Comments on G D C S + S W D P: Vegans on Hard Drugs

I've always been partial to Bleak House. And Liz P...

2008-09-08T22:49:48.926-04:00

I've always been partial to Bleak House. And Liz Phair's Exile on Guyville.

And The Loved One.

Oh, and fucking whilst high.

Though, I guess while drunk and buzzing on Celexa was not uncommon.

David Copperfield is my favorite Dickens, too. Man...

2008-09-08T20:45:04.047-04:00

David Copperfield is my favorite Dickens, too. Many people, including David Gates, who is a damn good writer, thinks so as well. He wrote a nice essay for some new edition a few years back.

Dude, I probably did fuck you in my twenties. Did you get drunk at max fish? Then I fucked you. You just don't remember, and neither do I.

anonymous:i wish i was 4 or 5 of those 15 guys you...

2008-09-08T19:38:41.130-04:00

anonymous:

i wish i was 4 or 5 of those 15 guys you fucked in your twenties.

maybe you are out of your twenties and still like to fuck. call me we'll work it out. i'll lick all the places you didnt know you had holes and crevices.

david copperfield is my favorite dickens.

daniel, good i am gladbrandon, good i am gladmatt...

2008-09-08T18:57:47.929-04:00

daniel, good i am glad

brandon, good i am glad

matthew, this is terrible

i am sorry, but no. more barack obama. more beer.f...

2008-09-08T18:51:12.560-04:00

i am sorry, but no. more barack obama. more beer.

fear. more beer.

my friend used to be in a band called Vegan Drugs....

2008-09-08T18:07:46.336-04:00

my friend used to be in a band called Vegan Drugs.

They were straight edge.

i just received my copy of no colony. it looks ama...

2008-09-08T17:57:50.552-04:00

i just received my copy of no colony. it looks amazing. i will post about it soon maybe. after i read it all.

hi kofi, i like your blogs, funny timez

2008-09-08T16:38:11.584-04:00

hi kofi, i like your blogs, funny timez

Funny you should talk about Dickens.I discovered t...

2008-09-08T16:31:45.867-04:00

Funny you should talk about Dickens.

I discovered this blog after putting down a Dickens book (physically, not metaphorically). I was looking something more up-to-date. This blog and the places it links to are great.

You have adroit ways of simulatenously explaining why I stopped taking writing classes and why I shouldn't have.

dickens can write about a footbridge like nobody's...

2008-09-08T14:59:22.398-04:00

dickens can write about a footbridge like nobody's business.

i mean that as a compliment

I'm with Maximum etc and Darby and dogplotz. Smart...

2008-09-08T14:46:33.591-04:00

I'm with Maximum etc and Darby and dogplotz. Smart stuff.

Also, what I like about Gallo is that I think he inspired two albums by PJ Harvey, stories from the city, stories from the sea and uh uh her. Otherwise the dude reminds me of 15 or so guys I fucked in my twenties when hanging out at max fish and i don't mean that as a compliment. I was basically a retard when I was in my 20s.

And also, I love Dickens. The guy brought the decrepit poverty of england to the attention of so many FOR THE FIRST TIME and gave a voice to the poor and made a living writing about poor people when no one thought it was possible to do that. I also love one very serious Dickens hater, Evelyn Waugh, whose book "a handful of dust" ends with a torture scene of someone being read Dickens to them.

context is good. i think too often people depend o...

2008-09-08T14:32:45.480-04:00

context is good. i think too often people depend on 'understandable context' rather than allowing the suspension of disbelief. context, also, is relative.

maaaan.

ahhh... what is worthwhile?thats like, what is the...

2008-09-08T13:48:59.684-04:00

ahhh... what is worthwhile?

thats like, what is the secret to life?

i think its not a question of what is worthwhile, but why are you (the author) telling me these things. why are you giving me these details? why are you introducing me to these characters? i think there has to be a reason why, otherwise why should anyone read. of course individuals determine what is worthwhile to them, so the answer is intrinsic, but on some level, even the author, no matter how (insert the proper adjective) a writer thinks they are, are just wasting people's fucking time.

the details have to say something. if you tell me you want to stick your dick in the pages of somebody's book, i get it. if you tell me you looked up and saw a cloud, maybe not so much then. the reader needs to know the context, needs to know why they should care. i dont't know man, fuck, im rambling now. is anything im saying making any sense to at least one person. if not, im gonna go make pasta salad and feed it to a circus elephant

shear genius makes me cringe. perfect description ...

