Damn some serious snow there, Leafy. Very Christmasy looking. Been very intrigued by White Out for a couple years, good to hear you thought highly of it. I’ll have to move it up the to-buy list (in my head). I have to say watching this gave me the itch again to try making a video myself…. Hmmm
Happy belated birthday! Great to have a video from you. I had to google Vince Guaraldi - I never thought about who wrote the Peanuts music, wonderful. You also sent me back to Schuyler, that's a gorgeous edition you picked up. Warm regards to you, I so enjoy your videos.
Thanks as always for the thoughtful comment! Yeah, this winter I feel like I'm finally appreciating Vince Guaraldi in a way I haven't before. Everything from the way the piano is slightly out of tune in the Peanuts stuff, to the way the bass always sounds so clear in the recordings... I'm loving it. I'm looking forward to a ton more Schuyler discussion in the future!
Recently finished play it as it lays and gotta see the movie. Read drive your plow which led me onto the books of Jacob which l found superb. Gonna check out Jim Thompson - Merry Christmas.
That Library of America edition of Didion is great. I highly recommend picking up the box set that has all her collected works. Those editions are very well made and will last a lifetime.
I second that. They're super well-made. It's a very cozy edition. It's really encouraging: you think "this is made to withstand infinite rereading; so I should be rereading this and studying it, not just tossing it aside once I've turned every page!"
As a veteran of eight Thompson novels, I encourage the mass consumption of his fiction! And the Black Lizard editions you show were the ones I first read Thompson, Charles Williford, and David Goodis in. Thanks for the nostalgia hit.
"Veteran" is right! You're really "in the shit" when you read Thompson, and I mean to flatter him by saying that. Just for my info, what are your fave Willeford and Goodis books?
@leafyconcern For Goodis, I like Don't Shoot the Piano Player and Night Squad. Also, these are the only two of his novels I've read. The Hoke Moseley Quartet, for Willeford. My introduction to the great man, who could put you into the minds of the lunatic criminals Hoke chases. In addition, Cockfighter, The Machine in Ward Eleven, and The High Priest of California.
When you get to the famous cake scene in Remembrance of Things Past it becomes clear that Marcel will never be one of them, the Guermantes, because they live in a separate world of which he has had a glimpse but nothing more.
@@leafyconcern Good. There are elements in Remembrance that must be understood even though they're not stated explicitly. For many readers who expect a conventional story they can't understand why so little happens because they miss that the potentially embarrassing moments have been suppressed. It is up to the reader to infer "between the lines," a skill which, sadly, Marcel lacks.
What a day when we get a PaperBird and a Leafy Concern video in the same day
you and paperbird uploaded at the exact same time! christmas came early
@@what-br1ub honored to be mentioned in a sentence with that absolutely exemplary uploader
It was nice to see books that I am not seeing tons of other people talk about!
Comfy
Damn some serious snow there, Leafy. Very Christmasy looking. Been very intrigued by White Out for a couple years, good to hear you thought highly of it. I’ll have to move it up the to-buy list (in my head). I have to say watching this gave me the itch again to try making a video myself…. Hmmm
(Also, nice getting rid of Instagram on the phone)
@@stantonsullivan-readdelillo you will not regret reading White Out ASAP!
Happy belated birthday! Great to have a video from you. I had to google Vince Guaraldi - I never thought about who wrote the Peanuts music, wonderful. You also sent me back to Schuyler, that's a gorgeous edition you picked up. Warm regards to you, I so enjoy your videos.
Thanks as always for the thoughtful comment! Yeah, this winter I feel like I'm finally appreciating Vince Guaraldi in a way I haven't before. Everything from the way the piano is slightly out of tune in the Peanuts stuff, to the way the bass always sounds so clear in the recordings... I'm loving it. I'm looking forward to a ton more Schuyler discussion in the future!
Recently finished play it as it lays and gotta see the movie. Read drive your plow which led me onto the books of Jacob which l found superb. Gonna check out Jim Thompson - Merry Christmas.
@@jboyd9062 merry Christmas to you too! That drive your plow to books of Jacob progress seems like it’s in my future too.
That Library of America edition of Didion is great. I highly recommend picking up the box set that has all her collected works. Those editions are very well made and will last a lifetime.
I second that. They're super well-made. It's a very cozy edition. It's really encouraging: you think "this is made to withstand infinite rereading; so I should be rereading this and studying it, not just tossing it aside once I've turned every page!"
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As a veteran of eight Thompson novels, I encourage the mass consumption of his fiction!
And the Black Lizard editions you show were the ones I first read Thompson, Charles Williford, and David Goodis in. Thanks for the nostalgia hit.
"Veteran" is right! You're really "in the shit" when you read Thompson, and I mean to flatter him by saying that. Just for my info, what are your fave Willeford and Goodis books?
@leafyconcern For Goodis, I like Don't Shoot the Piano Player and Night Squad. Also, these are the only two of his novels I've read.
The Hoke Moseley Quartet, for Willeford. My introduction to the great man, who could put you into the minds of the lunatic criminals Hoke chases.
In addition, Cockfighter, The Machine in Ward Eleven, and The High Priest of California.
the burton and basho are essential acquisitions!
@@highwaypatrolman8866 AGREED.
When you get to the famous cake scene in Remembrance of Things Past it becomes clear that Marcel will never be one of them, the Guermantes, because they live in a separate world of which he has had a glimpse but nothing more.
@@jamesduggan7200 I greatly look forward to the cake scene! I will keep this comment in mind when I do.
@@leafyconcern Good. There are elements in Remembrance that must be understood even though they're not stated explicitly. For many readers who expect a conventional story they can't understand why so little happens because they miss that the potentially embarrassing moments have been suppressed. It is up to the reader to infer "between the lines," a skill which, sadly, Marcel lacks.
Didi party
@@ShannonConnor0 lol