tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post5441020733499215708..comments2024-02-23T03:28:33.435-05:00Comments on Culture Industry: more B-day mishugasMark Scrogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-24205072476828027042009-06-12T22:59:02.670-04:002009-06-12T22:59:02.670-04:00POSTCARDS FROM JAMES JOYCE TO HIS BROTHER STAN
by ...POSTCARDS FROM JAMES JOYCE TO HIS BROTHER STAN<br /><i>by Martin Bihl</i><br /><br />February 14, 1907<br />Dear Stan<br /><br />I'm in Rome now. Still blind, of course. Listened to Nora describe the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to me. "Ooh," she says, "doesn't Moses have big hands!" Good Lord.<br /> Jim<br /><br />June 4, 1920<br />Dear Stan<br /><br />News from Paris. In addition to being blind I now get migraine headaches. They're so painful I have to stop working so I can scream in pain for about three hours. I'm a big hit with the neighbors.<br /> JJ<br /><br />March 10, 1922<br />Stan--<br /><br />Met some fat American today. Wants to be a writer. Wants to take me hunting. Put his gun in my hands. At least, I think it was his gun.<br /> J<br />P.S. Still blind.<br /><br />August 26, 1928<br />Stan--<br /><br />Hired a new secretary named Beckett. Writes letters for me. I read them and I have no idea what he's talking about. One to the phone company starts, "The bill. The bill. The bill. I can't talk about the bill." What the hell does that mean? It means I am in hell.<br /> jj<br /><br />December 17, 1931<br />Stan<br /><br />Greetings from Paris. Yesterday, my son said, "Let's go see Napoleon's tomb." Yes, let's, I thought. And don't let the fact that I'm blind stop us. Christ.<br /> And even if I could see, why would I want to look at the remains of a dead Corsican when there are hookers flashing their hoo-hahs in Pigalle? Idiots.<br /> JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-64669257122611491632009-06-12T15:25:12.426-04:002009-06-12T15:25:12.426-04:00I didn't know about his taste for Swiss white ...I didn't know about his taste for Swiss white (obviously, I haven't been convicted). I approve his choice, as would M.F.K. Fisher. Alas, what little makes it out of Switzerland now is overpriced. Austrian <i>gruener Veltliner</i> is a reasonable equivalent, and often good value.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-85335472522089153062009-06-12T13:47:33.145-04:002009-06-12T13:47:33.145-04:00Not really jokes (and don't know if it's y...Not really jokes (and don't know if it's your type of humor), but there are a few Joyce pieces in McSweeney's <i>Joke Book of Book Jokes</i> that I found pretty funny. I'd excerpt one right now, but I don't have it with me at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com