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[Jason, Walking Allergen]

Robert wrote: "Thanks, gents, for another great episode of the Bookhouse Boys podcast!"

Thanks! We really appreciate all the comments, critiques and compliments you provide, Rob. I'd say you're too kind, but frankly we need the validation. :P

[Robert]

Ha! Lazy bicyclists!

See, this is how the show notes help mental invalids as myself.

I'm with you, Matt. I always thought motorized bikes were an oxymoronic invention, the non-comital voter of the cycling world. Environmentally, I guess they are still a better alternative to automobiles, but c'mon people! Take the plunge and commit!

[Dave Alluisi, Evolution of the Arm]

Fun to see that people are reading Koike and Kojima. Matt's been talking about Lone Wolf & Cub, and I see at least one other person is reading Samurai Executioner. Remember the epic battle where Kubikiri Asa and Ogami Itto meet? A high point in LW&C for me.

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Just a heads-up: in May, we are reading the most excellent Wise Blood. It's on sale here for 50% off. http://www.powells.com/biblio/18-9780...
Don't miss out on this book!

[Robert]

Wise Blood should be required reading in high school. I'm just glad I had friends recommend this title to me after high school. I have to wonder if this is one of those books that will live in perpetuity and what Flannery O'Connor could have accomplished should she have had a longer life. Sad, yet she left such an indelible literary mark.

[Jim]

Matt wrote: "...and the numbers for the next 500 million dollar lottery. "
How'd I miss that?!? You must've given those under the outro music. Bastards. ;P

Another fun conversation, guys.
I'm not down with the e-bike thing either.
Matt, you got me really jazzed to read The Lost City of Z... someday. The comparison to The Devil in the White City certainly got my attention.
My to-read list has been growing by leaps and bounds lately, and by my count I've read over twenty books in the past two months (half of them comic TPB's and OGN's, but still). Hell, I've barely posted anything here in the last several weeks. :(
And I'm apparently in a non-fiction frame of mind, having recently read three atheistic screeds, and having lined up
Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women,
Rachel Maddow's Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power,
and the recent Pulitzer Prize-winning bio Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.
As Kate Rados wrote, Clear the colons!


And I'm very much looking forward to reading Wise Blood with y'all after regrettably missing out on SAGN.

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Jim wrote: "Another fun conversation, guys.
I'm..."

Thanks for the feedback, Jim. I'm glad the Lost City talk piqued your interest. I think you'll dig it. I'd love to read your thoughts (in the "What Else Are You reading?" thread) on those books you mentioned, if you're so inclined!
Sorry you missed out SaGN. That book bonded with me like a symbiote suit.

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

OH. MY. GLOB! I finally found the footage I've been looking for for YEARS. Watch the whole thing, but if you're a super-busy type, You can just skip ahead to 10:00.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX2ylW...

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Our neighbors' Christmas tree is still on the side of their house that abuts our property line, in a tree stand and everything. My wife went next door and stood it up and put ornaments on it! What a stinker. :)

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Wha-? We're reading Suttree this summer?! Yay! Thanks to whoever that was! It's been on my to-read shelf for 15 years. (smiley doing the running man)

[Dave Alluisi, Evolution of the Arm]

Oh yeah, meant to mention that. I replaced Penelope Lively's Cleopatra's Sister with Cormac McCarthy's Suttree for July. I thought it'd be a better fit for the group. If you guys still want to read a Lively book, I can schedule one for a later date, but it may not be Cleo's Sister... I'll probably read that solo in a few weeks and can report on it in a mini-sode. Suttree also ties in a bit with my previous pick, the Larry Brown book, because IIRC from his bio, that was his favorite novel. I've really been wanting to read it, too!

[Robert]

More McCarthy can only be a very good thing, in this boy's opinion. Big thumbs up!

Bonus! My local library has a copy!

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Robert wrote: "More McCarthy can only be a very good thing, in this boy's opinion. Big thumbs up!"

Hear, hear! Y'all can kindle my pyre with pages from McCarthy.

[Dave Alluisi, Evolution of the Arm]

Aha.

