Monday 19 March 2018

[No. 595] The novel is dead!

Long live conceptual literature!

And I knew years ago, man[1], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[1], and I knew years ago, man[2], and I knew, yes[1], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[2], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[1], and I knew, yes[2], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![1], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[2], and if that makes any sense ...[1], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![2], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[1], and if that makes any sense ...[2], and believe me[1], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[2], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![1], and believe me[2], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[1], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![2], and one day ...[1], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[2], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[1], and one day ...[2], and, look at me! I'm spinning![1], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[2], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![1], and, look at me! I'm spinning![2], and I'm waiting ...[1], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![2], and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![1], and I'm waiting ...[2], and ... COME ON THEN!!![1], and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![2], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[1], and ... COME ON THEN!!![2], and ... so[1], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[2], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[1], and ... so[2], and don't think too hard now ... please![1], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[1], and don't think too hard now ... please![2], and take your time, you have lots, after all[1], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[1], and take your time, you have lots, after all[2], and so happy, yes![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[2], and I knew years ago, man[3], and so happy, yes![2], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[3], and I knew, yes[3], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[3], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![3], and if that makes any sense ...[3], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[3], and believe me[3], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![3], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[3], and one day ...[3], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[3], and, look at me! I'm spinning![3], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![3], and I'm waiting ...[3],  and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![3], and ... COME ON THEN!!![3], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[3], and ... so[3], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[3], and don't think too hard now ... please![3], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[3], and take your time, you have lots, after all[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[3], and so happy, yes![3], and

And I knew years ago, man[1], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[1], and I knew years ago, man[2], and I knew, yes[1], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[2], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[1], and I knew, yes[2], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![1], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[2], and if that makes any sense ...[1], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![2], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[1], and if that makes any sense ...[2], and believe me[1], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[2], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![1], and believe me[2], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[1], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![2], and one day ...[1], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[2], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[1], and one day ...[2], and, look at me! I'm spinning![1], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[2], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![1], and, look at me! I'm spinning![2], and I'm waiting ...[1], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![2], and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![1], and I'm waiting ...[2], and ... COME ON THEN!!![1], and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![2], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[1], and ... COME ON THEN!!![2], and ... so[1], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[2], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[1], and ... so[2], and don't think too hard now ... please![1], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[1], and don't think too hard now ... please![2], and take your time, you have lots, after all[1], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[1], and take your time, you have lots, after all[2], and so happy, yes![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[2], and I knew years ago, man[3], and so happy, yes![2], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[3], and I knew, yes[3], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[3], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![3], and if that makes any sense ...[3], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[3], and believe me[3], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![3], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[3], and one day ...[3], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[3], and, look at me! I'm spinning![3], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![3], and I'm waiting ...[3],  and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![3], and ... COME ON THEN!!![3], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[3], and ... so[3], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[3], and don't think too hard now ... please![3], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[3], and take your time, you have lots, after all[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[3], and so happy, yes![3], and

And I knew years ago, man[1], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[1], and I knew years ago, man[2], and I knew, yes[1], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[2], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[1], and I knew, yes[2], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![1], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[2], and if that makes any sense ...[1], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![2], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[1], and if that makes any sense ...[2], and believe me[1], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[2], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![1], and believe me[2], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[1], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![2], and one day ...[1], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[2], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[1], and one day ...[2], and, look at me! I'm spinning![1], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[2], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![1], and, look at me! I'm spinning![2], and I'm waiting ...[1], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![2], and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![1], and I'm waiting ...[2], and ... COME ON THEN!!![1], and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![2], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[1], and ... COME ON THEN!!![2], and ... so[1], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[2], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[1], and ... so[2], and don't think too hard now ... please![1], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[1], and don't think too hard now ... please![2], and take your time, you have lots, after all[1], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[1], and take your time, you have lots, after all[2], and so happy, yes![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[2], and I knew years ago, man[3], and so happy, yes![2], and in the age of the internet and words that mean NOTHING ... what do you expect?[3], and I knew, yes[3], and just read my Notes page, son, or daughter[3], and Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust ... your boys took one hell of a beating![3], and if that makes any sense ...[3], and Joyce and Beckett saw the writing on the wall ...[3], and believe me[3], and come on, follower(s), spinner(s)![3], and this ... will last forever! / and, yes, as long as kook(s) are DIZZY(!) all a-ROUND, you dig?[3], and one day ...[3], and one day, I'll stop writing, yes, off to be a rock star, but scholars can still drop by and gawp and wonder ...[3], and, look at me! I'm spinning![3], and the Nobel Prize? Ha! They know where to find me ... / and here I am![3], and I'm waiting ...[3],  and I will be here even when I'm GONE(!) / and try to get your mind and soul a-ROUND that, squares![3], and ... COME ON THEN!!![3], and ... or, uh, head and heart, obviously, seriously / and it's all the same, probably, I should think, no, I shouldn't[3], and ... so[3], and where are you, you, YOU(!) ... my kook(s)?[3], and don't think too hard now ... please![3], and, ha, ha, ha! Look at you! I see YOU(!) ... spinning! / and do you see yourself, out of yourself?[3], and take your time, you have lots, after all[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you know by now, yes[3], and so happy, yes![3], and