Let's Talk About Bookcore

[Oswald Cornelius]

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Avant-dernier épisode de notre série d'émissions avec le philosophe Alain Badiou. Il évoque l’œuvre de Richard Wagner : "Wagner reste un homme de théâtre y compris lorsqu’il produit des grands moments musicaux."

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I don't have enough French for that show to make sense but the pull quote gets me the gist, I think. Actually, I don't know much about Wagner, I just know the book I've ordered makes the case that bad men can still make great art. I could've used Polanski as an example, but the book isn't about him. And, as I said, I believe WA has gotten a raw deal.

 

[Fuuma]

I don't have enough French for that show to make sense but the pull quote gets me the gist, I think. Actually, I don't know much about Wagner, I just know the book I've ordered makes the case that bad men can still make great art. I could've used Polanski as an example, but the book isn't about him. And, as I said, I believe WA has gotten a raw deal.

Nietzsche stopped talking to Wagner because of his antisemitism and German nationalism, two things he found profoundly stupid, lol.

Badiou and Zizek are the only two communist Hegelian Wagnerians I know of, the composer is positively hated by socialist intellectuals. Note that it wasn't necessarily so in the past, see the famous Boulez-Chéreau centenary ring and its socialist themes.

If I was an idiotic Op-ed writer I'd write a "Has Wagner been cancelled?" for easy points.

 

[dieworkwear]

gotta say you're either bookcore or you're not. you can wear all the things in that article and you're just cosplaying. some people are just bookcore without wearing a single thing mentioned in that article. people that actually read just give off a certain energy and vibe.

Do you feel the same about other CM archetypes? Such as when people post photos of 1950s Harvard students, Cary Grant, British royals, and other aesthetics?

For instance, when you see those photos and see members here trying to imitate them, do you think: "You are either a 1950s Harvard student or you're not." Or "you are either part of the British royal family or you're not." Or "You are either a 1940s Hollywood leading actor or you're not."

If so, I think this is fair. But then it's also an endless game that can be applied to any aesthetic.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Badiou and Zizek are the only two communist Hegelian Wagnerians I know of

Unsurprisingly, two of the current left intellectuals I most dislike right now.

 

[bicycleradical]

bookcore... check

the question i'am puzzling over

 

[MythReindeer]

bookcore ish pure ideology *shniff*

 

[Geoffrey Firmin]

Part of me would think that, with libraries, people read more books than they buy.
Hmmm...

I have made extensive and enjoyable use of the local public library system over the past two years. Its convenient and cost effective as its free...more that libraries are openly democratic and centers of life long learning which are both laudable sentiments.

I have/had a rule of thumb when it came to fiction; would I want to read it again in twenty years time. I’ve quite a few books of the that nature that I plan to reread if time allows.

With only Mrs GF, I and the dog living in a three bedroom home (**** downsizing) we both now have a room of our own, hers is now a art studio and mine is a the SOHO which looks leaner after getting rid of two large Billy bookcases in the past 12 months, there are still five large and two small bookcases with no overflow.

Aside from the library and the odd op shop buy I’ve found the local free book exchange table to be an excellent source of books, which I add too and return once I‘ve read them.

Due to the vaccine strollout and the current Omicron wave in OZ all up coming author talks at ANU have been cancelled…

 

[Geoffrey Firmin]

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Don’t have that but do have this.

And this

 

[bicycleradical]

Don’t have that but do have this.
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I need to read some Berkman.

 

[NakedYoga]

I have made extensive and enjoyable use of the local public library system over the past two years. Its convenient and cost effective as its free...more that libraries are openly democratic and centers of life long learning which are both laudable sentiments.

Public library systems are terrific, and it is astounding how (relatively) little used many of them seem to be. I remember, as a child, just devouring books from the library and hitting my checkout limit every time my parents would take me. In the past couple of years I have gotten back into making regular trips to either the branch downtown near my office or the one near my home--just picked up "Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis and a biography of George Bird Grinnell a few days ago. My 6-year-old son loves making the trips and picking out books now, too.

 

[cb200]

Is toomanyunread.pdfscore a thing? Asking for a friend.

 

[bicycleradical]

Public library systems are terrific, and it is astounding how (relatively) little used many of them seem to be. I remember, as a child, just devouring books from the library and hitting my checkout limit every time my parents would take me.

Libraries are the best.

 

[Octobab]

Public library systems are terrific, and it is astounding how (relatively) little used many of them seem to be. I remember, as a child, just devouring books from the library and hitting my checkout limit every time my parents would take me. In the past couple of years I have gotten back into making regular trips to either the branch downtown near my office or the one near my home--just picked up "Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis and a biography of George Bird Grinnell a few days ago. My 6-year-old son loves making the trips and picking out books now, too.

There's a sentiment and experience across my entire (20's, mostly recent graduates) social circle that academics in HS and particularly 4yr universities have destroyed any ability to connect with long-form writing, and that on some level libraries have taken on an inherent level of discomfort and anxiety.

I dearly miss that treasure-trove wonderland feeling from childhood, but I'd be lying if I said being around the trappings of libraries/academia doesn't bring back feelings I'd rather leave behind.

 

[smittycl]

There's a sentiment and experience across my entire (20's, mostly recent graduates) social circle that academics in HS and particularly 4yr universities have destroyed any ability to connect with long-form writing, and that on some level libraries have taken on an inherent level of discomfort and anxiety.

I dearly miss that treasure-trove wonderland feeling from childhood, but I'd be lying if I said being around the trappings of libraries/academia doesn't bring back feelings I'd rather leave behind.

I miss those trappings. I find myself tiring of quick Internet reads and articles with distracting links embedded. Greatly prefer a long-form article in the Atlantic, New Yorker, NYRB, etc. About to go back and re-read some Dostoyevsky as well.

 

[NakedYoga]

There's a sentiment and experience across my entire (20's, mostly recent graduates) social circle that academics in HS and particularly 4yr universities have destroyed any ability to connect with long-form writing, and that on some level libraries have taken on an inherent level of discomfort and anxiety.

I dearly miss that treasure-trove wonderland feeling from childhood, but I'd be lying if I said being around the trappings of libraries/academia doesn't bring back feelings I'd rather leave behind.

That's too bad. I'm in my mid/late-30s and don't share those feelings, although all our experiences are different. If you put me in a law library, some feelings of repressed anxiety might surface, but then again no sane person goes to law libraries to read for pleasure. Plus they're almost all electronic via West and Lexis now anyway.

I'd hope you can find a way to experience that feeling again in spite of past discomforts. I know the man in your avatar would certainly encourage you to find a way through it!