Author: John O'Loughlin
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446637980
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A mixed bag of lyrical poems, rhymed poetry, free verse, prose poems, and aphoristic lines which were amongst the first things John O'Loughlin ever wrote, back in the early '70s, this volume of poetry seems to intimate of both his fictional and, more interestingly, philosophical destiny to come, while still remaining refreshingly poetic, if with a jaded sense of humour. We especially recommend the title piece as an example of what is meant!
Dosshouse Blues
Author: John O'Loughlin
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446637980
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A mixed bag of lyrical poems, rhymed poetry, free verse, prose poems, and aphoristic lines which were amongst the first things John O'Loughlin ever wrote, back in the early '70s, this volume of poetry seems to intimate of both his fictional and, more interestingly, philosophical destiny to come, while still remaining refreshingly poetic, if with a jaded sense of humour. We especially recommend the title piece as an example of what is meant!
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446637980
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A mixed bag of lyrical poems, rhymed poetry, free verse, prose poems, and aphoristic lines which were amongst the first things John O'Loughlin ever wrote, back in the early '70s, this volume of poetry seems to intimate of both his fictional and, more interestingly, philosophical destiny to come, while still remaining refreshingly poetic, if with a jaded sense of humour. We especially recommend the title piece as an example of what is meant!
In Disguise
Author: John O'Loughlin
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446692299
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
If John O'Loughlin is 'In Disguise' here it's because, these days, he does not see himself primarily as a poet but, rather, as a philosopher, if a self-taught one, who once wrote poems, many of which were of a philosophical order and thus an alternative or formative approach to his philosophy-proper. The 180 or so poems collected together here are all readerly, or capable of being read, as opposed, like the bulk of Mr O'Loughlin's abstract poetry, to being contemplated (because non-readerly), and have accordingly been described as verse (whether 'rhymed' or 'free') to distinguish them from anything abstract, or non-readerly. 'Lyric' might suffice as a more conventional description, but, frankly, that would hardly apply to the majority of the poems in this collection which, as stated, are distinctly philosophical and the product, in consequence, of a disguised philosopher, a philosopher in disguise.
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446692299
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
If John O'Loughlin is 'In Disguise' here it's because, these days, he does not see himself primarily as a poet but, rather, as a philosopher, if a self-taught one, who once wrote poems, many of which were of a philosophical order and thus an alternative or formative approach to his philosophy-proper. The 180 or so poems collected together here are all readerly, or capable of being read, as opposed, like the bulk of Mr O'Loughlin's abstract poetry, to being contemplated (because non-readerly), and have accordingly been described as verse (whether 'rhymed' or 'free') to distinguish them from anything abstract, or non-readerly. 'Lyric' might suffice as a more conventional description, but, frankly, that would hardly apply to the majority of the poems in this collection which, as stated, are distinctly philosophical and the product, in consequence, of a disguised philosopher, a philosopher in disguise.
Stressing the Essential
Author: John O'Loughlin
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446649628
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Mr O'Loughlin's second collection of poetry, written nearly ten years after 'Dosshouse Blues', is less formal overall, and more orientated towards free verse whilst being more consistently transcendentalist in relation to his by-then-fledgling theories of the post-human. For all their stylistic similarity, however, these poems still vary enormously in length and subject-matter, the longest and arguably best, viz. 'Dispelling a Futuristic Myth', being left till last.
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446649628
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Mr O'Loughlin's second collection of poetry, written nearly ten years after 'Dosshouse Blues', is less formal overall, and more orientated towards free verse whilst being more consistently transcendentalist in relation to his by-then-fledgling theories of the post-human. For all their stylistic similarity, however, these poems still vary enormously in length and subject-matter, the longest and arguably best, viz. 'Dispelling a Futuristic Myth', being left till last.
