Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Book clubs - best to start your own - on the net

I Like the idea of a good chat about books , but seldom find it satisfying to watch on ABCTV . Compare for example the excitement of the Facebook over one old fuddy duddy like G.K.Chesterton( Link to the group Here )
His quote : "A room without books is like a body without a soul"


Jennifer Byrne's program on ABCTV constantly tries to drum up some excitement for the very latest, when the old stuff has been neglected,  and so much original stuff supported by them , .....goes nowhere !
Why is abcchurch so resistant to change over this?. Even the Age is tardy and predictable over its endless repeats of myths to explain literature with science ( Bacon Vs Bard ).
-Have Arts grads lost sight of whats good about their profession that they try to do science ( Political philosophy Guest on the Jon Feine'sCH yesterday " I'm doing some science research of mine - well and good but don't waste our prime time  telling us - you are not qualified to say anything on such complex matters) .
 -Why do they go on about the Victorian England of Bronte's being so unhappy , when it wasn't.
- Why can't they see the paradox of both poverty and richness in Brontes world  as a blatant challenege to the SMD pedants .
-Why are the Brontes more effective than Greer in the revival of a lasting direction for the womans' movement . Move over mythmakers !

So many trendy ABC priests over the last 30yrs just don't get it 
- Why does nobody want to read or replay the trendy works they promoted? (Pratts removal of sponsorship is symbolic)
How long can ABC management justify  inserting THEIR now old ideas of ART and reactionary "wars on everything" , into the grand expanse of ABCTV that is currently exceedingly empty and predictable .
The highly reactionary nature of abcchurch explains a lot - The wannabes in church can't allow an old heretic/ old fuddy duddy like Colm Toibin tell them that their boredom and stagnancy is a direct result of their beliefs.

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