tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post2270030470537996653..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Joseph Stalin: MorningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-41943172801172370852012-01-12T03:39:29.839-08:002012-01-12T03:39:29.839-08:00My head was positively swimming until I came to th...My head was positively swimming until I came to this:<br /><br />Aditya-ist!<br /><br />Now all is clear ...<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-23464026419838915402012-01-11T08:44:35.938-08:002012-01-11T08:44:35.938-08:00He was quite handsome. I love the Grosky photo at ...He was quite handsome. I love the Grosky photo at the bottom. <br /><br />"gamil"Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12312524900784740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-8580418370784502832012-01-10T06:21:52.927-08:002012-01-10T06:21:52.927-08:00Please note that we can help out in the mite depar...Please note that we can help out in the mite department. Caroline diagnosed and saved the parakeets from a serious mite attack. No one should have their life ineradicably altered by "mite-mites" (who you have described accurately and well). As far as human mites go, that's another story. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-25219832559627205692012-01-10T02:33:00.779-08:002012-01-10T02:33:00.779-08:00Despottage is only ever a missed kiss away,
As t...Despottage is only ever a missed kiss away, <br /><br />As the Bible does not but probably ought to say.<br /><br />I do like that Stalin bio, Brad.<br /><br />It's one of a triad -- a little axis of evil bio-unit, one might say -- we've been thinking about here.<br /><br />The second, obviously (see previous post), was a life of the Failed Artist; and the third a life of a character even weirder and darker (but is that possible?), if not tougher than the rest... no not Van Gogh but Richard Nixon.<br /><br />Even beyond the days of bloody hatefilled glory there remained surviving pockets of Hitlerites and Stalinists -- obscure, yet, for those who knew about such things, still identifiable by their markings, slithering out to hatch their larvae round the club (did I mean to say globe?); but the Nixonists and Nixonites...<br /><br />Always beware the invisible threat.<br /><br />I have a friend whose life has been ineradicably altered by mites. One can't even see them. But they make themselves known by their effects,it seems... and could it be... lurking somewhere under the rug at one of those caucus-thingies, a whole colony, massing ... oh no! <br /><br />I tell you the more I think, the more I feel that the only sort of -ist I would ever care to be is an Aditya-ist.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-90550540249449202592012-01-10T01:48:04.298-08:002012-01-10T01:48:04.298-08:00Some of the comments put me in mind for this-
I...Some of the comments put me in mind for this-<br /><br /><br /><br />I tell you the more i think, the more i feel that there is nothing more truely artistic than to love people.<br /><br /><br /><br />A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.<br /><br /><br /><br />Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.<br /><br /><br /><br />I am not a Marxist. <br /><br /><br />..only that the first one is by Van Gogh and the rest by Karl Marx.adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-57953080446818713022012-01-09T11:37:06.519-08:002012-01-09T11:37:06.519-08:00Would that more despotic murderers have been as ha...Would that more despotic murderers have been as handsome as the young Stalin. Incidentally, Simon Montefiore's book on Stalin is surprisingly stunning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-81514958754575717582012-01-09T11:10:27.250-08:002012-01-09T11:10:27.250-08:00"Vassilis Zambaras, student of international ..."Vassilis Zambaras, student of international verse, prompted this recitation." <br /><br />Well, in that case, Tom, may I continue with this little ditty?<br /><br />I’VE GOT SIX SECONDS TO SING STALIN AND I’M NOT GOING TO BUDGE AN INCH TILL I GET MY FILL<br /><br /><br />Try craft’s pottage sleaze, jeez you’ll love it, poets<br />love it, love it, try craft’s pottage sleaze!vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-64506472732117418592012-01-09T10:59:52.187-08:002012-01-09T10:59:52.187-08:00The rocket factory photos are indeed insane. Speak...The rocket factory photos are indeed insane. Speaking of which, for obvious reasons I'm always drawn to look closely at the eyes, gaze and countenance of these killers. After reading Stalin's poem and looking at Hitler's paintings, I felt compelled to take my favorite Christmas present, The Cultural Revolution Cookbook (it's great) down from the shelf and remind myself of Mao's truly poetic and focused observation on the bean curd he enjoyed at the Huogongdian restaurant in the city of Changsha in 1958: "The strong-smelling bean curd at Huogongdian smells foul, but tastes delicious." One assumes that thus fortified, Mao was able to sally forth and get back to his serious population reduction work. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-62987549932108004942012-01-09T07:54:29.593-08:002012-01-09T07:54:29.593-08:00beautiful verse, love the pics!!beautiful verse, love the pics!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-9932144397501687532012-01-09T06:50:01.210-08:002012-01-09T06:50:01.210-08:00Curtis,
Know what you mean. Awesome. Had 'em...Curtis,<br /><br />Know what you mean. Awesome. Had 'em up and dancing here, too.<br /><br /><br />"It IS a good homework assignment!"TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-33368844445816558982012-01-09T06:30:01.714-08:002012-01-09T06:30:01.714-08:00Wow . . . The final two lines . . . Rock. I think...Wow . . . The final two lines . . . Rock. I think I'll post them on Jane's wall so she can study them while she does her homework. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-16538291227931586902012-01-09T05:57:25.754-08:002012-01-09T05:57:25.754-08:00Oh well, I meant the Core of the Death Star shot a...Oh well, I meant the Core of the Death Star shot at the top.<br /><br />Click on it!TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-6850776675260457262012-01-09T05:56:05.970-08:002012-01-09T05:56:05.970-08:00Vincent,
Insane.
This shot reminded me of a scen...Vincent,<br /><br />Insane.<br /><br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5873441/this-girl-sneaked-into-this-russian-military-rocket-factory" rel="nofollow">This shot</a> reminded me of a scene from Tarkovsky's Solaris.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-31624721804078828462012-01-09T05:45:38.258-08:002012-01-09T05:45:38.258-08:00Tom check out these photos of Stalin's industr...Tom check out these photos of Stalin's industrial scapes http://gizmodo.com/5873441/this-girl-sneaked-into-this-russian-military-rocket-factoryVINCENT FARNSWORTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840705566779483677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-25734097186285192332012-01-09T05:34:32.146-08:002012-01-09T05:34:32.146-08:00Chico the budgie will never forget this poem.
Vas...<a href="http://rt.com/news/prime-time/georgian-budgie-recites-stalins-poetry/" rel="nofollow">Chico the budgie will never forget this poem</a>.<br /><br />Vassilis Zambaras, student of international verse, prompted this recitation.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com