STATIONS OF THE SUPERCROSS
Author: John O'Loughlin
Publisher: John O'Loughlin
ISBN: 1326176145
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Those familiar with John O'Loughlin's work, particularly with his writings of the past few years, will know that he likes to combine philosophy, or a logically structured way of writing derived from years of abstract thought, with other approaches to text, including autobiographical, psychological, poetical (to a degree), historical, political, religious, and analytical, so that the results, sometimes confusing, are rarely predictable, but can take you by surprise, as when you pass from an autobiographical sketch or a political observation straight into an intensely analytical or philosophical section, though usually not without some forewarning or a lacuna of some sort in the layout of the text. So it is here, in this remarkable collection of structured aphorisms and maxims and what might appear to be essays but are, in fact, aphorisms of a more discursive nature within a title-shunning format that eschews paragraphs in keeping with its aphoristic bias – rather Nietzschean in a way – that he long ago identified with the concept of 'supernotes', or notes that have been copied from a notebook and reworked and refined and expanded upon until they resemble short essays, without, however, conceding much else to essayistic tradition. In such a mainly metaphysical fashion John O'Loughlin has consistently advanced the theoretical breadth and depth of his work, derived, naturally, from habitual thought processes, and the results should speak confidently and credibly enough for themselves without our having to say very much about them, other, of course, than that they continue in the vein to which we have become accustomed the struggle for truth, or philosophical credibility and metaphysical insight, and have continued the process to a new and hopefully final level or stage of completion which it would be difficult if not impossible for him or, for that matter, anyone else to reasonably surpass, bearing in mind the complexities that so exactingly comprehensive an approach to logic as he has fathered both here and in the past inevitably entail. So maybe the job, or task, which this author humbly and somewhat naively set himself over four decades ago, is now completed, and with such a degree of structural credibility that he has even been able to bend the rules and invent one or two new words and new ways of thinking about old words or subjects or categories that, frankly, should stand up to scrutiny and any amount of analytical attention. But, of course, a book of his is an adventure, never quite knowing where it is going or where, eventually, it will get to, and this one is no exception, since the sheer eclecticism of John O'Loughlin's writings makes it difficult to nail it down to a specific title, even if the subtitle he has chosen, viz. 'Attraction and Reaction in Gender Perspective', is certainly quite well-represented in the text, albeit by degrees and not at all at the beginning. Evidently a number of other specific titles came to mind, but none of them would have adequately represented anything but a fraction of the overall text, and so, in the end, he wisely and, we think, correctly opted for a title that would be both sufficiently abstract and sufficiently ambiguous (for it actually is, if you ponder it for a moment) as to do general justice to a style of writing that refuses to follow the usual linear patterns of composition of the 'straight press', including essayists, but gives you so many strands of thought to follow or think about that no single strand, be it philosophical or autobiographical or anything else, could possibly do justice to the entirety of the text, which, as intimated above, is of an intensely eclectic character. That is how he writes, how he prefers to write, and we make no apologies. You can take it or leave it. But those who persevere with his work – and not only here but in previous books – will, if they are sufficiently intelligent and of the right turn-of-mind, be rewarded to a degree that few other books, we venture to assert, would reward them, since few other authors could possibly claim to have achieved as much or to have brought their philosophy to such a conclusively logical pass, and you would have to be a fool or scoundrel not to see that or profit from it!
