# Wolfe video part 2: Fifth Head of Cerberus

*The Urth list — 9 messages, 4 voices, 20 Nov 2014*

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### Marc Aramini
*20 Nov 2014, 05:18*

Well, here's part two of my youtube series ... almost did it in one take
but I flubbed food and drug administration and predendritic pretty badly.
It wound up being too long to cover Peace and New Sun.  I also meant to tie
Naturalism and determinism to Peter Wright and Wolfe's own preference for
Lamarck over Darwin (Choice being a key) but I didn't get around to it - I
will next time.

Hope you guys enjoy!!!

http://youtu.be/esAjkChAy7M

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### Antonin Scriabin
*20 Nov 2014, 16:09 · in reply to Marc Aramini*

This was great!  I was listening at work without watching the video, and
you *really* sound like a younger, more sprightly Michael Silverblatt at
times.  It struck me that this would work well as a podcast.

Also, for the curious
<http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/715697/celebrity-deathmatch-jackie-chan-vs-jean-claude-van-damme.jhtml>
.

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:18 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Well, here's part two of my youtube series ... almost did it in one take
> but I flubbed food and drug administration and predendritic pretty badly.
> It wound up being too long to cover Peace and New Sun.  I also meant to tie
> Naturalism and determinism to Peter Wright and Wolfe's own preference for
> Lamarck over Darwin (Choice being a key) but I didn't get around to it - I
> will next time.
> 
> Hope you guys enjoy!!!
> 
> http://youtu.be/esAjkChAy7M
> 
> _______________________________________________

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### Marc Aramini
*20 Nov 2014, 16:15 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin*

Thanks Antonin ... and I haven't seen that clip in years!! "Belgium ...
which is famous for its ... waffles." Thanks for the link.

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> This was great!  I was listening at work without watching the video, and
> you *really* sound like a younger, more sprightly Michael Silverblatt at
> times.  It struck me that this would work well as a podcast.
> 
> Also, for the curious
> <http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/715697/celebrity-deathmatch-jackie-chan-vs-jean-claude-van-damme.jhtml>
> .
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:18 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> Well, here's part two of my youtube series ... almost did it in one take
>> but I flubbed food and drug administration and predendritic pretty badly.
>> It wound up being too long to cover Peace and New Sun.  I also meant to tie
>> Naturalism and determinism to Peter Wright and Wolfe's own preference for
>> Lamarck over Darwin (Choice being a key) but I didn't get around to it - I
>> will next time.
>> 
>> Hope you guys enjoy!!!
>> 
>> http://youtu.be/esAjkChAy7M
>> 
>> _______________________________________________

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### Brad Henry
*20 Nov 2014, 16:17 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin*

I'll put my vote in for podcasts as well; these are really very good.

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com

> wrote:

> This was great!  I was listening at work without watching the video, and
> you *really* sound like a younger, more sprightly Michael Silverblatt at
> times.  It struck me that this would work well as a podcast.
> 
> Also, for the curious
> <http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/715697/celebrity-deathmatch-jackie-chan-vs-jean-claude-van-damme.jhtml>
> .
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:18 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> Well, here's part two of my youtube series ... almost did it in one take
>> but I flubbed food and drug administration and predendritic pretty badly.
>> It wound up being too long to cover Peace and New Sun.  I also meant to tie
>> Naturalism and determinism to Peter Wright and Wolfe's own preference for
>> Lamarck over Darwin (Choice being a key) but I didn't get around to it - I
>> will next time.
>> 
>> Hope you guys enjoy!!!
>> 
>> http://youtu.be/esAjkChAy7M
>> 
>> _______________________________________________

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### Marc Aramini
*20 Nov 2014, 16:21 · in reply to Brad Henry*

I don't know if I can get by on my looks with a podcast, though ...

As long as I can move my hands I guess the words will flow just as well.

