O! To make it to the Holy Grail of Dates, the Wondrous 11th. It has been whispered on the periphery in alley ways and on freight cars on dewy spring evenings when the beans are gone that a home run will be scored on this the Finest of Dates, O Wondrous 11th! O! Faerie Queene of Mine Heart! These harem pants do send a thrill up mine spine.
In the meantime, I'd really like to work with MCHammer.
JA is a cylon
ReplyDeleteIt's because Kevin Rose posted MCHammer a birthday wish. Too obvious. Next....
ReplyDeleteOMG. This. It. The. Hottest. Cover. Ever. Wow. Just. Wow.
ReplyDeleteDespite my greatest efforts, I cannot, for the life of me, understand the repeated Spenser references.
ReplyDeleteIf i had to guess Anon 9:54, i'd say it's a study in extreme contrasts.
ReplyDeleteNewp, don't get it.
ReplyDeleteI don't get it either.
ReplyDeleteThe whole Dickens parallel made sense, but Spenser?
The themes of Faerie Queene, let alone the socioeconomic clime of the time period of its setting and composition, just don't apply here.
Oy vey! I bet JA will actually like this cover and reappropriate it. SHE"S ON THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE and someone did the photoshop for her (she's always begging for that)! Hysterical as usual, Michael.
ReplyDeletethe guy actually sounds like someone I'd date- intellectual and normal- what's he doing on a 5 hour date with JA?? Oh men?! Mr. Professor, call me if you want a date for the remainder of your time in NY. I won't take you on a shady walk in Central Park though.
ReplyDeleteI think the repeated use of Spenser is intended as an ironic allegory for Julia, QUEEN OF THE WORLD! The chaste virtue she claims to deploy to exert her power over the captains of industry (or in her case, web 2.0 morons!), alongside her obvious capability at her job and leader of the powerful empire known as NonSociety are also alluded to here.
ReplyDeleteOnly this of course is the complete reverse from world we inhabit, where the eye of the beholder is topsy turvy from the weeping mists of mythical time immemorial.
As far as the Dickensian parellel i haven't the faintest idea of which you speak. I think The Muppet Show meets Steinbeck is more accurate.
The Dickensian parallel refers to the photographer's NYC experience.
ReplyDeleteHave you read Faerie Queene? I understand your analysis, but having read (and taught) Spenser quite a bit, I think it's a reach.
Or it is just irony... Perhaps it is also 'post modern' (shudder) amalgam of forms and signifiers rubbing up against one another, writhing around in uncomfortable tension...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, i'll let Michael McDonald know that you don't approve of his fantasies of Julia Allison Baugher as the perfect embodiment of womanhood.
He has a hard enough time posting from is iPhone whilst hopping freight cars as it is and therefore does not read the comments to get this feedback himself.
This has been very helpful.