-to album this year. Very cool. Fuck those people who are bothering you. Not literally. And the linking thing was only my honor, sir, don't you know. ** Steevee, Hi. No, I've never heard of that film. I only barely know the director's name. A hunt will commence momentarily. Thank you, man. ** Allesfliesst, Hi, Kai. Reasonable excuse for missing the Acconci Day. You were excused. Do/did you like the Quay Brothers film 'Institute Benjamenta'? I remember really, really liking it at the time it came out, but I haven't watched it since, so I don't know. Oh, I don't know the nature of my feeling that I am immortal. I suppose it's probably fear based, but I do have quite good instincts as a general rule, and yet I am quite a logical person as well, and, hence, my confusion as to the veracity and source of my belief. ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hi, Jeff. I liked Pym's books a fair amount when I read a handful of them in the '80s. I don't remember if I had/have a favorite. I think she's a very good, distinctive, subtle stylist. You can see the Compton-Burnett influence, and I don't think Pym's on the IC-B weird genius level, but there was something off/on in her prose that excited me a fair amount and made me study her prose for writing tips for a while. Oh, 'Shaun of the Dead', okay, gotcha. I didn't know they made more films. I don't know how I missed that. I'll try to find 'Hot Fuzz' somewhere and watch it, cool, thank you. ** Grant maierhofer, Hey, Grant. Dude, thank you. It ruled. I will forever rule as long as there is an internet and those who seek Acconci. I'm very sorry about the suicide. Suicide is a very hard one for me, or, well, for everyone. Short fiction, poetry: yes. I'm good. Stuff is really good at the moment. ** Sypha, Hi, James. It seems like getting out and doing stuff is probably a really good plan for you. Sometimes the simplest, most obvious things are curative. You haven't read Sade before? Interesting. Masochist, ha ha. ** Misanthrope, Hi, G. The three or four times I've gotten dragged to see American football live were among the most tedious experiences of my life. I even took acid once to see if that would help, and even acid couldn't do anything with a football game. The outrage over the Miley Cyrus thing is as boring as shit, ugh. Both the uptight response and the out-there sexual politics response. I don't know, I seems to me that Justin Timberlake puts some kind of spin on the mainstream, self-cannibalizing r&b/pop model that's as tinily interesting as anyone else's approach. ** S., Hey. Oh, delete/config. I gotta remember to get your stacks in my time machine or whatever they call it. You ain't no retard. I don't know about cat in a corner. I'm not a cat person. New stack despite it all! Everyone, S. just eliminated his trove of Emo stacks as he occasionally does, so you probably should jump on this new one, now with accompanying texts (!), while it has a chance to live. ** MANCY, Hi, man. I'll try the site again today. I found some stuff yesterday, and it looks really interesting, and I'm pursuing it further today. ** Okay. Enjoy your molasses-y, action packed stack if you feel like it. See you tomorrow.