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Brad Henry <bradhenry101 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll put my vote in for podcasts as well; these are really very good.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Antonin Scriabin <
> kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:

>> This was great!  I was listening at work without watching the video, and
>> you *really* sound like a younger, more sprightly Michael Silverblatt at
>> times.  It struck me that this would work well as a podcast.
>> 
>> Also, for the curious
>> <http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/715697/celebrity-deathmatch-jackie-chan-vs-jean-claude-van-damme.jhtml>
>> .

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### Antonin Scriabin
*20 Nov 2014, 16:35 · in reply to Marc Aramini*

There are some methods of subscribing to a YT channel as though it were a
podcast, I'll try it on my end and see if it works.  As far as I know, you
subscribe to the RSS feed within the YT account, and then can access an mp3
of the videos through a podcast app as they are released.

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> I don't know if I can get by on my looks with a podcast, though ...
> 
> As long as I can move my hands I guess the words will flow just as well.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Brad Henry <bradhenry101 at gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> I'll put my vote in for podcasts as well; these are really very good.
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Antonin Scriabin <
>> kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> This was great!  I was listening at work without watching the video, and
>>> you *really* sound like a younger, more sprightly Michael Silverblatt
>>> at times.  It struck me that this would work well as a podcast.
>>> 
>>> Also, for the curious
>>> <http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/715697/celebrity-deathmatch-jackie-chan-vs-jean-claude-van-damme.jhtml>
>>> .

> _______________________________________________

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### Marc Aramini
*20 Nov 2014, 16:38 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin*

One of the most interesting meta factors of the first video was the default
closed captioning.  It was bizarre.  Talk of "jean shorts" and mishearing
words as "seriously shitty" when I was talking about how great something
was.  Absolutely no correlation to the gist of what I was saying.

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> There are some methods of subscribing to a YT channel as though it were a
> podcast, I'll try it on my end and see if it works.  As far as I know, you
> subscribe to the RSS feed within the YT account, and then can access an mp3
> of the videos through a podcast app as they are released.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> I don't know if I can get by on my looks with a podcast, though ...
>> 
>> As long as I can move my hands I guess the words will flow just as well.
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Brad Henry <bradhenry101 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:

>>> I'll put my vote in for podcasts as well; these are really very good.
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Antonin Scriabin <
>>> kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> This was great!  I was listening at work without watching the video,
>>>> and you *really* sound like a younger, more sprightly Michael
>>>> Silverblatt at times.  It struck me that this would work well as a podcast.
>>>> 
>>>> Also, for the curious
>>>> <http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/715697/celebrity-deathmatch-jackie-chan-vs-jean-claude-van-damme.jhtml>
>>>> .

>> _______________________________________________

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### Robert Pirkola
*22 Nov 2014, 05:01 · follows Marc Aramini*

Finally had a chance to watch this second part tonight. ?I need to read FHC again
to engage intelligently in any debate (or concurrence) but it is good to see
this discussion branching out. ?I firmly believe that there is an objective "bottom"
to this story that just needs sussing out and we are not quite there yet. ?On a meta-note
the waistcoat was a step up from the first edition's blue shirt. 		 	   		  

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### Marc Aramini
*22 Nov 2014, 05:42 · in reply to Robert Pirkola*

Definitely read the entire article on Ultan's for textual support which I
couldn't get into on the video.

 Life cycle of Abos: larva, adult motile stage, tree "carapace" sessile
stage.  Shadow children: infectious group organism. The middle story is
both literal and metaphorical in anthropomorphizing the shadow children.

The bite is the conclusion of the switching drama in a story, and it is the
reason Marsch gives for being unable to write ... These misunderstood
ironic truths that seem like lies are a hallmark of Wolfe's style.

Yes the vest with a coat is my usual teaching style.

> On Friday, November 21, 2014, Robert Pirkola <rpirkola at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Finally had a chance to watch this second part tonight.  I need to read
> FHC again
> to engage intelligently in any debate (or concurrence) but it is good to
> see
> this discussion branching out.  I firmly believe that there is an
> objective "bottom"
> to this story that just needs sussing out and we are not quite there yet.
> On a meta-note
> the waistcoat was a step up from the first edition's blue shirt.
> _______________________________________________

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