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Better Than Friday - 49 (Patreon)

Published:
2020-07-17 18:31:37
Edited:
2020-07-17 18:33:08
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2026-09
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Good morning everyone.

Hope you're well, wherever you are, and have an excellent weekend. 

Thank you so much for the support. 

1. On the shelf - Raymond Carver's 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Love' 

I've heard about Carver for a while and have been meaning to read him as he was a fellow Oregonian. This looks like a great collection of short stories.

 In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation as one of the most celebrated and beloved short-story writers in American literature—a haunting meditation on love, loss, and companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark.

- Goodreads

2. SPORTS 

Without question, this is the funniest thing I've seen in the last year. 

I don't exactly know why, but it seems to strike a very particular cynical chord. 

On top of that, it's some pretty good modern raw postpunk. 

3. Tinariwen

I'm really enjoying the sound of this band. 

Gorgeous shots of the Sahara in the video. 

Here's another video with music and an interview. 

They also performed on KEXP.

4. David Lynch's Weather Report and Fix-It Youtube Channel 

Beautiful blue skies and golden sunshine. 

The world is better with this. 

5. Guillermo Cabrera Infante WROTE VANISHING POINT(?!?!) 

I want to read and review the Cuban author Guillermo Cabrera Infante's Three Trapped Tigers on the show. 

I just learned last night that he wrote, under a pseudonym, the amazing film Vanishing Point. 

The foggy peak of Neakahnie Mountain near Manzanita on the Oregon Coast

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Comments

theMadDoctor

I really like Raymond Carver. I especially like the first story in this collection "Why don't you dance?". I'm looking forward to hearing your opinion.

Randy Hess

They make a big deal about Raymond Carver in Clatskanie (Carver Days, etc.). Funny thing is that he only lived there until he was 2. He actually grew up in Yakima. There's a great biography of him that I just re-read by Carol Sklenicka. His brother said it was the only one that really captured him well. Willy Vlautin is an author who is both a big fan of Carver and someone who lives in Oregon (Scappoose). Vlautin's Northline, The Motel Life, and The Free are all well worth anyone's time.

Randy Hess

Also . . . I'm looking forward to a video review of Carver. His widow had a book released by Carver called Beginners. It's the same original stories by Carver from What We Talk When We Talk About Love but before the heavy editing by Gordon Lish. There's a major bone of contention with regards to how much credit Lish deserves for Carver's success. Beginners is very interesting for anyone who is very familiar with What We Talk When We Talk About Love. If my memory is correct, then Lish cut the overall length of the stories in that collection by over 50%. I think they're really good either way myself (with or without the major editing).