Literary Relevancy: Keepin' It Real

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Many classics of the DWM canon are frankly tired--they no longer speak to the youth of today. How might judicious editing make some of the titles of the past more relevant to the kids of today (who are crying out plaintively--obv.--for more reading material)?

1. Around The World In (Just) Eighty Days (Or Your Money Back)
2. Anna ~~Karenina~~ Kournikova

etc.

― EComplex (EComplex), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:41 (twenty years ago)

~~Pride~~ Self Esteem and Prejudice

― EComplex (EComplex), Thursday, 2 December 2004 23:51 (twenty years ago)

Romeo and J.let

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago)

Romeo and Jet Li

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 3 December 2004 00:13 (twenty years ago)

War and Pizzitch

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Friday, 3 December 2004 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Digital Printout of the Artist as a Young Man

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 3 December 2004 03:10 (twenty years ago)

(ok that one was a bit crap)

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 3 December 2004 03:10 (twenty years ago)

The Brothers Wayan

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Friday, 3 December 2004 03:14 (twenty years ago)

The Sooo Fuckin Wasted Land

― g--ff (gcannon), Friday, 3 December 2004 03:46 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

SPLENDA® in the Grass

― EComplex (EComplex), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

omg this got totally chopped in the down time! i had some gold on here, everyone did. what a shame.

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)

The Sound and the Furries

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

Biatch 22

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

The Bell Biv Devoe Jar

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

The Old Man and the C++

― litcrit, Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

I know, g--ff, this is the thread I most wish we could've saved.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

The Decline and Fall of Roman Polanski

― litcrit, Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

The Voyage of the H.M.S. Smeagol

― litcrit, Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Grime and Punishment (I think someone did that before this thread got lost)

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

David Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer [x-post from the past]

or alternatively,

I, Claudia Schiffer

― litcrit, Thursday, 20 January 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

Yes, let's resurrect all our old posts from memory!

Flowers for Al-Jazeera

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

The Prime of Miss Britney Jean Spears
A House for Mr. Biznatch
Much Ado About Nutsacks

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 00:04 (twenty years ago)

The road past Wigan Pier to the mall.

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 21 January 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

MC Beth

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 21 January 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

The House of Sand and Flying Daggers

― litcrit, Friday, 21 January 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

Trayce wins!

Crime and Rehabilitation

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 21 January 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

Rememberance of things I found on the C: drive

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 21 January 2005 00:59 (twenty years ago)

Brighton Rockist

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

OMG and WTF in Las Vegas.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

Ahahahaha.

I Can't Believe It's Not Much Ado About Anything

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

Down and Out in the OC

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

Alice's Adventures in Southland

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

Homer's Odyssey

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:04 (twenty years ago)

Wedekind's Spring break

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

Secret Diary of Anne Frank aged 13¾

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

Are you there, God? Its me, George.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

CSI: London, by Arthur Conan Doyle

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 21 January 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

Down and Out in London and in Paris Hilton

― litcrit, Friday, 21 January 2005 01:34 (twenty years ago)

Sense and Durex for Extra Sensitivity

― litcrit, Friday, 21 January 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

Call of the Girls Gone Wild

― litcrit, Friday, 21 January 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Moby is a Dick

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Baywolf

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Pride, Prejudice, and Sensitivity Training

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

An All-Star Tribute to Catalonia

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

The Old Testament for Dummies

― Huk-L, Friday, 21 January 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

I swear I was actually just thinking that.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Gnash yr teeth! Rend yr garments! Tear out your hair! All our hilarity is gone gone gone???

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Everyone search your internet cache!

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

Do you mean this?

http://www.allbibles.com/mmSTORE/Images/1585160660.jpg

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Three Stun-Gun-eteers
A Good Man is Hard to Google
Look Homeward, J.Lo
Gulliver's E-mails
Alistair Cooks America: BAM!
It's All About The Benjamin: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Profiles in Air Rage
A Brief Blog of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
The Cherry iPod
A Prius Named Desire
Allen Gisbery's Holla! and Other Poems

― Huk-L, Friday, 21 January 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

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Walt Whitman, Yards of AstroTurf

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

I am Ozymandius, King of Queens!

