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NEWS ABOUT: James Joyce

James Joyce stories: 6 news summaries

 DJ Remixes 
 Birth of a Nation for MoMA 

This up-and-comer does a little bit of everything

May 29, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - DJ Spooky is not your average turntabilist. The sci-fi-writing, French-lit-and-philosophy-studying 39-year-old has created arguably the greatest remix ever with his trip-hop soundtrack for the controversial 1915 film Birth of a Nation, the Stimulist reports. Next on the list for this soon-to-be household name? Showing his Rebirth of a Nation at... More »

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entertainment • music • MIT • James Joyce • Sundance Film Festival • avant-garde • New York Museum of Modern Art • Jay-ZTV • DJ Spooky • Birth of a Nation • Rebirth of a Nation • Marcel Duchamp

COMMENTARY

 James Joyce 
 Beat Britney to 
 the Dirty Pun 

Many artists have snuck in 'If you see Kay' line

Mar 19, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears' not-so-subtle pun in her single "If U Seek Amy" (say it fast) may seem devilishly naughty, but completely original it is not. Many musicians have used the similarly racy "If you see Kay" line—from blues pianist Memphis Slim to Norwegian punk band Turbonegro—which was... More »

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Britney Spears • pop music • James Joyce • singer • William Shakespeare • cursing

 Salute to the Eye Patch 

Cruise's 'Valkyrie' character only one of many to don an eye patch

Jan 3, 09 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise as Claus von Stauffenberg in Valkyrie adds yet another name to the long list of characters—real and fictional—sporting eye patches throughout the ages. New York magazine examines notable wearers of the ocular ornament:
  • James Joyce: Perhaps an homage to “The Cyclops” episode of his
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Tom Cruise • Claus von Stauffenberg • James Joyce • eyes • David Bowie • Twin Peaks

10 Books to Pass Up
With Confidence

Richard Wilson saves us all a bunch of time and effort with a not-reading list

Sep 20, 08 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget the coma-inducing titles that lit lovers keep telling you to read, Richard Wilson writes in his book, Can’t Be Arsed: 101 Things Not to Do Before You Die. He lists the top 10 clunkers in the Daily Telegraph:
  • Ulysses, James Joyce: notoriously hard, so why bother?
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reading • Hunter S. Thompson • James Joyce • book • Ernest Hemingway • Homer • Richard Wilson • Marcel Proust • Jane Austen • Leo Tolstoy

OPINION

Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time

Drinks passé, along with Sadie Hawkins-style man-chasing

Feb 29, 08 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Feb. 29 still comes once every four years, but celebratory cocktails marking the bissextile have gone out of fashion—along with a leap-year tradition that requires plenty of liquid courage, Eric Felten notes in the Wall Street Journal. Women who proposed marriage during the leap year could not be denied;... More »

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London • New York City • New Orleans • Washington DC • marriage • James Joyce • Dublin • cocktails • leap year • St. Patrick • Sadie Hawkins Day

Texas Builds an Ultimate Archive

Jun 17, 07 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Start with 48 Gutenberg Bibles—yes, count 'em, 48. Move on to the corrected proofs of Joyce's Ulysses and then to part of Kerouac's original manuscript for On the Road.  Then finish up with Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate notes. These items and much, much more are in the Harry... More »

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Watergate • literature • money • Harry Ransom • University of Texas • James Joyce • Jack Kerouac • archive • book

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