Publisher: John O'Loughlin
ISBN: 1326176145
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Those familiar with John O'Loughlin's work, particularly with his writings of the past few years, will know that he likes to combine philosophy, or a logically structured way of writing derived from years of abstract thought, with other approaches to text, including autobiographical, psychological, poetical (to a degree), historical, political, religious, and analytical, so that the results, sometimes confusing, are rarely predictable, but can take you by surprise, as when you pass from an autobiographical sketch or a political observation straight into an intensely analytical or philosophical section, though usually not without some forewarning or a lacuna of some sort in the layout of the text. So it is here, in this remarkable collection of structured aphorisms and maxims and what might appear to be essays but are, in fact, aphorisms of a more discursive nature within a title-shunning format that eschews paragraphs in keeping with its aphoristic bias – rather Nietzschean in a way – that he long ago identified with the concept of 'supernotes', or notes that have been copied from a notebook and reworked and refined and expanded upon until they resemble short essays, without, however, conceding much else to essayistic tradition. In such a mainly metaphysical fashion John O'Loughlin has consistently advanced the theoretical breadth and depth of his work, derived, naturally, from habitual thought processes, and the results should speak confidently and credibly enough for themselves without our having to say very much about them, other, of course, than that they continue in the vein to which we have become accustomed the struggle for truth, or philosophical credibility and metaphysical insight, and have continued the process to a new and hopefully final level or stage of completion which it would be difficult if not impossible for him or, for that matter, anyone else to reasonably surpass, bearing in mind the complexities that so exactingly comprehensive an approach to logic as he has fathered both here and in the past inevitably entail. So maybe the job, or task, which this author humbly and somewhat naively set himself over four decades ago, is now completed, and with such a degree of structural credibility that he has even been able to bend the rules and invent one or two new words and new ways of thinking about old words or subjects or categories that, frankly, should stand up to scrutiny and any amount of analytical attention. But, of course, a book of his is an adventure, never quite knowing where it is going or where, eventually, it will get to, and this one is no exception, since the sheer eclecticism of John O'Loughlin's writings makes it difficult to nail it down to a specific title, even if the subtitle he has chosen, viz. 'Attraction and Reaction in Gender Perspective', is certainly quite well-represented in the text, albeit by degrees and not at all at the beginning. Evidently a number of other specific titles came to mind, but none of them would have adequately represented anything but a fraction of the overall text, and so, in the end, he wisely and, we think, correctly opted for a title that would be both sufficiently abstract and sufficiently ambiguous (for it actually is, if you ponder it for a moment) as to do general justice to a style of writing that refuses to follow the usual linear patterns of composition of the 'straight press', including essayists, but gives you so many strands of thought to follow or think about that no single strand, be it philosophical or autobiographical or anything else, could possibly do justice to the entirety of the text, which, as intimated above, is of an intensely eclectic character. That is how he writes, how he prefers to write, and we make no apologies. You can take it or leave it. But those who persevere with his work – and not only here but in previous books – will, if they are sufficiently intelligent and of the right turn-of-mind, be rewarded to a degree that few other books, we venture to assert, would reward them, since few other authors could possibly claim to have achieved as much or to have brought their philosophy to such a conclusively logical pass, and you would have to be a fool or scoundrel not to see that or profit from it!
Evolution
Author: John O'Loughlin
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446659933
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Mr O'Loughlin's only volume of prose poems, 'Evolution', carries on, in slightly more expansive vein, the social transcendentalist theories first introduced into his poetry with 'Spiritual Intimations' and attempts to bring an almost philosophic degree of metaphysics, including subatomic theories, to bear on what is essentially the brainchild of poetic inspiration. In that respect, the author has achieved a workable marriage between poetry and philosophy that smacks of progressive rock and/or what could be called regressive electronica, depending on the degree of poetry to philosophy or vice versa.
Publisher: Centretruths Digital Media
ISBN: 1446659933
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Mr O'Loughlin's only volume of prose poems, 'Evolution', carries on, in slightly more expansive vein, the social transcendentalist theories first introduced into his poetry with 'Spiritual Intimations' and attempts to bring an almost philosophic degree of metaphysics, including subatomic theories, to bear on what is essentially the brainchild of poetic inspiration. In that respect, the author has achieved a workable marriage between poetry and philosophy that smacks of progressive rock and/or what could be called regressive electronica, depending on the degree of poetry to philosophy or vice versa.
