This afternoon I discovered something totally mindblowing while flipping through Ulysses. On p. 245 of the Oxford World Classics edition, which is the beginning of the "Sirens" section, I found the following:
Bronze by gold heard the hoofirons, steelyringing.
Imperthnthn thnthnthn.
Chips, picking chips off rocky thumbnail, chips.
Horrid! And gold flushed more.
A husky fifenote blew.
Blew. Blue bloom is on the
Gold pinnacled hair.
A jumping rose on satiny breasts of satin, rose of Castile.
Et cetera. Comment what song features these words and win cool points.
crystal castles, you pretentious little shits.
ReplyDeletealthough i did love the second album, really.
srsly tho, weren't you always wondering where that "chips chips! blue blue!" shit was from? i know i was.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know why that picture of James Joyce keeps disappearing?
ReplyDeleteBTW Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IS5Cj_l7w
ReplyDeleteno, I've been meaning to tell you Nick-- those lines from Air Wars are actually samples of another song, a tribute to James Joyce (I can't remember who did it, but it was pretty cool). WPRB played the original track on Bloomsday two years ago.
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