2008-09-08T08:12:24.767-04:00

shear genius makes me cringe. perfect description of that elf dude...really funny. every time he smiles

hi bree you are the shit hi again 'where are you' ...

2008-09-08T02:57:54.344-04:00

hi bree you are the shit hi again 'where are you' haha

barry, what is worthwhilesam, your play was fun, i...

2008-09-08T02:57:34.323-04:00

barry, what is worthwhile

sam, your play was fun, i havent looked at the video, it went over really well, more on that soon

bradley, originally in the post i had the scene from trick baby where he gets thrown into the oven, it is maybe his best scene

'write what you want to know.' that is great. yes....

2008-09-08T02:55:55.497-04:00

'write what you want to know.' that is great. yes.

great to meet you tonight matt

2008-09-08T02:55:14.162-04:00

great to meet you tonight matt

I think that some stories need a resolution. Some ...

2008-09-08T01:25:11.947-04:00

I think that some stories need a resolution. Some don't. It's a case-by-case basis. Some stories are better without a resolution.

It's all about satisfying the reader. If the reader doesn't need a resolution to be satisfied, then this is ok.

Stories that are more focused on language or style than plot do not need as much plot, characterization, or a resolution.

I like stories best when they are equally language-y/stylistic and plot-y.

I understand vegans who do drugs, but not vegans who do drugs and eat vegan for health reasons rather than ethical reasons unless it has to do with trying to eat healthy to combat putting unhealthy chemicals in their bodies. I think you should write a book called VEGANS ON DRUGS WHO HATE ANIMALS.

Vincent Gallo was good in Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trick Baby.

That whoring/impregnation thing is funny. I wonder if it's a joke. I will never know. Vincent Gallo seems like a very serious guy. But he was in Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trick Baby, so maybe not.

great post. ah, "write what you know." i think tha...

2008-09-08T01:19:03.345-04:00

great post.

ah, "write what you know." i think that's starting to become a thing of the past. because that opens all kinds of philosophical cans o' worms anyway.

i prefer, "how would mark borchardt write this?" instead.

People latch on to easily explainable things becau...

2008-09-08T00:26:17.816-04:00

People latch on to easily explainable things because they are afraid of the unknown, or they are afraid of 'not knowing'. Entertainment has to be 'relatable'. It's the majority of what's being published. Or it's what sells anyway.

I think everything kind of means something on some level anyway. Sometimes it's more buried, and sometimes the meaning is more complex or obscure, but usually it's there. Unless you're writing asemically. We're sort of talking about dadaism here. Is the very act of attempting to be not-meaningful the meaning of meaningless art?

blake,your posts make me feel less bad about not g...

2008-09-07T22:01:34.695-04:00

blake,

your posts make me feel less bad about not going to college and living a base life

i 'learn' shit here, if that means anything to any one. probably not the guys with the degrees, i dunno, but it means something to me

'vegans on hard drugs' is a great title

straight edge vegans on fda approved supplements is what comes to mind at first but then i imagine some wafer thin vegan eating some brown rice mess with a needle in his arm and puking from the junk reaction

vincent gallo yes

i am laughing.

2008-09-07T22:01:13.241-04:00

i am laughing.

huh. for me its not necessarily that stories have ...

2008-09-07T21:11:45.995-04:00

huh. for me its not necessarily that stories have to be "about something" but to me the sum of all the given details have to mean something greater than the details. they have to matter. the details have to convey information to the reader that is worthwhile. otherwise people shouldn't write stories. they should call their mom and tell them how boring their day was and what they did between cooking ramen noodles for lunch and jerking off before bed because nobody else gives a shit.

i dont know. thats just me.

vincent gallo's website is genius. I sent him a cr...

2008-09-07T20:50:50.623-04:00

vincent gallo's website is genius. I sent him a crotch shot (well sort of, it wasn't naked) for his collection and an email about how I took a date to see brown bunny and the guy dumped me shortly thereafter (true story). I suggested it was gallo's penis that scared him off. gallo replied in a one line email that said, "where are you?" it was interesting.