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Comment on The Knight in the Panther’s Skin by irakli

irakli — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:37:42 +0000

It is the best writing im the world

Comment on Rape Games Banned-Not-Banned In Japan by hhnnnggggg

hhnnnggggg — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:53:47 +0000

Oh wow. Well, its not much different than porn.. Unlike hot coffee mod, this would at least be rated AO from the start.

Comment on Moorcock’s The Golden Barge by links for 2009-06-15 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-06-15 « Skid Roche — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:01:35 +0000

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Comment on Fairies by Janet Bord by links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:05:31 +0000

[...] Fairies by Janet Bord (tags: featuredposts) [...]

Comment on Writer’s Guide to Creating a Science Fiction Universe by links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:05:28 +0000

[...] Writer’s Guide to Creating a Science Fiction Universe (tags: featuredposts) [...]

Comment on Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of Africa and Arabia by links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:05:23 +0000

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Comment on Mind-Reading Machine Used to Tweet by links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:05:19 +0000

[...] Mind-Reading Machine Used to Tweet (tags: featuredposts) [...]

Comment on Gabriel Hunt by links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:05:16 +0000

[...] Gabriel Hunt, New Pulp Fiction Hero (tags: featuredposts) [...]

Comment on Snakes on a Plane: The TV Edit by links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-06-01 « Skid Roche — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:05:10 +0000

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Comment on Not Our Fashion Sense by Bristol Palin « Skid Roche

Bristol Palin « Skid Roche — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:05:45 +0000

[...] forces conspired — in that compelling way that we do, between planning Satanic orgies and having interracial threesomes while wearing cowboy hats and/or David Bowie’s hair — to convince Bristol that the potential “consequences” of sex were things other than physical [...]

Comment on Charles Ardai’s Fifty-to-One by links for 2009-05-13 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-05-13 « Skid Roche — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:03:55 +0000

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Comment on The Death of James Graham Ballard Considered as a Pornographic Spectacle by links for 2009-05-13 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-05-13 « Skid Roche — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:03:51 +0000

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Comment on Roger Zelazny: The Dead Man’s Brother by Alan Beatts

Alan Beatts — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:20:33 +0000

I agree with Thomas. As a fellow Zelazny fan (love the first five Amber books, hate the second five and A Night In the Lonesome October is just so very good), I was thrilled when Thomas pointed out this gem. Yesterday was when he mentioned it and today is when I finished it.

Great stuff. I’m just sorry that many Zelazny fans might miss it since it’ll be shelved away from the rest of his stuff at most bookstores.

Comment on Happy Illuminati Day! by Will

Will — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:28:30 +0000

Now I have to dig out my Illuminati! Trilogy

Fnord !

Comment on Roger Zelazny: The Dead Man’s Brother by Nasca

Nasca — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:39:16 +0000

Oooh Brilliant juxtaposition! Jack of Shadows took me quite awhile to get and is still my favorite. Of course that was way before Amazon….

Comment on RIP: Thomas M. Disch by The Turkey City Lexicon « Skid Roche

The Turkey City Lexicon « Skid Roche — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:13:13 +0000

[...] am struck by one particular Lexicon term named after the late Thomas M. Disch: [...]

Comment on Mind-Reading Machine Used to Tweet by Nightmares Furnished, Pay-Per-Click « Skid Roche

Nightmares Furnished, Pay-Per-Click « Skid Roche — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:23:31 +0000

[...] today’s news, I’m not so sure it seems that far [...]

Comment on Oneirological Advertising by Nightmares Furnished, Pay-Per-Click « Skid Roche

Nightmares Furnished, Pay-Per-Click « Skid Roche — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:23:28 +0000

[...] and behold, my post on the Oneirological Advertising joke has been used as a reference in a very amusing “suspected hoax” article on [...]

Comment on Gabriel Hunt by nasca

nasca — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:50:41 +0000

At least they did not name him Mike…

Comment on Snakes on a Plane: The TV Edit by Nasca

Nasca — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:42:41 +0000

Hahahahahahaha…Yes that was truly terrible! Thanks for the laughs.

Comment on Thrillpeddlers’ Audacious Artefacts: Parisian Grand Guignol in San Francisco by » RIP J G Ballard Blue Blood Magazine Gothic Punk Photos

» RIP J G Ballard Blue Blood Magazine Gothic Punk Photos — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:32:26 +0000

[...] a year ago I went to see the Thrillpeddlers 2008 Grand Guignol program; as we entered, RE:Search Books publisher V. Vale, who has published [...]

Comment on Happy 4/20 by thomasroche

thomasroche — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:55:15 +0000

You know, if pot were made legal and alcohol illegal, I would learn to live with paranoia. Please just hide the flails.

Comment on Happy 4/20 by Nasca

Nasca — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:53:28 +0000

I still think marijuana should be legal and alcohol illegal. Even though I’m no longer a police officer I still cringe when I smell those fumes on someones breath. I also don’t understand why the government would not love a drug that makes people slow, dumb, complacent, and prone to hugging vs. slugging. So as not to make you a complete criminal I guess I can make an exception for Scotch when I’m king lord emperor in charge. But only 12 year single malt in old sherry casks- I can compromise.

Comment on J.G. Ballard Dies by links for 2009-04-20 « Skid Roche

links for 2009-04-20 « Skid Roche — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:02:48 +0000

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Comment on Thrillpeddlers’ Audacious Artefacts: Parisian Grand Guignol in San Francisco by J.G. Ballard Dies « Skid Roche

J.G. Ballard Dies « Skid Roche — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:05:22 +0000

[...] a year ago I went to see the Thrillpeddlers 2008 Grand Guignol program; as we entered, RE:Search Books publisher V. Vale, who has published [...]

