Thursday, 22 December 2016 (408.23)

The last reading stopped at “Dizzier’s feedst” (408.23).

The next reading will be on Thursday, 29 December.

Some of the last reading's favourites were:

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“His handpalm lifted, his handshell cupped, his handsign pointed, his handheart mated, his handaxe risen, his handleaf fallen.” (407.23) 

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“How all too unwordy am I, a mere mailman of peace, a poor loust hastehater of the first degree, the principot of Candia, no legs and a title, for such eminence, or unpro promenade rather, to be much more exact, as to be the bearer extraordinary of these postoomany missive on his majesty’s service while me and yous and them we’re extending us after the pattern of reposiveness!” (408.10)

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“Those sembal simon pumpkel pieman yers!” (408.20)

(With thanks to Marion Sommer)

Thursday, 15 December 2016 (407.17)

Next reading: Please check this page toward the end of the week (around Friday 23) to see if there will be a reading between Christmas and New Year. It will be determined this coming Thursday (22 Dec), at the reading. If not, the reading will resume on Thursday, January 5.

Thursday, 8 December 2016 (406.19)

The reading stopped at: “soppositorily petty, last” (406.19)

Some favourites from Shaun's gormandising were:

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With renewed thanks to Marion Sommer for sending an update and a choice of favourites.

Thursday, 1 December 2016 (405.14)

The group read about Shaun's appearance and stopped at: “if ever was!” (405.14)

Favourites were: 

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My thanks go to A., with gratitude for his relentlessness in sending updates about the group's progress.

Thursday, 24 November 2016 (404.14)

Last Thursday, the group tackled Book III/1 and got as far as “the lad do!” (404.14).

They found some quite lyrical (Bunyanesque) passages with the usual spicy undertones. These were some suggested favourites:

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With special thanks to A. for this great pick!

Thursday, 17 November 2016 (399.34)

The group has reached the end of Book II on p. 399.

A couple of favourites were:

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With thanks to Marion for the update and a pick of passages that held the group's attention.

Thursday, 10 November 2016 (398.23)

The reading will resume from where it stopped on Thursday, 27 October at “Senchus Mor” (398.23)

Thursday, 3 November 2016 (315-316)

In anticipation of next Thursday's event, a reading from Michael Grossmann's Mnemosyne-Project (10 November, 19.30h, Kulturhaus Helferei, Breitinger Saal, Kirchgasse 13, 8001 Zürich), the group did not continue the reading where it had left off but read some relevant passages instead on pages FW 315.34-316.33.

  

Of which some favourites here:

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For “The Skibbereen Father”: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP8PB3viZck&list=RDDP8PB3viZck

For “Sumer is icumen in”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR1jNb7pFNw

Bill alerts us here to Ezra Pound's version of this song, more suited to the season:

Ancient Music

Winter is icummen in, 


Lhude sing Goddamm,

Raineth drop and staineth slop, 


And how the wind doth ramm! 


            Sing: Goddamm.

Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us, 


An ague hath my ham. 


Freezeth river, turneth liver, 


            Damn you, sing: Goddamm.

Goddamm, Goddamm, 'tis why I am, Goddamm, 


            So 'gainst the winter's balm.

Sing goddamm, damm, sing Goddamm.

Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMM.

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Thursday, 27 October 2016 (398.23)

The reading stopped mid sentence at: “Senchus Mor” (398.23)

Some favourites were:

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3

(With grateful thanks to A., without whom these updates would not be possible.)

Thursday, 20 October 2016 (397.20)

Last week's group came to a halt at: “a lovely munkybown” (397.20)

Some favourites were:

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2

And:

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the girleen bawn asthore, as for days galore, of planxty Gregory. Egory. O bunket not Orwin! (397.4)

(My thanks go to A.)

Thursday, 13 October 2016 (396.18)

The group stopped in the midst of a rather spicy passage at, “tails plus toop!” (396.18)

Some favourites were:

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(Grateful, as always, to A.)

Thursday, 6 October 2016 (395.7)

The reading stopped mid-sentence at “foreretyred schoonmasters” (395.7)

Due to computer problems, which caused a major crash and required a complete wipe of the harddisk, resulting in a loss of files (including the collages for this blog) there will be no images for this week's entry.

Some favourites can still be indicated:

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“and there they used to be, flapping and cycling, and a dooing a doonloop, panementically, around the waists of the ships, in the wake of their good old Foehn” (394.13–15)

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“Aithne Meithne married a mailde and that one too from Engrvakon saga abooth a gooth a gev a gotheny egg and the parkside pranks of quality queens” (394.26–28) 

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“the steamships ant the ladies'foursome, ovenfor, nedenfor, dinkety, duk, downalupping, (how long tandem!) like a foreretyred schoonmasters” (395.4–7)

(With thanks to A.)

Thursday, 29 September 2016 (394.7)

The reading stopped at the “talkeycook” (394.7).

Some personal favourites here:

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3

Thursday, 22 September 2016 (392.33)

The reading stopped at: “for the end to come” (392.33)

Some favourites were:

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3

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 15 September 2016 (391.12)

The reading stopped at: “their dear faithful” (391.12)

A couple of favourites were:

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2

With thanks again to A.

Thursday, 8 September 2016 (389.30)

The reading got as far as: “Queh? Quos?” (389.30)

Some favourites were:

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2

With thanks to A.

Thursday, 1 September 2016 (388.27)

The last reading stopped at “the century man on the door” (388.27).

Here are some of the favourite passages:

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Incidentally, for those interested, Fritz has wreathed his own in:

Fritz Senn. Joycean Murmoirs: Fritz Senn on James Joyce. Ed. Christine O'Neill (Dublin: Lilliput Press, 2007) 330 pp.

The German edition:

Fritz Senn. Zerrinnerungen: Fritz Senn zu James Joyce. Ed. Christine O'Neill (Zurich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2007) 400 pp.

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My thanks go to A.

Thursday, 25 August 2016 (387.32)

A. reports that the last reading stopped at, “And that now was how it was” (387.32) – signalling a few favourite passages:

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Thursday, 18 August 2016 (386.5)

The last reading stopped at “their old pantometer” (386.5) 

Some favourites were these:

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An auditive contribution comes from Bill Brockman. Click this link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxadblDT6zI

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Thanks, A., for update on progress!

Thursday, 11 August 2016 (384.29)

The last reading stopped mid sentence at “palpably wrong and bulbubly improper” (384.29).

These were some of the favourites:

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