Music and Protest in 1968
Author: Beate Kutschke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244501
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Music was integral to the profound cultural, social and political changes that swept the globe in 1968. This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the role that music played in the events of that year, which included protests against the ongoing Vietnam War, the May riots in France and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. From underground folk music in Japan to antiauthoritarian music in Scandinavia and Germany, Music and Protest in 1968 explores music's key role as a means of socio-political dissent not just in the US and the UK but in Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa. Contributors extend the understanding of musical protest far beyond a narrow view of the 'protest song' to explore how politics and social protest played out in many genres, including experimental and avant-garde music, free jazz, rock, popular song, and film and theatre music.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244501
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Music was integral to the profound cultural, social and political changes that swept the globe in 1968. This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the role that music played in the events of that year, which included protests against the ongoing Vietnam War, the May riots in France and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. From underground folk music in Japan to antiauthoritarian music in Scandinavia and Germany, Music and Protest in 1968 explores music's key role as a means of socio-political dissent not just in the US and the UK but in Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa. Contributors extend the understanding of musical protest far beyond a narrow view of the 'protest song' to explore how politics and social protest played out in many genres, including experimental and avant-garde music, free jazz, rock, popular song, and film and theatre music.
Popular Music in Japan
Author: Toru Mitsui
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501363875
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Popular music in Japan has been under the overwhelming influence of American, Latin American and European popular music remarkably since 1945, when Japan was defeated in World War II. Beginning with gunka and enka at the turn of the century, tracing the birth of hit songs in the record industry in the years preceding the War, and ranging to the adoption of Western genres after the War--the rise of Japanese folk and rock, domestic exoticism as a new trend and J-Pop--Popular Music in Japan is a comprehensive discussion of the evolution of popular music in Japan. In eight revised and updated essays written in English by renowned Japanese scholar Toru Mitsui, this book tells the story of popular music in Japan since the late 19th century when Japan began positively embracing the West.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501363875
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Popular music in Japan has been under the overwhelming influence of American, Latin American and European popular music remarkably since 1945, when Japan was defeated in World War II. Beginning with gunka and enka at the turn of the century, tracing the birth of hit songs in the record industry in the years preceding the War, and ranging to the adoption of Western genres after the War--the rise of Japanese folk and rock, domestic exoticism as a new trend and J-Pop--Popular Music in Japan is a comprehensive discussion of the evolution of popular music in Japan. In eight revised and updated essays written in English by renowned Japanese scholar Toru Mitsui, this book tells the story of popular music in Japan since the late 19th century when Japan began positively embracing the West.
Palace Pier Blues
Author:
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435706862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435706862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Hmmmmm . . .
Author: BlakelyCollierBrown
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504902807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
Hmmmmm . . . is a creative work of fiction, accentuated by Gods Holy Spirit. There are true-to-life experiences about human frailties, sexuality, natural and spiritual interactions, as well as great personalities and disgusting characters. This is not going to be one of those religious novels where the author will tell how people received Salvation through Jesus Christ and everything fell right into place. Forget it! God knows exactly what He has created. God is good, and He loves you. Our utmost fear is (and it is fear), we are afraid to know Him in a personal relationship. Human reasoning believes its impossible to know God intimately. Gods son, Jesus, died for pedophiles, heterosexuals, adulterers, gays/lesbians, sexual deviants, serial killers, murderers, terrorists, gangbangers, school teachers, porn stars, presidents, kings, queens, soldiers, childrenwhomever! He made you. He made all of us. He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End of a thing. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile (1 Cor. 3:1920).
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504902807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
Hmmmmm . . . is a creative work of fiction, accentuated by Gods Holy Spirit. There are true-to-life experiences about human frailties, sexuality, natural and spiritual interactions, as well as great personalities and disgusting characters. This is not going to be one of those religious novels where the author will tell how people received Salvation through Jesus Christ and everything fell right into place. Forget it! God knows exactly what He has created. God is good, and He loves you. Our utmost fear is (and it is fear), we are afraid to know Him in a personal relationship. Human reasoning believes its impossible to know God intimately. Gods son, Jesus, died for pedophiles, heterosexuals, adulterers, gays/lesbians, sexual deviants, serial killers, murderers, terrorists, gangbangers, school teachers, porn stars, presidents, kings, queens, soldiers, childrenwhomever! He made you. He made all of us. He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End of a thing. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile (1 Cor. 3:1920).
The Selected Works of Eric Partridge
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317431588
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2733
Book Description
This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge’s best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317431588
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2733
Book Description
This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge’s best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.