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Good Looking People in Small Clever Rooms That Utilize Every Centimeter of Available Space with Mind-Boggling Efficiency is a podcast wherein family and friends gather to read and talk about Infinite Jest, a very long book.
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Pages 716–729: By these pickers and stealers
Topics of discussion:
Hal's relationship with Himself (Hal being the most similar to J.O.I.);
Lenz: strange get-up, racist inner monologue, and the effects of cocaine;
AFR in Antitoi Entertainment;
Ruth chasing Poor Tony;
The Swiss hand model IS Luria P.?!
See also:
Gifford Lectures (Scotland);
Transition lenses;
"performing a Veronica" in bull-fighting;
Maurice DuPlessis (16th premier of Quebec);
Pirating records in the 70s;
American Disabled Movement (ADAPT);
1990 - American with Disabilities Act;
Respect versus solicitude;
Universal versus adaptive design
We'll read pages 729–747 next time.
Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message
You can also reach us by email at smallcleverpod@gmail.com, and we're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @smallcleverpod.
Brianna's website: BriannaKratz.com | Brianna's Infinite Jest timeline
Vvinni's painting Instagram: @CardboardVv | Vvinni's films: vimeo.com/henceforth
Andrew's videos & writing: agingerich.com | Andrew's film photography Instagram: @CoffeeStopFix -
Pages 698–716: We are arrant knaves, all
Topics of discussion:
Ruth Van Cleeve and Kate Gompert encountering Poor Tony;
Cocaine Anonymous;
Meanwhile, at ETA...Pemulis messes in the ceiling panels, Lyle hovers, Schtitt and Mario go for ice cream, Avril chain smokes, and Hal watches Blood Sister;
See also:
Catachresis, malapropism, spoonerisms;
quarantine releases;
shoes and shoelessness (at home);
Hindu god, Hanuman;
The Little Hours;
The King and I, "Getting to Know You;"
1980s films set in offices;
The Atlantic on AA;
digital editing;
personality tests
Rancho Notorious;
Sister Act
We'll read pages 716–729 next time.
Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message
You can also reach us by email at smallcleverpod@gmail.com, and we're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @smallcleverpod.
Brianna's website: BriannaKratz.com | Brianna's Infinite Jest timeline
Vvinni's painting Instagram: @CardboardVv | Vvinni's films: vimeo.com/henceforth
Andrew's videos & writing: agingerich.com | Andrew's film photography Instagram: @CoffeeStopFix -
Pages 673–698: He does confess he feels himself distracted
Topics of discussion:
Helen Steeply interviews Thierry Poutrincourt while Hal and Ortho play a match;
DeLint is both a jerk and maybe not very smart;
Matty Pemulis and child abuse;
Hal watching old TPs of James O.'s films
See also:
the name "Ortho;"
time ghosts;
rabbit holes that are short and unrewarding
We'll read pages 698–716 next time.
Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message
You can also reach us by email at smallcleverpod@gmail.com, and we're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @smallcleverpod.
Brianna's website: BriannaKratz.com | Brianna's Infinite Jest timeline
Vvinni's painting Instagram: @CardboardVv | Vvinni's films: vimeo.com/henceforth
Andrew's videos & writing: agingerich.com | Andrew's film photography Instagram: @CoffeeStopFix -
Pages 663–673: And hears it roar beneath
Topics of discussion:
Marlon Bain ("a very wet boy" and Orin's former doubles partner) corresponds with Helen Steeply;
Orin attempting to define himself in opposition to Avril;
a nightmare review;
younger students in the tunnels picking up trash and stumbling on TP cartridges?!
See also:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder;
Gretel the cross-sectioned dairy cow which isn't a strictly real thing;
toxic masculinity;
"the incident in your high school" (Twitter thread);
tennis ball re-pressurizing;
utili-doors, skyway, pedway
We'll read pages 673–698 next time.
Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message
You can also reach us by email at smallcleverpod@gmail.com, and we're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @smallcleverpod.
Brianna's website: BriannaKratz.com | Brianna's Infinite Jest timeline
Vvinni's painting Instagram: @CardboardVv | Vvinni's films: vimeo.com/henceforth
Andrew's videos & writing: agingerich.com | Andrew's film photography Instagram: @CoffeeStopFix -
Pages 638–663: Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief
This time, we welcome special guest, Jonathan Gingerich, to join us as we talk about...
Topics of discussion:
what brought us to Infinite Jest in the first place (primarily Jonathan);
M*A*S*H (TV show)(Robert Altman's movie);
the purpose of The Entertainment;
Geoffrey Day, Erdedy, and Kate Gompert talk depression and floating shapes;
Helen Steeply talks to DeLint (who's a jerk);
ETA montage (ghost's eye view?);
is the Swiss hand model Luria P--?;
carved out of what, though?;
every time is cookie time, and all cats can see ghosts
See also:
Korean War;
spoilers for the 11-year old show, LOST;
Fox + broadcast networks;
stenography shorthand;
Beauty and the Beast's Cogsworth (Disney movie);
David Ogden Stiers;
Jorge Luis Borges "The Zahir" (short story);
James Poniewozik's NY Times article, "Donald Trump Lost His Battle. The Culture War Goes On";
Sufjan Stevens "Should Have Known Better"
We'll read pages 663–673 next time.
Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message
You can also reach us by email at smallcleverpod@gmail.com, and we're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @smallcleverpod.
Brianna's website: BriannaKratz.com | Brianna's Infinite Jest timeline
Vvinni's painting Instagram: @CardboardVv | Vvinni's films: vimeo.com/henceforth
Andrew's videos & writing: agingerich.com | Andrew's film photography Instagram: @CoffeeStopFix
Jonathan's website: jonathangingerich.net -
Pages 620–638: This same strict and most observant watch
Topics of discussion:
TP specifications/advertisements;
CHOICE;
Draining the duck pond;
Vignette in Rodney Tine's office;
MIT radio technician is kidnapped by AFR;
Dinner at ETA;
And possible ghosts remain!
See also:
Beet and turnip soup;
"apps" (killer and otherwise);
1996 - Google founded;
Ubiquity of cameras;
Bruce Schneier (tech futurist);
CHOICE;
Boston Public Gardens;
Make Way for Ducklings;
Catcher in the Rye;
Bread and Circus;
Rita Skeeter in Harry Potter
Sappho;
"supertasters;"
Polykleitos;
Hermes;
Theseus
We'll read pages 638–663 next time.
Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message
You can also reach us by email at smallcleverpod@gmail.com, and we're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @smallcleverpod.
Brianna's website: BriannaKratz.com | Brianna's Infinite Jest timeline
Vvinni's painting Instagram: @CardboardVv | Vvinni's films: vimeo.com/henceforth
Andrew's videos & writing: agingerich.com | Andrew's film photography Instagram: @CoffeeStopFix