All Consuming : harleyj237

A story about "Shooting the Sun"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:42:16 GMT

by Max Byrd

Haven’t started yet, but it looks interesting.

A story about "Simon the Magician"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:34:06 GMT

I was really looking forward to this movie. I don’t quite know if they pulled off what they were going for though. Man, those wacky Hungarians.

A story about "The Unconsoled"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:25:48 GMT

The Unconsoled

by Kazuo Ishiguro

There was an excerpt, back before this book even came out I think, in Tin House magazine or perhaps Granta, and I was intrigued even then. I’m about six chapters into it, and the novel – even more so than the excerpt I remember – has a ‘waking dream’ quality to it that I’m quite taken by. It’s not making a whole lot of sense or even moving particularly fast (again, a languid, dream-like pace – or rather a pace that dreams seem to have when you’re remembering them after you wake up … something like that), that I’ll admit I am digging.

A story about "The Eight of Swords"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:02:41 GMT

The Eight of Swords

by David Skibbins

Realized that life is too short to finish books that you aren’t that interested in. 150 pages into this book, I realized I simply wasn’t that interested in it.

A story about "Northfork"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:31:17 GMT

Northfork

All of the Polish Bros.’ movies have been interesting – this one has got to be their best so far. Quick synopsis (from Netflix): ’It’s 1955, and the town of Northfork, Mont., is about to disappear off the map, the victim of a newly constructed dam. Six men are charged with clearing Northfork of its last hangers-on: a couple, a man who owns an ark and a nearly comatose orphan.’

That description doesn’t begin to do the film justice though. It’s dream-like. It’s alleghorical. It’s definitely worth seeing.

A story about "The Brothers Grimm"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:39:16 GMT

The Brothers Grimm

by Terry Gilliam

Sure, some (okay most) of the acting was too over-the-top, and the story perhaps left something to be desired. But I’d rather see a Terry Gilliam film any day of the week than almost anything else by any other director.

A story about "Lunar Park"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:33:44 GMT

Lunar Park

by Bret Easton Ellis

We’ll see how it goes.

A story about "Borges and the Eternal Orangutans"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:20:31 GMT

Borges and the Eternal Orangutans

by Luis Fernando Verissimo

… ‘Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books. Suddenly, fate grabs hold of his insignificant life and carries him off to Buenos Aires, to a conference on Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor of the modern detective story. There Vogelstein meets his idol, Jorge Luis Borges, and for reasons that a mere passion for literature cannot explain, he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation that involves arcane demons, the mysteries of the Kaballah, the possible destruction of the world, and the Elizabethan magus John Dee’s theory of the “Eternal Orangutan,” which, given all the time in the world, would end up writing all the known books in the cosmos. Verissimo’s small masterpiece is at once a literary tour de force and a brilliant mystery novel.’ – from the back cover blurb.

I’ve heard (or rather read online) good things.

A story about "The Eight of Swords"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:39:35 GMT

The Eight of Swords

by David Skibbins

This book isn’t set in New Orleans at all.

But rather, Berkeley, California.

My bad.

But I still intend to read ‘Confederacy of Dunces’ one of these days.

A story about "Sandbox - Mark Sandman Original Music"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:45:43 GMT

Sandbox - Mark Sandman Original Music

Some great, great songs.

“Tomorrow” – great song

“Patience” – great song

“Wig” – great song

“Snow” – great song

A story about "Throes"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:43:34 GMT

Throes

by Two Gallants

They have a song on the CD included in the Believer mag’s latest music issue, which led me to their website. After downloading and listening to a couple songs, I went out and got the album.

A story about "Captain Alatriste"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:38:36 GMT

Captain Alatriste

by Arturo Perez-Reverte

Okay. The film of the book stars Viggo Mortensen as the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country’s 17th century imperial wars. It’s directed by a Spanish director as well, Agustín Díaz Yanes, so that may be reason for hope, since that’s where the movie is set.

A story about "When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:31:16 GMT

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes

by Jay Feldman

Another book that sounds intriguing.

A story about "The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:30:28 GMT

The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805

by Richard Zacks

This could be an interesting book.

A story about "The Eight of Swords"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:28:52 GMT

The Eight of Swords

by David Skibbins

You know, if I’m going to read a story about New Orleans, I probably should read “Confederacy of Dunces.” But I’ll probably end up reading this first instead.

A story about "Captain Alatriste"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:27:59 GMT

Captain Alatriste

by Arturo Perez-Reverte

I hear this is being made into a movie. I loved “The Club Dumas,” a previous book by Arturo Perez-Reverte, but wasn’t nearly as impressed by the Roman Polanski-Johnny Depp movie that grew out of it. I forget who’s the lead in the Alatriste movie, but whoever it was made me think that this could be interesting …

A story about "Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:26:18 GMT

Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization

by Pat Choate

I’m intrigued by the premise. Don’t know about the execution.

A story about "The Devil's Rejects"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:21:18 GMT

The Devil's Rejects

by Rob Zombie

Shawn says:

violent

Harley Jebens says:

It had a nice 70s sensibility to it, but about the time the sheriff started going crazy and the pimp started making with the wisecracks about the horny robots, I started to lose interest.

Harley Jebens says:

Oddly enough.

Shawn says:

it has it’s flaws, but it wasn’t the worst horror movie i’ve seen, by a longshot

Shawn says:

i liked the 70s vibe it had

den says:

so it was no ‘jeepers creepers’

Shawn says:

i liked the beginning and the end, the middle kind of wanders off

Harley Jebens says:

Not enough Banjo & Sullivan on the soundtrack, I’d say. I don’t think I heard a single refrain of “I’m home getting hammered while she’s out getting nailed.” Which is a shame, really.

Shawn says:

i liked that it was less formulaic than the majority of horror movies that are being made these days

Shawn says:

he was at least trying to do something a little different

den says:

so do you have to see ’night of 1000 corpses" to know the plot?

Shawn says:

i haven’t seen that one. i plan on renting it now

den says:

harley?

den says:

you’ve seen that one, right?

Harley Jebens says:

Yep. 1000 Corpses was more over the top, I think, if I remember correctly. Or at least had a little more humor to it. It sets up the three main characters and the sheriff’s brother. But I think all you really need to know is “crazy hillbilly cannibals.” Okay. Check. “Lots of cops.” Got it. And we’re off …

Harley Jebens says:

Sorry if I’ve spoiled House of 1,000 Corpses for anyone. I was kind of sad there was a return visit to the Pussy Liqour and Beer store in Devil’s Rejects, though.

den says:

well with a name like that it’d be a shame not to get as much mileage as possible out of it.

Harley Jebens says:

That’s what I’m thinking.

A story about "Ghost Watcher"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:57:11 GMT

Ghost Watcher

by David A. Cross

But thank goodness, it looks like they’ve made a sequal.

A story about "Darkhunters"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:53:17 GMT

Darkhunters

… it was better than ‘Ghost Watcher.’

A story about "Under the Frog: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (harleyj237) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:38:07 GMT

Under the Frog: A Novel

by Tibor Fischer

I’ve picked this up a couple times over the years, but checked it out of the library recently and have recently made an actual, concerted effort to read it. The (mis)adventures of a Hungarian basketball team during and after World War II as Communism took hold in the country. Looks interesting …