Good Looking People in Small Clever Rooms That Utilize Every Centimeter of Available Space

Good Looking People in Small Clever Rooms That Utilize Every Centimeter of Available Space

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  • Pages 68–85/95: The phrase would be more german to the matter

    Welcome back! We had planned to get to page 95 this week, but another long endnote leapt out of the bushes at us! Norma and Vvinni slogged bravely onward to page 95, while Andrew and Brianna cut their losses and stopped at page 85. This week's topics of discussion include:

    • Cats who are problems
    • Literary depictions of depression/psychiatric medicine
    • Gerhardt Schtitt's musings on the sublime poetics of tennis
    • The Enfield (England) Poltergeist
    • Québécois separatists/wheelchair assassins/le jeu du Prochain Train
    • Feral hamsters!
    • They may kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier.
    • O.N.A.N./Onan

      • Watch: “The Funniest Joke in the World” from Season 1/Episode 1 (“Whither Canada?”) of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)

      For next week, we'll read up through page 109.

      Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message

      Vvinni's paintings: Instagram.com/CardboardVv

      Andrew's videos: agingerich.com

      1 hr 31 min
    • Pages 49–68: They Imitated Humanity So Abonimably

      For an astounding second week in a row, the gang meets up to talk about Infinite Jest! We had planned to get to page 78 today, but we ran into an enormous endnote, so we stopped at page 68 instead.

      This week's topics of discussion include:

      • Found cats
      • Hi, Grandma!
      • “Quo Vadis”
      • Imaginary technology
      • Nightmares
      • The filmography of James O. Incandenza, and his place in the 20th century experimental cinema canon
      • Nuclear fusion

        • Watch: Sidney Peterson's The Cage (1947)

        Watch: Excerpt from Takahiko Iimura's AIUEONN Six Features (1993)
        Watch: George Landow's New Improved Institutional Quality: In the Environment of Liquids and Nasals a Parasitic Vowel Sometimes Develops (1976)

        For next week, we'll read up through page 95.

        Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message

        Vvinni's paintings: Instagram.com/CardboardVv

        Andrew's films: agingerich.com

        1 hr 31 min
      • Pages 1–49: Who's there?

        We're actually doing it: Andrew and Brianna are joined by their friend Vvinni and Andrew's mom Norma, as they begin the gargantuan task of reading and discussing Infinite Jest.

        • This week's topics of discussion include:
        • The annoyance of endnotes
        • And but so
        • The glass delusion; glass pianos
        • Literary blackface
        • Dove Bars: chocolate, or soap?
        • Turkeys

          • Next week, we'll settle in and discuss pages 50–78.

          Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message

          Vvinni's paintings: Instagram.com/CardboardVv

          Andrew's films: agingerich.com

          1 hr 30 min
        • Welcome to our small, clever room!

          We went back and recorded this mini-episode when we were a little more than halfway through the book because we realized our first episode didn't do a great job of introducing us or what you could expect from the podcast. Welcome! This podcast is a book club where we read and talk about Infinite Jest, the 1996 novel by David Foster Wallace. It's a book about tennis, experimental film, depression, addiction, experimental tennis, global politics, recovery, and a few other things.

          • Trigger warnings for Infinite Jest
          • Sexual Assault
          • Abuse
          • Child abuse/pedophilia/incest
          • Animal cruelty or animal death
          • Self-harm and suicide
          • Eating disorders, body hatred, and fat phobia
          • Violence Kidnapping and abduction
          • Death or dying
          • Blood
          • Mental illness and ableism
          • Racism and racial slurs
          • Sexism and misogyny
          • Classism
          • Transphobia and trans misogyny
          • Homophobia and heterosexism
          • Addiction and drug use

            • [based on the University of Michigan LSA Inclusive Teaching Initiative's list of potential trigger warnings]

            Our first episode starts with pages 1–49 of the paperback edition.

            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 [email protected], 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

            14 min

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