Figured out why I liked Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner in Avengers so much when I got up this morning and saw myself in the mirror.

Enjoy this Keanu Reeves meme

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

NEW EP: HERE
No Archie or Edith Bunker here, but we are featuring the same old three Meatheads. This week we get a little personal and delve into some family literary history. After that we take our usual spin around the world of arts and letters, touching on how we read operas and plays, Edward Albee, Shakespeare (Raph Fiennes' Coriolanus, Ian McKellen's Macbeth and Patrick Stewart's Richard III), Uncle Silas, The Unwritten, Shade, the Changing Man, The Human Target, David Sedaris and Me Talk Pretty One Day, Strangers with Candy, In The Woods and more!

[Dave Alluisi, Evolution of the Arm]

Dig that ginchy tune at the end written by Matt's dad! Love it.

[Robert]

The ginchiest!

Thanks, boys! I've finally decided I should start a to-read list because there is no way I'm going to be able to remember all of your excellent recommendations.

In terms of opera, Dave, I usually listen to opera radio via iTunes while I'm working in my painting studio. The playlist is very eclectic in terms of order, but it makes for excellent inspiration and is not too distracting.

[Dave Alluisi, Evolution of the Arm]

Ooh! I'll have to investigate. Saw a Radio Mozart as well... swoooon!

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

NEWNESS: http://bookhouseboyspodcast.podomatic...
"Happy Maugham-Orial Day"
Jason takes a powder, whatever that means. Meanwhile, Dave and Matt talked about W. Somerset Maugham's body of work, the films of Hal Hartley, Thunderstruck by Erik Larson, Sandman Mystery Theatre, Vol. 4: The Scorpion, The Marquis: Inferno by Guy Davis, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, England, England by Julian Barnes and McCarthy's The Crossing and other works.

Incidentally, blame Dave for any internal injuries that may have resulted from reading the episode title.

[Robert]

Thank you, bboys!

Downloading now to be played later for my little earholes!

[Robert]

Also, Matt, you can wax about comics as much as your heart desires, in my opinion!

[Jim]

Fun show, boys, although I missed ol' whatsisname. ;)

More enticing to-read titles. Damn you!
That name Haruki Murakami rang a bell for me; he is the author of the intriguing-sounding 1Q84 (follow the link for info, as I haven't yet read it and have no idea when I will).

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

On the soon-to-be-published Wise Blood episode, I was trying to describe a line of classic books. Here it is: http://www.loa.org/catalog.jsp?sort=9

I was asking Jason if he had this specific volume (which I want!):

[Jeppe]

Library of America editions are awesome! I only own the Lovecraft one, but that is by far my favorite HPL collection.

[Robert]

Matt wrote: "On the soon-to-be-published Wise Blood episode, I was trying to describe a line of classic books. Here it is: http://www.loa.org/catalog.jsp?sort=9

I was asking Jason if he had this specific volum..."

Yup, the Library of America editions are a nice, dense collected volume of work by any given author.
Nice because you can purchase and own a lot of any given authors' work in a single volume.
Maybe not so nice because of the fine print and the onion skin paper that it is printed upon.

However if you go their website, you can register for a weekly email of short stories from various authors in their collection. http://www.loa.org/

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

I was chatting with Dave on the show a couple weeks ago and could not remember the name of an opera I love. Still can't. However, it is featured prominently in this Kids in the Hall sketch. Anyone?
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v18990218zh...

[Jim]

Matt wrote: "I was chatting with Dave on the show a couple weeks ago and could not remember the name of an opera I love. Still can't. However, it is featured prominently in this Kids in the Hall sketch. Anyone?"
I have it on decent authority that it's the "Flower Duet" from Delibes's opera Lakme.

Here is a Dame Joan Sutherland performance.

And here is an in-concert version sung by Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca, included solely because I have a serious crush on Ms. Netrebko (she's the brunette).

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Jim wrote: "Matt wrote: "I was chatting with Dave on the show a couple weeks ago and could not remember the name of an opera I love. Still can't. However, it is featured prominently in this Kids in the Hall sk..."|

LAKME!!! That's it! Thank you, Jim, you magnificent bastard!

