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“Happiness is a fickle god all its own, and I’ve left so many offerings at its altar.”
— Mairead Small Staid, The Traces
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“Happiness is a fickle god all its own, and I’ve left so many offerings at its altar.”
— Mairead Small Staid, The Traces
The Traces - Je t'aime moi non plus
"Words, after all, are just another set of gestures..." #TheTraces #MaireadSmallStaid #Calvino @DeepVellum
Although we’re now comfortably into March I’m still continuing to catch up with reviews of indie books I read during February, and today’s post is about one which was a particularly fascinating and resonant read for me. The book is “The Traces: An Essay” by Mairead Small Staid, published by Deep Vellum, an indie out of Dallas, Texas, under their A Strange Object imprint; and it’s a multi-layered…
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WTF covers episode 11 - Je t'aime... moi non plus
This one has to be the mother of all WTF covers! While Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot's controversial Je t'aime... moi non plus has been covered by countless talentless singers, this Thai version by The Traces tops them all. As one Youtube commentator put it : "They couldn't have de-sexed this classic more even if they'd accidently broken wind throughout it -- just brilliant !". I couldn't have said it better...