by Member 008 I’m inclined to justify my list. It makes me very self-conscious. It's mostly trash, but that’s not really the issue. I picked up several of these because they were trash. I could try and pass off 2020’s pervasive state of dread as having inspired a shift from “important books for intellectually serious … Continue reading sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll & wrestling

So says Member 004. When casually queried about what they'd read in 2020, Member 004 promptly produced for inspection a list of 41 titles. That's 3.4 books per month. Or one per day of Lent plus an extra. Only 17% are Harry Potter. The List is provided in its full glory below, but first, a … Continue reading “This Year’s List Will Have Less Trash, I Think”

While in the initial stages of working through the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (as discussed here), it occurred to me that each and every album on the list is probably someone, somewhere's favourite. It can be very difficult to settle on a favourite. As TWLS Member #009 protested, plucking two albums … Continue reading Please Select Two. Three If You Must.

In their October 2020 issue, Rolling Stone Magazine released an updated version of their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time. The list is a tabulation of top 50 lists from over 300 artists, critics and music industry people. I was recently gifted a pristine, glossy, hard copy of the magazine accompanied by … Continue reading The Rolling Stone’s Greatest 500 Albums of All Time

Strange that I've read the classic gothic novels by Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Shelley, but not Bram Stoker's Dracula. I picked it for the first selection of The Wicked Literary Society not only for that reason but because "[t]he world seems full of good men, even if there are monsters in it." … Continue reading Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)

"It may be that there are some who would decry the importance which the courts attach to the observance of the rules of natural justice. 'When something is obvious,' they may say, 'why force everybody to go through the tiresome waste of time involved in framing charges and giving an opportunity to be heard? The … Continue reading “Proper Procedure”