tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post1374485638889639209..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Park Barnitz. Book of Jade 1Bookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-25250405469454875822011-11-08T08:28:45.196+00:002011-11-08T08:28:45.196+00:00I have a copy of the Doxey's edition. Really q...I have a copy of the Doxey's edition. Really quite a stunningly good example of the brief and exclusive school of 'Oblivionist' poetry which would certainly include Thomas Lovell Beddoes and a couple of others. Like Isidore Lucien Ducasse: he departed this sphere very early indeed !<br /><br />Sardonique Schadenfreude Rictus <br /><br />8¬}D-Sardonique Schadenfreude Rictushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205090205503712336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-20838668900102202792009-12-22T11:37:23.098+00:002009-12-22T11:37:23.098+00:00Thanks Edwin and a Merry one to you North of the B...Thanks Edwin and a Merry one to you North of the Border. Good to hear the sacred name of Enoch Soames invoked--one of the most elusive of 90s figures...NigelBookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-52552898111960118992009-12-19T10:12:24.579+00:002009-12-19T10:12:24.579+00:00Goodness: from his verse he sounds like an over-th...Goodness: from his verse he sounds like an over-the-pond Enoch Soames!<br /><br />Am a big fan of David Tibet's songs - Daedalus Rising is an old favourite - and of his art, but his taste in literature has me beaten. <br /><br />Re opiates i think cigs were the big difficulty in some midwest states at the turn of the century. I recall a (presumably authentic) description of a Pullman conductor going down the train to tell smokers to stop as they were about to cross a state line.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you Nigel and to all your guests for making this such an interesting site to visit (and learn from).Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-9179134352638650702009-12-16T19:21:27.746+00:002009-12-16T19:21:27.746+00:00"in late 19th century Des Moines it was proba..."in late 19th century Des Moines it was probably hard to score opium"<br /><br />Actually, you could probably get laudanum in your local drugstore with no difficulty. It wasn't until after World War I, about the same time that marijuana and alcohol were banned, that the sale of opiates became illegal in the U.S.A.Rogernoreply@blogger.com