Every day I forget the book

[cyrano]

Okay, here's a warning:
I forgot my book today ("Misquoting Jesus" by Ehrman, which is proving in only the first chapter to already be a fascinating read) and so y'all are responsible for entertaining me tonight.
If you can't be entertaining then just go and ask me a question on the previous post or send me links to interesting articles (I've got one myself to post tonight) or send me provocative pictures of you or something.
Also, somebody go to www.kittensofdarkness.net and tell me how effin' cool it is--something about the code breaks my browser and I can't actually look at it from work.

Comments

[carabosse.livejournal.com]

Have you been forced to read my page about "The Hungarian Suicide Song"?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

It doesn't ring any bells. I must have blocked it from my conscious memory, where it has been sublimated and tortures me without my ken.

[carabosse.livejournal.com]

http://home.comcast.net/~carabosse and then click the 'Gloomy Sunday' link in the left menu bar.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

That's fascinating. Although I resist the idea that these suicides are 'directly attributable' to the song. 'Directly linked' perhaps would make me happier, but I doubt these people were living their happy fulfilling lives, stumbled upon a gypsy band playing this haunting song, and then decided that life was no longer worth living.

[carabosse.livejournal.com]

Well, no, not 'directly attributed' and I think even 'linked' might be too strong. I just like the more interesting urban legend version because it blames a non-rock song of the 1930s for the same sort of thing currently attributed to Judas Priest or something...