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James Joyce Youtube Spam
Bet you never thought you'd see that combination of words in a livejournal subject line!
The man himself, reading from pages 213 to 217 of Finnegans Wake. This is the most beautiful thing that I have ever heard. Considering that it consists mostly of "UR MOM" and penis jokes, that is really saying something. Also, check out the picture that shows up at the two-minute mark. Be still, my beating heart.
An early scene from Mary Ellen Bute's 1966 attempt (and it is barely more than an attempt) to translate Finnegans Wake into film.
I am dying to find a copy of the whole thing. I know that there's a digital rip of the entire film floating around somewhere on the interbutts, but so far the only links that I've been able to dredge up are totally broken.
But apparently, a particular youtube user felt that the film just wasn't trippy enough on its own, thus, now we have the Acid Trip Postman Remix:
Pretty much that, yeah.
A clip from the kooky play "Irish Authors Held Hostage," featuring James Joyce and a bloodthirsty American redneck. Oh my god, this is seriously like the greatest thing ever. I don't care if this is totally fictional, as far as I'm concerned, this is irrefutable proof that Jimmy Joyce truly is a complete and total badass. He would have been even more badass if the actor had chosen to rock the eyepatch as the real Joyce did later in life, but ah well.
Of course, this being James Joyce, he lasts about six minutes before descending from erudite philosophizing into a stream of lowbrow vulgar penis jokes. But that's just how Jimmy Joyce rolls.
The man himself, reading from pages 213 to 217 of Finnegans Wake. This is the most beautiful thing that I have ever heard. Considering that it consists mostly of "UR MOM" and penis jokes, that is really saying something. Also, check out the picture that shows up at the two-minute mark. Be still, my beating heart.
An early scene from Mary Ellen Bute's 1966 attempt (and it is barely more than an attempt) to translate Finnegans Wake into film.
I am dying to find a copy of the whole thing. I know that there's a digital rip of the entire film floating around somewhere on the interbutts, but so far the only links that I've been able to dredge up are totally broken.
But apparently, a particular youtube user felt that the film just wasn't trippy enough on its own, thus, now we have the Acid Trip Postman Remix:
Pretty much that, yeah.
A clip from the kooky play "Irish Authors Held Hostage," featuring James Joyce and a bloodthirsty American redneck. Oh my god, this is seriously like the greatest thing ever. I don't care if this is totally fictional, as far as I'm concerned, this is irrefutable proof that Jimmy Joyce truly is a complete and total badass. He would have been even more badass if the actor had chosen to rock the eyepatch as the real Joyce did later in life, but ah well.
Of course, this being James Joyce, he lasts about six minutes before descending from erudite philosophizing into a stream of lowbrow vulgar penis jokes. But that's just how Jimmy Joyce rolls.