View Profile: JBI - Literature Network Forums

Yesterday, 11:06 PM

stlukesguild replied to a thread Russian Literature vs. The World. in General Literature

It's not about ranks of economic development, or even military strength, it is about cultural influence, which no historian is going to dispute has...

109 replies | 7786 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:56 PM

Dark Muse created a blog entry Love Heals in Halls of the Dark Muse

A simple digital sketch that is quite personally meaningful and symbolic. I was listening to Bring Me to Life by Evanescence as I made it and it is...

0 replies | 165 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:49 PM

Dark Muse commented on blog entry Cicadas on Staten Island in Virgil

No I do not believe California has the annual kind as mentioned above.

10 replies | 1841 view(s)

Yesterday, 06:47 PM

Neely replied to a thread What is the last movie you saw? and rate it. in General Movies, Music, and Television

I didn't know about the title coming from Prometheus Unbound, that's interesting. You should watch the film for it is a good one and you are sure to...

6275 replies | 425496 view(s)

Yesterday, 05:33 PM

Neely replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

It is time to fully embrace the bombastic nature of Beethoven! I found my i-pod thing at the back of my sock drawer and shoved Beethoven's 9th on...

1378 replies | 79539 view(s)

06-18-2013, 06:12 PM

Dark Muse replied to a thread Picture Poetry Contest (...continued...) in Poetry Games & Contests

Dreams of Ariadne Fleetingly I caught the ghost-like shape of a girl in spectral light. Compulsion overcame me and I had little choice...

1340 replies | 141433 view(s)

06-18-2013, 06:09 PM

Neely replied to a thread What is the last movie you saw? and rate it. in General Movies, Music, and Television

No vampires?:shocked: Mrs Neely's quite fond of The Painted Veil, not a bad film either, I think we've seen it about four times in total, though...

6275 replies | 425496 view(s)

06-18-2013, 04:43 PM

Neely replied to a thread What is the last movie you saw? and rate it. in General Movies, Music, and Television

If I was you lot I'd forget 'movies' and start watching All Creatures Great and Small on You Tube. 10/10.

6275 replies | 425496 view(s)

06-18-2013, 10:48 AM

JBI replied to a thread Russian Literature vs. The World. in General Literature

It's not about ranks of economic development, or even military strength, it is about cultural influence, which no historian is going to dispute has...

109 replies | 7786 view(s)

06-18-2013, 12:36 AM

stlukesguild replied to a thread Russian Literature vs. The World. in General Literature

I think anybody would agree the 20th century is a century of Decline for England, who sees her role transformed from super-Empire to average in a...

109 replies | 7786 view(s)

06-17-2013, 11:49 PM

stlukesguild replied to a thread Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment in Philosophical Literature

The Aborigines of Australia would not have started the Industrial Revolution. Red Indians / Native Americans would not have started the Industrial...

194 replies | 22042 view(s)

06-17-2013, 10:56 PM

Dark Muse commented on blog entry Cicadas on Staten Island in Virgil

Yes, actually we do have them in California

10 replies | 1841 view(s)

06-17-2013, 01:25 PM

Dark Muse commented on blog entry Beware of Cat in Halls of the Dark Muse

Yes I know it was a joke. The website was amusing

3 replies | 492 view(s)

06-17-2013, 01:25 PM

Dark Muse commented on blog entry Cicadas on Staten Island in Virgil

I live in rattlesnake country, and these bugs can be quite disconcerting when hiking because they make a sound that is very near to the sound of a...

10 replies | 1841 view(s)

06-17-2013, 11:42 AM

JBI replied to a thread Russian Literature vs. The World. in General Literature

I don't count South Ireland, and as we note, those are mostly pre-second world war authors. Also, in the case of Orwell, I do not particularly...

109 replies | 7786 view(s)

06-17-2013, 08:14 AM

JBI replied to a thread Russian Literature vs. The World. in General Literature

The anglosphere but not the mother country. The 20th century is a dismal failure in letters for the British isles, who seem to have declined...

109 replies | 7786 view(s)

06-17-2013, 06:20 AM

mortalterror replied to a thread Russian Literature vs. The World. in General Literature

That's long bothered me. A little after the sixteen hundreds Spain seems to underachieve in literature compared to it's neighbors Britain and France....

109 replies | 7786 view(s)

06-17-2013, 12:45 AM

stlukesguild replied to a thread Russian Literature vs. The World. in General Literature

I disagree. They certainly didn't destroy Karajan, or Thomas Mann, just two examples amongst many. Artistic culture continued to function very...

109 replies | 7786 view(s)

06-16-2013, 11:51 PM

stlukesguild replied to a thread Russian Literature vs. The World. in General Literature

There isn't a "standout Frenchman", as there is standout author, or two, in Greece, Spain, Germany, England, and Russia. I've just read "Old Man...

109 replies | 7786 view(s)

06-15-2013, 07:31 PM

Neely replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

Great stuff Emil! Sounds like something from an episode of Heartbeat. Had a little goblet of ale, and some meat, just something missing...? Oh,...

1378 replies | 79539 view(s)

06-15-2013, 04:52 AM

Neely replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

5am and alcohol is a bad combination, but then again 5am without alcohol is still pretty bad. Yes me have Mexican but it tends to be thrown in with...

1378 replies | 79539 view(s)

06-15-2013, 12:56 AM

mortalterror replied to a thread Does Great Literature Make Us Better? in General Literature

Thanks dude, likewise.

116 replies | 4329 view(s)

06-14-2013, 10:15 PM

stlukesguild replied to a thread Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment in Philosophical Literature

Overpopulation is a consequence of industrialization not overbreeding.....The entire world was overbreeding before industrialization, The entire...

194 replies | 22042 view(s)

06-14-2013, 10:07 PM

stlukesguild replied to a thread Does Great Literature Make Us Better? in General Literature

Cacian... there are few people who impress me in terms of intelligence, achievement, or knowledge on the internet... here or elsewhere. JBI,...

116 replies | 4329 view(s)

06-14-2013, 09:57 PM

stlukesguild replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

Friday night and we went out for Mexican (do they even have such in the UK?) including two large Margaritas. I wanted a couple of shots of Tequila on...

1378 replies | 79539 view(s)

06-14-2013, 07:35 PM

Neely replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIWaL8qqiqs Some Bach Violin. And then move on to some Bach piano, for the lads......

1378 replies | 79539 view(s)

06-14-2013, 12:08 PM

Dark Muse replied to a thread Minimalist Poetry Contest in Poetry Games & Contests

All That Glitters Heart etched in stone fickle beauty shallow symbol of love

751 replies | 55119 view(s)