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Bryan Mickle
Maverick Intellect.
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To stink, to cheat, to torture, born Bryan Mickle, originated in western Pennsylvania in the halcyon days of the contemporary American malaise, 1975. But for some unsubsidized schooling in literature and art history his writings largely substitute intuition for academic expertise. to stink, to cheat, to torture, named after a famous remark made by American Russian novelist, Vladimir nabakov (the three verbs signifying Nabakov's key cruelties of humankind, as dictated in a 1969 interview for bbc-2) has been called "more of an inaccurate map, framed upside down, than a coherent narrative project."
His forays into deliberated error, reminisce the tradition of stylists such as Georges Perec, Raymond Queneau, and Italo Calvino. They imitate, however, they differ as much, revealing posed inaccuracies, syntactical perversities, and more than a few indulgences of hubris atop the conceptual tricks of his forebears.
"I suppose" he has said,” I sympathize with famous liars like J. T. Leroy and Herodotus less for the decadence of their lying, than I do their courage to disavow a consensus reality. It’s very modernist. Admittedly, I like the decadence too."
Stink Cheat Torture blog
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Bryan Mickle
answers the MagnaPhone Questionnaire
Favorite Singer/Songwriter?
Destroyer (Dan Bejar)
Favorite Band?
The Marvellettes, Tindersticks
Favorite Record?
Slowdive-Pygmalion
What's the most overrated record ever?
Anything on Matador, now or ever. Pet Sounds.
Where is your favorite place to see live music
Big Jar Books. Great little live shows.
What was the last record you bought?
Marble Sheep-The Gate of a Heavenly Body
What was the last record you listened to?
King Bennie Nawahi-Hawaiian String Virtuoso
What was the last artist you saw?
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the tla last month. no wait, kensington south forum's Daniel Ralston in a house in south philly...
What's your favorite saturday night record?
Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club
What's your favorite sunday morning record?
John Martyn-Live at Leeds
Who was your first concert?
Eddie Money/Warrant (Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa 1989)
Who is your favorite local artist?
Alec Ounsworth, Nite Lights
What's the best song to drive to?
Blind Boy Fuller-Keep on Truckin & Robert Plant-The Big Log
What's the best break-up song?
Roberta Flack-Do What You Gotta Do
What was the first record you ever bought?
The Cars-Heartbeat City
What's the best rainy day song?
Nina Simone-Why Keep on Breaking My Heart?
What was the best record of 2005?
Antony & the Johnsons-Ii'm a Bird Now
What was the best record the year you were born?
don't know, what did Elton John do in 75?
What's the best song to get your groove on to?
Howlin Wolf-Spoonful...or any song about baseball.
Who do you want to see featured in MagnaPhone? Astrud Gilberto, Matt Johnson (the the), Sharon Krauss (british folkie with on again off again residence in philly)...
Family Members:
Jed Mauger Williams
Katina Mackey
Stephen Bounds
Andrea Farquharson
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