Our Girl goes and gets a nod from the Grey Lady. Huzzah! And, as we learn that blogs are "narcissistic,"
as good an excuse as any to foist the delightful "Narcissique" by Caroline Loeb from the essential Ze records compilation Mutant Disco. And kudos to OGIC for maintaining a posture of amusement, rather than bemusement in the face of having America's paper of record announce that she is playing that old bait-and-switch: "Ms. Demanski promises 'a few general observations' about movie memory.
What she really delivers, though, is a great set of lists." Yeah, that and a crusade to persuade the masses that Henry James is Hi-lar-ious, thoughtful comments on contemporary fiction, just for starters. Folks in blogland always sound huffy when they get huffy about the bemused disdain of print journalists, but, to Sarah Boxer, I say "4th-Estater please"! Columnist hacks have been coughing up lists in lieu of stories since back when computers took up whole rooms and Mike Barnacle was considered a journalist. But yunno,
"Sometimes the Internet is like that. The traditional objects of culture - books, movies, art - are becoming ever more distant. In their place are reviews of reviews, museums of museums and many, many lists."
Two words, Ms. Boxer: Ignatz Ratzwizkiwzki.
Caroline Loeb "Narcissique" Mutant Disco
(Compilation) Ze Records, 2003 (Original Release Piranana, Ze, 1983)
Buy Mutant Disco from Ze Records.
and recall that no less an authority than Dr. Gass has described Walt Whitman, wellspring of Amerian letters, as "that great listmaker..."
Posted by: the punisher | Tuesday, 29 March 2005 at 03:24 PM