The April 2020 WordPress Discover challenges continue with another essay by Michelle Weber, on the subject of “pairs.” Today’s Discover challenge for me is particularly enjoyable. I am thankful.
five best books you’ve ever read, and a song
Suzy Hazelwood
the stranger, by Albert Camus
killing an Arab the cure
a gentleman deals with the death of his mother. killing an Arab might have been the first single put out by the cure. i am sure the cure were inspired by the stranger when they wrote this song, which, despite its theme of “killing” is not a song about hate
brave new world, by Aldous Huxley
chrome injury the church
in the future, a man from lands outside civilization tries to come to terms with how people are living. chrome injury is a song from the church’ first record, a new wave record entitled of skins and hearts
bonfire of the vanities, by tom Wolfe
a well-respected man the kinks
an accidental hit and run are the minutes that serve to ruin a rich man’s life. a well-respected man tells the story of a man whose desires are controlled by his need to fit into “normal” society
one flew over the cuckoo’s nest, by Ken Kesey
ballad of Dwight Frye Alice cooper
a rogue goes into an insane asylum rather than face jail time. Alice cooper’s song ballad of Dwight Frye from their first album love it to death is on a similar theme, about a deadbeat dad who gets locked up
DWIGHT FRYE as Renfield … #Promotion for DRACULA (1931) by Tod Browning #vampire #horror #Lugosi pic.twitter.com/Jv4U7RFNMs
— Dr. Giallo (@Dr_Giallo) April 12, 2020
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, by Robert Pirsig
born to be wild Steppenwolf
a man “throws away his wristwatch” and travels the united states. born to be wild by Steppenwolf is identifiable as being about that same kind of thing
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