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A Sport and a Pastime is considered – by Americans – to be an American classic. My first question, upon finishing the book, is, ‘What makes something a classic? What makes it ‘feel’ like one?’
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James Salter’s ‘A Sport and a Pastime.’
Posted in Reading with tags A Moveable Feast, A Sport and a Pastime, D.H. Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway, Feminism, James Salter, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Modernism, Paris on September 16, 2020 by Jarrod Boyle
Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – A Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses with tags Asics, Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Mont Blanc, Paris, Swanston Street on February 20, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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“And I kept drinking. Probably for about another month or so. Until one day…” Pat stopped briefly and took a breath. He was giddy with exhilaration. “And I have no memory of this, I was told about it at the hospital – they found me. Outside. Behind the dumpster.” Continue reading
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Desperate Romantic: My Life as a Stalker (A Lamentably True Story)
Posted in Acts of devotion, Love letters, Observation, Real Men with tags Albert Ellis, Bob Marley, Claude Monet, Eurydice, Guernica, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Rothko, Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, Picasso, Tate Modern Gallery, Water Lilies on December 2, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
11: Adventures in the Musee de l’Orangerie
“The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”
-Albert Ellis
After Eurydice’s stalker allegation, I gave it another two months (I figured this showed dedication, but fell safely outside the stalker criteria), and wrote again. Continue reading
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Ramon Dekkers: The Legend and the Legacy
Posted in Kickboxing with tags 'The Deadly Kisser', Anthony Vella, Boxing, Breda, Carlo Dekkers, Chalid 'Die Faust' Arrab, Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Cor Hemmers, Duane Ludwig, Errol Zimmerman, Frank Der Korput, Gokhan Saki, Golden Glory, Judo, Kyokushin karate, Lumpinee Stadium, Maeng Ho, Marcel Dragan, Marino Deflorin, Marloes Coenen, Muay Thai, Namphon, Nicky Dekers, Paris, Paul Briggs, Pelmolenstreet, Peter Aerts, Quinty Dekkers, Raul Catinas, Rob Kaman, Sangtiennoi, Saville Row, Stefan Leko, Thailand, Volkswagen GTI on June 29, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, May/June 2013
Ramon Dekkers was the most significant Western fighter to wear the Mongkon. In fact, he and Rob Kaman can be credited with re-inventing Muay Thai in Thailand, its country of origin. Continue reading
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‘…Like Clockwork’
Posted in Music, Observation with tags Alice Cooper, Black Flag, David Bowie, desert, Eagles of Death Metal, Freud, GBH, Josh Homme, Keith Richards, Kyuss, Mark Lanegan, Nick Oliveri, NME, Paris, Pink Floyd, Queens of the Stone Age, Rolling Stones, Songs for the Deaf, The Beatles, The Exploited, the uncanny, Them Crooked Vultures, V8 on June 13, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
“My whole life, I’ve always wanted to be un-hecklable, you know? …I remember staring into GBH [record] covers, Exploited covers, Black Flag covers and just thinking, ‘Go for it, man…’ You know, getting that feeling in your stomach when you leave a first date… I’m just looking for that. I hope I can give that to somebody, somewhere.”
– Josh Homme, NME interview, Paris Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 