September 19, 2007
Ry

One of my favorite Swedish bands ever. Their International Harvester stage came between the even more jammed out there (and mind blowing) Parson Sound and the slightly more focused Harvester. International Harvester melded traditional folk, droning ragas, free rock, and classical influences into a very unique combination. They released their sole album, entitled Sov Gott Rose Marie (“Sleep Tight Rose Marie”), in 1969.

Later on they would morph again, this time into the more successful rock band Trad Gras och Stenar, though they still maintained their long psychedelic excursions.

Never thought that much footage of the International Harvester collective performing would pop up, but the interweb (and youtube) delivers yet again.

Finn
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Before I’d say On the Road is the most overrated American novel ever, I’d have to reconsider The Recognitions, which is something I’m not gonna do, though I’m confident Gaddis’ prose isn’t nearly as sloppy.

Late Faulkner, late Hemingway, late Toni Morrison (so far), and 86% of Don DeLillo are at least as bad as Kerouac was on his best day. True, there are stretches of Moby Dick twice as long as On the Road but not half as good, which is saying something.

—James McManus
Ry

Footage from various e-Sporting events in South Korea including stadiums full of people watching dudes camped out in front of screens and crazy title sequences somewhere between cracked out ESPN, a nu metal music video, and (not surprisingly) Final Fantasy.