Thursday, 21 April 2016 (FW 369.2)

The reading has progressed to “their hinterhand suppliesdemands” (369.2).

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An. tells us he liked:

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And Fritz Senn drew the group's attention to: 

for, in a way, representing FW itself.

Thanks An.!

Thursday, 14 April 2016 (FW 367.24)

The reading stopped at: “he had behold the residuance of a delusion:” (367.24).

With many thanks to Marion Sommer for sending this reference together with some of the group's favourites:

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Thursday, 7 April 2016 (FW 366.16)

The reading stopped at: “(of Saturnay Eve, how now, woren't we't?)” (366.16)

Here are some favourites:

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Thursday, 31 March 2016 (365.21)

The group plodded along the text up to “dhumnk you” (365.21). Though it was tough going it hit upon one or two tidbits, collected here with the help of Anonymous:

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“I have abwaited me in a water of Elin and I have placed my reeds intectis before the Registower of the perception of tribute in the hall of the city of Analbe. How concerns any merryaunt and hworsoever gravesobbers it is perensempry sex of fun to help a dazzle off the othour.” (364.20–24)

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“a lieberretter sebaiscopal of these mispeschyites of the first virginial water who, without an auction of biasement from my part, with gladyst tone ahquickyessed in it” (365.9–11)

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“Though I heave a coald on my bauck and am could up to my eres hoven sametimes I used alltides to be aswarmer for the meekst and the graced.” (365.12–15)

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Thursday, 24 March 2016 (FW 363.19)

The group has got to: “let him be asservent to Kinahaun!” (363.19)

A couple of favourites were:

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Thursday, 17 March 2016 (FW 363.26)

The group has got to “minx mingled hair” (363.26).

Next Thursday, 24 March, the group is meeting as usual, regardless of the public holiday.

Some favourites from last week's reading:

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Thursday, 10 March 2016 (FW 362.35)

The reading has reached the end of the page and the description of …..'s habitation: “(auspectable), with greenhouse in prospect (particularly perspectable)” (362.35)

Thursday, 3 March 2016 (FW 361.35)

The group has read as far as: “Back to Droughty! The water of the face has flowed” (361.35).

A few favourites were:

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Thursday, 25 February 2016 (FW 361.17)

The reading stopped at: “But what a neats ung gels!” (361.17)

Some favourites were:

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Thursday, 18 February 2016 (FW 360.30)

The reading stopped at “greendy grassies yellowhorse” (360.30).

A favourite was:

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Thursday, 11 February 2016 (FW 360.6)

The reading progressed till, “press of pedal (sof!) pick out and vowelise your name” (360.6).

A few favourites were:

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“there was a hofdking or a hoovthing or a pinginapoke in Oreland” (359.25-6)

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“the dewfolded song of the naughtingels (Alys! Alysaloe!)” (359.32) 

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“sweetishsad lightandgayle, twittwin twosingwoolow” (360.2) 

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“Almost dotty! I must dash!” (360.1) 

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“Let everie sound of a pitch keep still in resonance” (360.3)

Thursday, 28 January 2016 (FW 359.4)

The reading stopped at: "was forsake in his chiltern and lumbojumbo" (359.4).

Please note that there will be no reading next Thursday, 4 February. Instead, Morgan Crowley is performing Romancing "The Dead" at 7.30 p.m. at the Foundation.


A couple of this week's favourites:

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Thursday, 21 January 2016 (FW 358.16)

The reading stopped at: "my good grief, I am, I am big altoogooder" (358.16).

Some favourites were:

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Click this link to see a performance of the song "I Lift up My Finger" by Leslie Sarony in 1929:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ab4DKAOXAY

Thursday, 14 January 2016 (FW 356.26-24)

The reading has got as far as  "Culpo de Dido!" (357.15)

Among the group's favourites was this passage:

"Packen paper paineth whomto is sacred scriptured sign. Who straps it scraps it that might, if ashed, have helped." (356.26-24)

Thursday, 7 January 2016 (FW 356.24)

The reading has resumed and now got down to "turf aside for pastureuration" (356.24).

A couple of favourites picked by A. and rendered in collage by B.:

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(A. is Anonymous, B. is Blogger.)

Thursday, 17 December 2015 (FW 355.33)

The group has reached "his couch in fore" (355.33). Note that there will be no readings during the festive holidays. The group meets again in 2016 on 7 January.

A few of the night's favourites:

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Thursday, 10 December 2015 (FW 354.28)

The reading stopped at "the magpyre's babble towers scorching and screeching from the ravenindove" (354.28).

"the magpyre's babble towers" and " the ravenindove" feature in one of the FW memory games I made in 2013. Each set works with particular passages from the Wake:

 

 

A small stock of the memory games is still available for  CHF 45.– each. For more information contact me directly at sabrina.alonso@bluewin.ch, or Fritz Senn at fritzsenn@me.com

A few more favourites from the reading:

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"a hurdly gurdly Cicilian concertone" (354.14)

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Re: Thursday, 3 December 2015 (FW 322)

Ron Ewart has brought an excerpt from Fim Fordam's book Lots of Fun at Finnegans Wake which explains a few things about the passage just read ("The annihilation of the etym…", at p. 322). The only way to upload the excerpt here was to insert it as a series of images. To read it click these five (an enlarge on your screen if necessary):

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