Comments on: The Great Soporific http://www.ballardian.com/the-great-soporific Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: reinito http://www.ballardian.com/the-great-soporific/comment-page-1#comment-1141 reinito Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:05:39 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/the-great-soporific#comment-1141 a few months ago there was a big whoopla about a british sexhealth non-profit featuring a guy with the big mexican hat that said: what's more embarrasing? his hat or what he might give you? it got in the papers in mexico and the british consul had to appologize or some sh*t. wonder if this will spill... oops, already did: http://sweetlittlegame.blogspot.com/2007/11/got-mugged.html ps. good post. love the melbourne catch-phrase. silla a few months ago there was a big whoopla about a british sexhealth non-profit featuring a guy with the big mexican hat that said:

what’s more embarrasing? his hat or what he might give you?

it got in the papers in mexico and the british consul had to appologize or some sh*t.

wonder if this will spill…

oops, already did:
http://sweetlittlegame.blogspot.com/2007/11/got-mugged.html

ps. good post. love the melbourne catch-phrase.

silla

]]> By: Simon Sellars http://www.ballardian.com/the-great-soporific/comment-page-1#comment-1139 Simon Sellars Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/the-great-soporific#comment-1139 I think Ballard was ahead of his time with the whole anti-tourism angle. And Houellebecq seems to be following his lead. Stay tuned for more exposition from me on this score. I think Ballard was ahead of his time with the whole anti-tourism angle. And Houellebecq seems to be following his lead. Stay tuned for more exposition from me on this score.

]]> By: johnny http://www.ballardian.com/the-great-soporific/comment-page-1#comment-1140 johnny Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:09:36 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/the-great-soporific#comment-1140 i agree with this and have been saying it myself for years, but still i continue to go, mostly for the sunshine, the beaches, cheap living and uniterrupted tíme; time that seems to stretch out for me. i'll admit i'm still on the lookout for mystery and exotica like any romantic and sometimes i even find it; my behavior is addictive when it comes to this; and maybe it's yet another illusion, but i feel once i settle in another environment i'm able to get deeper into my own skull, and in a different way than when at home, where i'm constanitly in a whirl, even when there's no reason to be; it's something to do with the city itself i believe, the rhythms, the sounds, the landscape, the herds, the dollar. but ballard still goes to spain? i read in an interview with him that he said he thought it'd be too expensive to go to someplace like mexico for an extended stay. well, this just isn't the case; at least not yet, and if you're not too fussy. he must have been referring to a stay at a gated resort, most of which discourage their guests to even leave the premises, except with a guided tour. hey, that sounds like a setup for another ballard story. i agree with this and have been saying it myself for years, but still i continue to go, mostly for the sunshine, the beaches, cheap living and uniterrupted tíme; time that seems to stretch out for me. i’ll admit i’m still on the lookout for mystery and exotica like any romantic and sometimes i even find it; my behavior is addictive when it comes to this; and maybe it’s yet another illusion, but i feel once i settle in another environment i’m able to get deeper into my own skull, and in a different way than when at home, where i’m constanitly in a whirl, even when there’s no reason to be; it’s something to do with the city itself i believe, the rhythms, the sounds, the landscape, the herds, the dollar.

but ballard still goes to spain? i read in an interview with him that he said he thought it’d be too expensive to go to someplace like mexico for an extended stay. well, this just isn’t the case; at least not yet, and if you’re not too fussy. he must have been referring to a stay at a gated resort, most of which discourage their guests to even leave the premises, except with a guided tour. hey, that sounds like a setup for another ballard story.

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