ok so now in my trek through a.christie decade by decade i have reached one i like unreservedly (=no.1 in the 1930s omnibus, The Sittaford Mystery, 1931, where she really finds a rhythm), so i am going to try and sum the 1920s AC for you
i. AC invent[…]

ok i haven’t read an agatha christie since i wz about ten so i have embarked on an ODYSSEY OF MIDDLECLASS CRIME, working my way through the new christie “by decades” collections — which means i began with THE SECRET ADVERSARY […]

further to lollardry chat last sunday, a bunch of US pol-blog ultranerds examine the relationship between neocon philosophy and pop culture in regard to superheroes, D&D and — of course — BEARDS!
(see also: the Green Lantern Theory of[…]

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as per lollardry yesterday, mp3 of caruso singing “vesti la giubba” HERE: this is conventionally regarded as the first million-selling record (though he recorded it more than once in the years for difft record companies 1902-03, and i ima[…]

norton died in 2005, aged 93, with a LOT of titles to her name — my reread entirely took in books i read aged i wd say 10-12
my interest was slightly piqued by fellow lollard TRACER HAND, who lent me THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (ed.Drake/Flint[…]

(or “heterogenous ideas yok’d by violence together” as dr sourpuss johnson had it)
item #1: GOURMET PRINGLES[…]

i watched two eps of the 4400 last night: not much to report except a. they are wasting summer glau and b. SCARY BABY
T and I very much enjoyed SCARY BABY — as a device it is basically i. the er ULTIMATE VALIDATION OF SOVIET MONTAGE THEORY and […]

“[John Thelwall] also had the misfortune to be a mediocre poet — a crime which, although it is committed around us every day — historians and critics cannot forgive.” —E.P.Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class*
It was ca[…]

in-depth socio-cultural analysis is required of what large lorries do and say when backing up viz:
i. beeping (common) (as muck)
ii. “ATTENTION! This VE-HICLE is reVARSING!” (i hear this most weeks in hackney, but have not yet seen the lo[…]