{"id":98,"date":"2006-11-12T21:47:22","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T02:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?p=98"},"modified":"2012-02-29T23:53:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T04:53:04","slug":"bss-79-mark-z-danielewski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/bss-79-mark-z-danielewski\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Z. Danielewski (BSS #79)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Z. Danielewski is most recently the author of <i>Only Revolutions<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/markdanielewski.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"markdanielewski\" width=\"227\" height=\"320\" align=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1122\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-98-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=98-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo79.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Running Time: 34:30 &#8212; 31.6MB)<\/p>\n<p><b>Condition of Mr. Segundo:<\/b> Horrified by &#8220;misprinted&#8221; books.<\/p>\n<p><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/onlyrevolutions.com\/\">Mark Z. Danielewski<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Subjects Discussed:<\/b> The origins of <i>Only Revolutions<\/i>, Hailey&#8217;s appearance in <i>House of Leaves<\/i>, the use of obscure uncanonized words in <i>Only Revolutions<\/i> (and their various origins), hip-hop, Gene Wolfe, Anthony Burgess, teenagers and vocabulary, how structure affects wordplay, skateboards, the influence of movies, the dots on the right-hand corner, on whether Danielewski is <a href=\"http:\/\/esposito.typepad.com\/con_read\/2006\/09\/john_freemans_e.html\">an experimental writer<\/a>, fonts and typography, leaving room for ambiguity in a taut structure, the urgency in getting <i>Only Revolutions<\/i> finalized, the leftwrist twist, how the circular symbol came about, and immortality and maturity.<\/p>\n[<b>PLEASE NOTE:<\/B> The most enthusiastic answer from an author in Bat Segundo history occurs at 32:49.]\n<p><b>EXCERPT FROM SHOW:<\/B><\/p>\n<p><b>Danielewski:<\/b> I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m an experimental writer.  I don&#8217;t really know what that means, in fact, an experimental writer.  For me, it&#8217;s always an exploration.  I just can&#8217;t help but think, you know, when you experiment, you&#8217;re kind of tinkering.  And this is such a prolonged investigation.  You don&#8217;t tinker for six years.  It&#8217;s a long quest to see where something goes.  And the thing I really stand by is that I&#8217;ve fulfilled the qualities of Sam and Hailey&#8217;s journey.  Now whether it&#8217;s a success or not, it&#8217;s clear what it is.  It&#8217;s not halfly done.  It&#8217;s wholly, spinningly done.  You can either say, I don&#8217;t care for it.  Or you can recognize, wow, if we go, if we follow this path to its &#8212; maybe not its conclusion, but as a long way, this is kind of where it ends up going.  And these are the things you get out of it.  And these are things you don&#8217;t get out of it.  And that creates a valid type of conversation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1123\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-98-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=98-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo79.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Running Time: 34:30 &#8212; 31.6MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Z. Danielewski is most recently the author of Only Revolutions. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Horrified by &#8220;misprinted&#8221; books. Author: Mark Z. Danielewski Subjects Discussed: The origins of Only Revolutions, Hailey&#8217;s appearance in House of Leaves, the use of obscure uncanonized words in Only Revolutions (and their various origins), hip-hop, Gene Wolfe, Anthony Burgess, teenagers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1124\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-98-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=98-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo79.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo79.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Running Time: 34:30 &#8212; 31.6MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1084],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/2631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}