Comment on The MySpacing of Flickr, Or: Revenge of the Spawn of Web 0.0, The Sucker Punch by [The Pro Circuit] Amazon Fail! | Blowfish Blog

[The Pro Circuit] Amazon Fail! | Blowfish Blog — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:38:04 +0000

[...] typically helpful — I’m reminded of similar customer-service responses by Google and Flickr over the years: In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude “adult” [...]

Comment on Harrelson: Zombie = Photographer by Nasca

Nasca — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:46:19 +0000

Well if the photographer had gotten more sleep he certainly would have looked more lifelike…

Comment on Pirates 2: The Student’s Revenge by nasca

nasca — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:05:08 +0000

Did you see that UC Davis is going to screen Pirates II. 1st time in about a decade or more that they have screened porn. Guess I missed out being there in the late 80’s.

Comment on The Hot Pink Feathers, August 4 in Oakland by Maggie Connard

Maggie Connard — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:18:52 +0000

Hi Thomas! I am trying to dig up some fun testimonials for HPF PR and would love to find the article linked above (the link is defunct). Do you have it available anywhere? We would really appreciate it!
Have a great weekend!
xoxo
Maggie Connard aka Kellita’s loyal intern

Comment on Ron Howard H.P. Lovecraft Movie? by Nasca

Nasca — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:42:19 +0000

If ya realllllly want it the show is avail via torrents:
http://www.torrentreactor.net/torrents/1898057/Saturday-Night-Live-Ron-Howard-(host)-Andy-Griffith-and-The-Clash-(10-9-1982)-Has-commercials-a

Congrats on the John Preston nomination!

Comment on I’m a Finalist for the John Preston Award by Thomas S. Roche is a Finalist for The John Preston Award

Thomas S. Roche is a Finalist for The John Preston Award — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:58:28 +0000

[...] and erotica stories. He recently Tweeted about becoming a finalist for the John Preston award. From Thomas Roche: I am utterly flattered and blown away that I have been nominated as a finalist for the National [...]

Comment on Thrillpeddlers’ Audacious Artefacts: Parisian Grand Guignol in San Francisco by D. L. King

D. L. King — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:38:22 +0000

Live pornographic theatre from the 1700’s. Drag it won’t still be around when I’m in town. You know, a review of my first novel likened it to Grand Guignol. Not quite sure how to take that–guess I’ll just have to take it as a compliment.

Comment on Thrillpeddlers’ Audacious Artefacts: Parisian Grand Guignol in San Francisco by thomasroche

thomasroche — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:14:15 +0000

I don’t really have any more info; it was billed as anonymous and said to be written for live pornographic theater. If I can find more info, I’ll write it up for the blog.

Comment on Thrillpeddlers’ Audacious Artefacts: Parisian Grand Guignol in San Francisco by Peter Tupper

Peter Tupper — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:13:45 +0000

Any more information you can provide on “The Discipline”? I suspect it is part of the anti-clerical sentiment of pre-Revolutionary France, discrediting flagellation as a religious and educational practice and making it a purely sexual act.

Comment on New on DVD: American Scary by Thrillpeddlers’ Audacious Artefacts: Parisian Grand Guignol in San Francisco « Skid Roche

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:44:17 +0000

[...] of degredation involving nuns and ethnologists? Sacre bleu! But hey, back when I was a kid we had late-night UHF television showing Chainsaw Camp and The North Boise Belt Sander Massacre. Hey, I turned out all right. [...]

Comment on Happy Birthday, Lou Reed by thomasroche

thomasroche — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:35:01 +0000

Re: Well articulated, Mr. Roche

Hah! Thanks -- sounds great, I can't wait!

Comment on Happy Birthday, Lou Reed by fogcitymike

fogcitymike — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:23:15 +0000

Well articulated, Mr. Roche

...expect a CD-R of various rare and tasty Lou live tracks from me in your POB sooncome.

Comment on ASSTR.org by thomasroche

thomasroche — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:49:35 +0000

Thanks — interestingly, between then & now I purchased an iPod Touch for the sole purpose of being an ebook reader. It gets mixed reviews. Stanza is the free program that serves as an ebook reader; you can pretty easily convert text files to ebook files with it using the free download Stanza Desktop. However, I am not crazy about the formatting and it does not auto-scroll, which is the whole reason I like ebooks — my mind tends to get much more focused and I read quicker when books are autoscrolling.

eReader is also free, and available for iPod Touch, but it also gets mixed reviews for other reasons. I do not like buying ebooks through ereader.com (formerly Peanut Press) because they are DRMed all to hell and if you ever lose your credit card or get a new one and forget to record the number, they are locked forever.

I have not found ASSTR that awesome for browsing because I don’t like Safari that much, but the free (or $5 for the pro version) Wikipedia browser Wikipanion has kept me entertained for hours and has greatly streamlined my writing research.

Glad you liked the stories! I have zillions more, you may be able to read them shortly after I decide what to do with them…. new one on Thomasroche.com by the way — Temple of Love, http://thomasroche.com/2009/03/01/temple-of-love/

Hope you’re well,
Thomas

Comment on ASSTR.org by friskybunny

friskybunny — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:56:39 +0000

My apologies for taking so long to respond! This is my alternate journal and gets less frequent visits and updates. I tend to read ASSTR just in a browser window. It occurs to me that I should see if there are any free ebook reader apps that would work. My ipod Touch isn’t jailbroken, but surely there’s something that would work in the app store.

I did enjoy them, but read them very quickly. It was lovely to get the pointer to the content, though. Thank you again!

Comment on God Bless You, Dr. Seuss by djmermaid

djmermaid — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:33:37 +0000

this is such a complex and fascinating topic. I’m challenged by those old wartime works by artists I generally revere. I hope they were more a sign of the times as opposed to being an indicator of deep seated racism…