[Jason, Walking Allergen]

Lakme. I was gonna say that.

[Jason, Walking Allergen]

No, I wasn't.

[Dave Alluisi, Evolution of the Arm]

Wow, that was really gorgeous. I'll have to check out more from Lakme. Thanks for sharing.

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Dave wrote: "Wow, that was really gorgeous. I'll have to check out more from Lakme. Thanks for sharing."

That's one of my favorite pieces of music, full stop. So glad Jim could ID it and even happier that it was a discovery for you! Win-Win!

[Jim]

It was a pleasant discovery for me too, Matt -- thanks for bringing it to our attention.

I don't know opera, but I know people who know opera.

[Dave Alluisi, Evolution of the Arm]

I've become kinda obsessed with SwapaDVD lately. Anyone else use this site? It's a movie trading site... you list DVDs you haven't watched in a million years and wouldn't mind getting rid of (c'mon, everybody's got at least a few) and other members order them from you. You ship 'em off and get credits, which you can then use to order DVDs from other members that you might want to own more. I listed a bunch of stuff a few weeks ago and have been getting new DVDs by the armful in the mail every day since.

(A good thing to know is that each DVD gets you 1 credit, regardless of its content. So if you have a 2-disc set where 1 disc is a movie and the second is special features, you get 2 credits if someone orders it from you. Similarly, it would cost you 2 credits to order a 2-disc set.)

Members can also create a wish list, where you list DVDs you want and it puts them on hold so that, as soon as they're listed and it's your turn, it automatically orders them for you.

The selection isn't always great--I won't lie, that's part of why I'm talking about it here, to inject a little new blood!--but you can find some gems. Criterion stuff is probably the hardest to come by. You can regularly find TV show sets, especially early seasons (though someone put up the complete Buffy series just last night). And obviously, rare or out-of-print DVDs aren't going to come up nearly as often as the stuff you find in the $5 bin at Walmart. Its a great way to fill in holes in your collection if there's something you've never gotten around to buying, though... I've made significant headway over the past few weeks on completing my collections of films by David Lynch, the Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson, PT Anderson, and Darren Aronofsky, and have also picked up a few Clint Eastwood flicks, a Bergman flick, the first season of Extras, and a couple dopey comic book movies to boot.

Sorry for the hard sell, but I've got a lotta stuff on my wish list and 13 credits burning a hole in my pocket! ;)

[Jason, Walking Allergen]

Well, if you've been pining for a comp copy of Made, then I'm your man.

I've tried very hard over the years not to add "DVD" to my list of stuff I collect. Somehow I've accidentally obtained 30 or so of the things anyway, but I'm no help when it comes to filling in a library.

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

GOODREADS IS GIVING AWAY SOME ADVANCE COPIES OF THIS BOOK. ENTER TO WIN.
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

[Jim]

Matt wrote: "GOODREADS IS GIVING AWAY SOME ADVANCE COPIES OF THIS BOOK. ENTER TO WIN."

Nertz. Didn't win. Anyone else?
I am intrigued by the book, though. My library doesn't seem to be getting it so it'll be a "someday" thing.

I did find that DC Comics is doing some giving away hereabouts. Books include Anthony Bourdain's Get Jiro! and a big fat Morrison Batman hardcover. Good luck!

[Jim]

Remarkably, today is the 70th birthday of two amazing people: Paul McCartney and Roger Ebert.

Here is Ebert's 1984 interview with Sir Paul, which contains the lovely sentiment:
As long as I'm the same age as Paul McCartney, I will never really be old.

[Jason, Walking Allergen]

Cheap pizza chains; Matt adopts a teen; robot fish with feet; naming pets after B-movie producers; living for your eulogy; fleeing oppressive Communist regimes; Apple is kinda greedy; politics ruin parades; Sam Adams isn't just a beer; every fair needs a death hotel; Zen and Alan Watts; ghost girls of terror; Jason doesn't read Crime; sticking the landing, or not; accordions and anniversary dinners; Dave's top secret project he can't talk about; putting Matt out to pasture, and less!

