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Suppoose he read Ellison Or Wells?
Suppoose he read Ellison Or Wells?
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Suppoose he read Ellison Or Wells?
Martin Packer wrote:
3 little words: "The Invisible Man". :-)
It's a movie ;-)
Freddie was into reading the "health warnings on the back of cigarette packets"
Brian had "Horse & Hounds" and "Country Matters" and "Smash hits" delivered every week
Roger was really into "Haynes car Manuals - esp 1976 Ford escort"
and John's favourite read was leviticus and chronicles from the old testament
* one or more of the above may be untrue
Brian had "Horse & Hounds" and "Country Matters" and "Smash hits" delivered every week
Roger was really into "Haynes car Manuals - esp 1976 Ford escort"
and John's favourite read was leviticus and chronicles from the old testament
* one or more of the above may be untrue
brENsKi wrote:
Freddie was into reading the "health warnings on the back of cigarette packets"
Brian had "Horse & Hounds" and "Country Matters" and "Smash hits" delivered every week
Roger was really into "Haynes car Manuals - esp 1976 Ford escort"
and John's favourite read was leviticus and chronicles from the old testament
* one or more of the above may be untrue
IF ONLY I COULD add a poll to this topic I'd like you to vote which is most likely untrue LOL
Forgot to add that Herman Hesse was an inspiration for Brian's '39 via his short work 'The Poet', according to Brian.
http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/general/resources/2008-Hesse-The-Poet.pdf
http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/general/resources/2008-Hesse-The-Poet.pdf
i would think that currently, Brian's reads may bias toward these:
The Tale of Mr. Toad (featuring Tommy Brock)
C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series. (featuring Trufflehuntera talking badger)
the tale of "El-ahrairah in Watership Down. (featuring "Old Brock")
The Wind in the Willows (featuring mr Badger)
the Tales of Rupert Bear (featuring Bill Badger)
The Tale of Mr. Toad (featuring Tommy Brock)
C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series. (featuring Trufflehuntera talking badger)
the tale of "El-ahrairah in Watership Down. (featuring "Old Brock")
The Wind in the Willows (featuring mr Badger)
the Tales of Rupert Bear (featuring Bill Badger)
I find the very real and very terrible scourge of disease on wildlife and farming juxtaposed with the pervasive Disneyfication of animals that May et al engage in in service of their cause truly unsettling. There's some surreal thing on his Soapbox about a Christmas number one with a bunch of grown men in fuzzy animal suits dancing around. It all represents totally disordered egocentric thinking with a good helping of fruitcake in my books.
lol! There is an element of Professor Frink about Brian at times, hoyvin glavin!
brENsKi wrote:
i would think that currently, Brian's reads may bias toward these:
The Tale of Mr. Toad (featuring Tommy Brock)
C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series. (featuring Trufflehuntera talking badger)
the tale of "El-ahrairah in Watership Down. (featuring "Old Brock")
The Wind in the Willows (featuring mr Badger)
the Tales of Rupert Bear (featuring Bill Badger)
Thank you for not listing all literary sources that feature foxes XD
GratefulFan wrote:
I find the very real and very terrible scourge of disease on wildlife and farming juxtaposed with the pervasive Disneyfication of animals that May et al engage in in service of their cause truly unsettling. There's some surreal thing on his Soapbox about a Christmas number one with a bunch of grown men in fuzzy animal suits dancing around. It all represents totally disordered egocentric thinking with a good helping of fruitcake in my books.
Oh, poor Brian. I feel kind of guilty. Before I started this thread, I honestly thought he's normal. A bit hairy maybe, but still normal. What an awful witness our library card can be. Makes me think of the movie Se7en.
If any Disney animator has ever confessed being a huge fan of Hesse’s Steppenwolf, please don’t tell me. I’m not sure I can take it one more time.
GratefulFan wrote:
Forgot to add that Herman Hesse was an inspiration for Brian's '39 via his short work 'The Poet', according to Brian.
http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/general/resources/2008-Hesse-The-Poet.pdf
I wish I knew what that 39’ song is about, I kind of like it by the way, but I have to admit that Hesse’s short story doesn’t seem to give a clue, well, to a no-poet :D
If it’s been a trick how to lure innocent people into reading Hesse then it’s just cruel XD
This excerpt from a 1977 article in Circus magazine reveals the stark difference between artistic 70s Freddie and disposable pop 80s Freddie.
Everybody’s so happy about Freddie the Illiterate – me, too, because now I can poke with my finger and say, look what happens if you are illiterate! – but the truth is none of illiterates I know likes ballet. This is what they don’t get, the culture heritage. Obviously there’s been more than just Peter Rabbit that built young Freddie’s universe. Maybe his Mom or Sis will tell one day :-)
The Real Wizard wrote:
matt z wrote:
Freddie is quoted in an interview stating that books are a waste of time
That was in the 80s when he became a giant ignoramus. The quality of his work largely went to the shitter, as most of his songs had the same subject matter.
Might I ask exactly what that subject matter was?
waunakonor wrote:
The Real Wizard wrote:
matt z wrote:
Freddie is quoted in an interview stating that books are a waste of time
That was in the 80s when he became a giant ignoramus. The quality of his work largely went to the shitter, as most of his songs had the same subject matter.
Might I ask exactly what that subject matter was?
Relationships.
From 1982 to 1986, this was 90% of Mercury's output, for better or for worse.