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Posted by Jason Kottke on under bezu fache, wide shoulders, da vinci code, danbrown, prow, good writing, dark eyes, dan brown, dark hair, seven times, adverb, kottke, dav, brow, battleship, severity, passages, ox, sentences, clarity |
Brian Joseph Davis takes a crack at editing some passages from the first two chapters of The Da Vinci Code.
Maybe using the adverb "slowly" seven times in your first 10 pages is the secret to good writing. That would make it 11,428,571 copies sold for every "slowly."
See also Dan Brown's worst sentences.
Captain Bezu Fache carried himself like an angry ox, with his wide shoulders thrown back and his chin tucked hard into his chest. His dark hair was slicked back with oil, accentuating an arrow-like widow's peak that divided his jutting brow and preceded him like the prow of a battleship. As he advanced, his dark eyes seemed to scorch the earth before him, radiating a fiery clarity that forecast his reputation for unblinking severity in all matters.
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Posted by on under zen home, talk like a pirate, talk like a pirate day, family wife, time david, comedy show, arrgh, boing boing, scurvy, wife swap, david byrne, parrots, dav, curry, pirates, ninja, hq, limited time, permalink, cats |
09.18.09 : avast ye! this be pirate zen 2009 talk like a pirate day british hq pirate cats pirate food pirates vs. parrots pirate vs. ninja the pirate comedy show pirate family wife swap pirates for jesus scurvy dog! 'tis pirate zen 2008 arrgh! tis pirate zen 2007 yo ho ho! pirate zen 2006 yar! this be pirate zen 2005 yar! 'tis pirate zen 2004 yar! this be pirate zen 2003 and for a limited time... david byrne's pirates (this will disappear on 09.25.09) Permalink for this edition. Web Zen is created and curated by Frank Davis, and re-posted here on Boing Boing with his kind permission. Web Zen Home and Archives, Store, Twitter. (Image courtesy Eric Curry. Thanks Frank!)...
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Posted by on under fingernail clippings, gary lachman, daily grail, black candles, peter koenig, thin white duke, magical ritual, crystal balls, greg taylor, spirit world, camer, lippman, ouija board, scrying, led zeppelin, david bowie, rock and roll, dav, rituals, fridge |
In 1976, David Bowie famously told us that "Rock has always been the devil's music." I enjoy hearing about the real or rumored occult influences on rock and roll, and famous musicians' interests in the "dark arts." Gary Lachman's "Turn Off Your Mind" and Erik Davis's book on Led Zeppelin IV are fun reads on the subject. Greg Taylor, who edits the terrific Daily Grail site, wrote his own engaging essay on the roots of "Occult Rock," from Robert Johnson and the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin, Bowie, and Tool. The piece, titled "Occult Rock," appeared in the second volume of Greg's journal of weirdness, Darklore. From Greg's essay, now readable online: There is no doubting... that The Thin White Duke (Bowie) was consumed by occult ideas during the ‘70s. He was said to have been interested in scrying with crystal balls, and experimented in contacting the Spirit World via an Ouija Board. He later warned a journalist against ever using one: “Don’t… It can mess you up, especially if you’re taking drugs.” (Peter) Koenig documents further gossip surrounding Bowie’s alleged descent into occult madness: Rumor has it that Bowie kept his hair and fingernail clippings in the fridge of Michael Lippman’s home where he was living then, so they could not fall into the hands of those he thought wished to put spells on him. Bowie constructed an altar in the living room and he graced the walls with various magick symbols which he handpainted. Candles burned around the clock, he regularly performed banishing rituals, and he protected his friends by drawing sigils on their hands. The seventeen-year-old Cameron Crowe allegedly found a stirred-up Bowie burning black candles against an aborted magical ritual during the LA period....
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