Truman Capote is from New Orleans. I’ve read Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood but I know so little about him plus I don’t have any special insights into those books so I decided to see what I could find on YouTube and right on top there’s this weird af interview with Johnny Carson
In ''Music for Chameleons,'' a collection of short nonfiction pieces published in 1980, Mr. Capote, in a ''self-interview,'' asked himself whether, at that point in his life, God had helped him. His answer: ''Yes. More and more. But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius. Of course, I could be all four of these dubious things and still be a saint.''
He died from physical deterioration from drug and alcohol abuse and aging.
His mother committed suicide via sleeping tablets in 54 and his father served time in Sing Sing for embezzlement.
Something about him reminds me of Ian Curtis in a frightening way.
SmokeAndMirrors
12-29-2018 08:01 PM
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Probs. I need to know way more about NOLA sludge so feel free to get into the nitty gritty. It's kind of hard to get into tbh since I use RYM to check out genres and when you look at sludge in RYM it gives you a ****load of post metal (post-sludge) as if that's at all what you're looking for when you want a band that sounds like Eyehategod.
Check out Thou if you haven't heard them yet. NOLA's probably my favorite city when I have the luxury to go traveling.
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We’ll both be learning as we go then. That’s what it’s all about.
I knew that Florida had an incredible metal history but I learned a ****load more about it when we went through it.
NOLA's probably my favorite city to hang out and party in when I have the luxury to travel. There's a ****load of culture there and no open container law. Sacred Grinds is a badass little indie coffee shop next to a cemetery (you can literally sit in the back of the shop and look through the cemetery gates) with an absolutely delicious house brew special called a Dirty Zombie.
There's also a bar, I can't remember the name of it, but the place is supposed to be haunted due to a fire that happened there in the 40s or something like that. Due to that, it's mostly a tourist attraction. The people that work there though are really nice and they do (or used to do) some $1 specials on cheap beers if you're running low.
Be sure you have a Hand Grenade somewhere in NOLA, it's the customary "Welcome to NOLA" drink down the strip over by Bourbon Street. Everywhere in the French Quarter is also really beautiful. I honestly would say that it's probably one of the most artistic cities I've seen in the South.
OccultHawk
01-04-2019 04:33 PM
Thou is probably the most exciting metal band in the world at the moment
Blarobbarg
01-04-2019 04:40 PM
Thou is one of the best metal bands around. ****ing love them.
OccultHawk
01-20-2019 02:39 AM
If anybody has anything to say about any writer from Louisiana let it be said brothers and sisters.
The Batlord
01-20-2019 03:37 AM
Nobody cares.
OccultHawk
01-20-2019 04:27 AM
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Nobody cares.
You should change your name to Snarky and Worthless.
Frownland
01-20-2019 09:59 AM
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If anybody has anything to say about any writer from Louisiana let it be said brothers and sisters.
I have a copy of The Awakening that I've never read and Tennessee Williams is a recognized playwright. That's all I got.
OccultHawk
01-20-2019 10:18 AM
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I have a copy of The Awakening that I've never read and Tennessee Williams is a recognized playwright. That's all I got.
I read The Awakening a long time ago. Kate Chopin isn’t from Louisiana though. If you do read The Awakening, Robert Stone’s Children of Light compliments it well.
