IIRC the other artist on the decks with Richard at a European show or two a few years back might have been his SO at the time. Do I have that right, and is that the same person referenced in the title of "T16.5 MADMA with nastya5.2" off the London Field Day release? Has she (or either of them) made any other music I can listen to?
I'm on chapter 14 of 23 in the audiobook of Blood Meridian and I think I might stop. This is my second time trying to get through the book. I actually found the first few chapters pretty engaging, but after that it's not doing much for me.
The writing is gorgeous. I like learning new vocabulary as much as the next guy, and the scenes are breathtaking, but that alone isn't doing it for me. I need a good story, and this just seems like endless, senseless brutality. What's the point?
Maybe I'm not well-read enough to catch what he's trying to do? I'm familiar with a few of the other epic tales that I gather this story is affiliated with - I've studied The Odyssey at least casually and read Moby Dick, which I found enjoyable enough as a product of its time. And I have thoroughly enjoyed other "advanced" books - Don Quixote is a riot, and read Infinite Jest twice, it was life changing both times.
I also loved The Road. It's amazing how thin the strand of hope manages to become without ever breaking. Was hoping for something equally compelling here. But I'm not sure what it is I'm meant to be getting out of this. Maybe it just isn't for me. Is that part of the experience of the book that will eventually redeem itself, or should I call it quits?