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. David Hyde Pierce

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

The Scarlett Txt Msg

― Huk-L, Friday, 21 January 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

The Digital Photo of Dorian Gray

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

A Tale of Two Online Communities

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

The Digital Photo of Dorian Gray

Oops, this one wasn't actually lost, sorry Trayce!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

Henrik Ibsen, Barbie's Dream House

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

Tender is the McNugget

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

A Long Day's Journey Into Knight Rider

― Huk-L, Friday, 21 January 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

Love in the Time of SARS

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

The Fall of the House of Usher and Lil Jon

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Nice.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Death of a Cellphone

Thug Life on the Mississippi

Moby

― The Mad Puffin, Friday, 21 January 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

The Ballad of the Sad Starbucks

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

Bleak House: The Kompakt Story

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

Walker Percy, The Netflix Subscriber

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

Dickens-

Falling Expectations
A Kwanzaa Carol
Lil' Twist

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

Alice's Adventures in Rehab
Portrait of a Crackwhore
Mrs. Federline
As I Lay Chillin'
War and Peace Out

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

The Electric Kool-Aid XTC Test

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

Pimp My Pride & Prejudice

― Huk-L, Friday, 21 January 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

Virginia Woolf: To the Acid House

James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist as a Shortie

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little Hizzouse on the Prairie

― The Mad Puffin, Friday, 21 January 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

The Beeyotches of Madison County
Angela's Stashes
Tuesdays With Loni (Anderson)

― Huk-L, Friday, 21 January 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

http://giganticmag.com/images/LORD_OF_THE_FILES.jpg

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

That is brilliant.

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

Brighton Beeyotch Memoirs

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

I like "As I Lay Chillin'" myself.

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

Yes, that was on the original thread wasn't it? One of the high points, definitely.

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

How about...

The Handmaid's Blog

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Malfunction

Lord of the Ringtones

― The Mad Puffin, Friday, 21 January 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

Ok those last two just made me lose my shit.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

The Grapenuts of Wrath

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

Lady Chatterly's Piece On the Side cracked me up then, and it cracks me up now.

I have forgotten all of the ones I did, and that was quite a few. None of them were that good though.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Of Mice and Cursors

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Aleister Crowley's Livejournal of a Drug Fiend
James Joyce's Animated .gif of the Artist as a Young Man

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

I think THUMBNAIL OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN works better.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

The Cask of Alizee

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

for Bluebeard:

Bluetooth

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

Oddly enough, the phrase "A House for Mr. Biznatch" popped into my head this morning and I had to try and remember where it originated.

The only one of mine I remember was: "From Herre to Eternity"

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

That was sparked by Sterling, though, right? It Can't Happen Herre.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

Lady Chatterly's Linux

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

The Brothers Dust

― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

Grime and Punishment

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

The DJ of Monte Cristo

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

The Count of Monte Cristo's Badassssssss Revenge

Portnoy's Beef

A Confederacy of Bushes (I apologize, I couldn't help it)

The Forty of Amontillado

To Jaymc, can I suggest The JPEG of Dorian Gray?

― Ash (ashbyman), Friday, 21 January 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

You're right, it was "It Can't Happen Herre," but it was mine. Mine, I tell you!

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 21 January 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

A Chat Room of One's Own

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 21 January 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

Thomas Wolf:

Look Homeless, Angel

You Can't Go Homeless Again

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

Richard Brautigan:

Trout Phishing in America

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

100 Years of Solitaire

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 22 January 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)

The Wardrobe Malfunctioned and the Dead

― Curious George Rides a Republican (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 22 January 2005 04:00 (twenty years ago)

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