tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post4772838664132722487..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Retiarii, the Net FightersFrescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-47196235934350668192010-11-04T10:16:42.390-05:002010-11-04T10:16:42.390-05:00SPARKER: Stealth.
CLOWNC: The time?
Yes, artists,...SPARKER: Stealth.<br /><br />CLOWNC: The time?<br />Yes, artists, but maybe all of us of the "not highly efficient" tribe are now equipped to be net-fighters... <br /><br />RETZ: I read the whole Karr interview--then put a library hold on her book "Lit"--thanks! <br />I've never read her, have you?Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-33136747688651563532010-11-02T21:28:25.361-05:002010-11-02T21:28:25.361-05:00What mean "before the Internet"?
"...What mean "before the Internet"? <br /><br />"People who didn’t live pre-Internet can’t grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the size of coffee tables and dashboard Virgin Marys that glowed in the dark. I stopped in the middle of the SAT to memorize a poem, because I thought, This is a great work of art and I’ll never see it again . . . I just put my pencil down and started memorizing. Later I came across the poem in a library. It was “Storm Windows,” by Howard Nemerov."<br /><br />- Mary Karr<br /><br />After I read this I looked up "Storm Windows" on the Internets. Took me 10 seconds.Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258262409718943594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-50041418243326463932010-11-02T14:22:40.041-05:002010-11-02T14:22:40.041-05:00I like that the graffiti writers knew what time it...I like that the graffiti writers knew what time it was.<br /><br />I also like the implication that bink, and artists in general, are the net-fighters of out day.Clowncarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219213001049223673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-81263701410173216642010-11-02T10:36:40.790-05:002010-11-02T10:36:40.790-05:00There's something of the ninja about the idea ...There's something of the ninja about the idea of net-fighters- it may have to do with throwing things.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.com