OUTRO: "With My Face on the Floor" by Emitt Rhodes

Next week: The Dwarf with Jeppe Mulich, charter member of the New York B-Boys Auxiliary

http://bookhouseboyspodcast.podomatic...

[Jim]

Jason wrote: "Jason Farrell | 292 comments Cheap pizza chains; Matt adopts a teen; robot fish with feet; naming pets after B-movie producers; living for your eulogy; fleeing oppressive Communist regimes; Apple is kinda greedy; politics ruin parades; Sam Adams isn't just a beer; every fair needs a death hotel; Zen and Alan Watts; ghost girls of terror; Jason doesn't read Crime; sticking the landing, or not; accordions and anniversary dinners; Dave's top secret project he can't talk about; putting Matt out to pasture, and less!"

Wow! Best show notes since Last Exit to Brooklyn. Can't wait to listen!

[Jeppe]

Here's a link to the Project Gutenberg version of the Prince:

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232

No Christopher Lee version, but Audible does have an audiobook of it for $2:

http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_3?...

[Jeppe]

Oh, and I should say that I don't think it's at all crucial for reading The Dwarf, but it is definitely a classic of political theory that should be read in its own right (at some point) :)

[Robert]

Thanks for producing another fine episode, gents.

As always, I appreciate your efforts.

I recall seeing a documentary about H. H. Holmes http://www.hhholmesthefilm.com/ on Netflix streaming several months ago. I believe it is still available.

Regardless, the methods and means he would take to perform his heinous acts is quite impressive in a a very disturbing way. Like you boys mentioned, he took the anonymity created by the throngs of world fair goers to steal away his victims to perform his operations. Talk about horror houses.

[Jason, Walking Allergen]

Thanks for the kind words, Jim and Robert.

[Devin]

Wow, you take a month off from the BBoys because you can't get the book and it turns into almost TWO months. Jeez, get it together, me...

Just wanted to say hello, I missed hearing you guys in my ears, will try and be around a little more, and add two things to the "misc." category:

1. New episode of Scotch & Comics is out. Pimping over.
2. I have been REALLY getting into Danko Jones' "Sleep Is The Enemy." If you like hard pop music, that's a gooooood album.

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Doctorteeth wrote: "It's his homage to classic gumshoes like Paul Newman's Harper and James Garner's Jim Rockford."

We do these eps that come out on the 2nd & 3rd Tuesday of each month where we just chat about books and stuff (not the official selection).
You don't need to miss us at all, chum! ;)

[Jason, Walking Allergen]

The guy who made this must have read Blood Meridian:

http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=pi16...

[Jim]

Hey look, it's a podcast! And it's a good'un!

Remarks:
I'm only halfway through Blood Meridian now, but I never ever never want to see a film adaptation. Nuh-uh.

You made Green River Killer, Castle Waiting, and Percy Gloom all sound great, in very different ways. Gonna check my library for 'em this week.

And an announcement:
Since I didn't care much for Aftershock and Starship Troopers, I've decided not to read books anymore. I think I've outgrown them.

[Matt, I am the Great Went.]

Jim wrote: "And an announcement:
Since I didn't care much for Aftershock and Starship Troopers, I've decided not to read books anymore. I think I've outgrown them."

That statement gets 7 out of 5 baby trees!

[Jason, Walking Allergen]

Jim wrote: "Hey look, it's a podcast! And it's a good'un!"

Have I mentioned that you're my favorite? Not favorite listener, favorite anything.

"I'm only halfway through Blood Meridian now, but I never ever never want to see a film adaptation. Nuh-uh."

It does seem like a lose-lose proposition. Either they do it faithfully, in which case, you know, endless waking nightmares. Or they neuter it, and then what's the point?

"You made Green River Killer, Castle Waiting, and Percy Gloom all sound great, in very different ways. Gonna check my library for 'em this week."

Awesome! Hope you like.

"Since I didn't care much for Aftershock and Starship Troopers, I've decided not to read books anymore. I think I've outgrown them."

Completely fair and rational conclusion.