Ellis gave us Reagan’s hollowed children. Welsh gave us Thatcher’s lost boys. The films gave us smoothies. Less Than Zero was gutted; Trainspotting was diluted. Junkies as simulacra, copies of copies, safe for consumption. Literature showed us rot; cinema pasteurised it.

https://philosophics.blog/2025/08/22/from-less-than-zero-to-trainspotting/

#LessThanZero #Trainspotting #Thatcher #Politics #FilmAdaptation #Addiction #Reagan #CulturalCritique #Baudrillard #Reading #Movies #Films #Books #Culture #Philosophy #Consumer #BlogPost #Blog

Episode two hundred and nineteen is up now! Today's song is Hazy Shade Of Winter by The Bangles.

I discuss the various different versions of the song, and how each cover brings a new feel to Paul Simon's quite personal lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4cOQBVcMDc

#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #hazyshadeofwinter #ahazyshadeofwinter #thebangles #simonandgarfunkel #lessthanzero #bookends #gerardway #raytoro #umbrellaacademy #strangerthings

On this day in 1987, Less Than Zero was released in theatres.

#LessThanZero
#80smovies

Effective Interest Rate of Service Charges

If you are paying a lot in monthly service charges for your bank account what is your actual effective interest rate? #Negative #LessThanZero

#bankfees #servicecharges
https://www.canajunfinances.com/2024/03/20/effective-interest-rate-of-service-charges/

Now that I’ve finished #reading #BretEastonEllis’ #LunarPark and all of my #books have arrived, I can officially begin my #BretEastonEllisChallenge!

First up, #LessThanZero (1985). This is a #VintageContemporaries copy from 1998. This is Ellis’ first #novel.

#NowReading #CurrentlyReading #ReadingChallenge #AuthorChallenge

*Yes, I will be reading #AmericanPsycho and #LunarPark again when I get to them in the #bibliography.*

This year’s #reading is gonna be fun!

#BretEastonEllis #BretEastonEllisChallenge #Books #Novels #PhysicalMedia

#LessThanZero (1985)
#TheRulesOfAttraction (1987)
#AmericanPsycho (1991)
#TheInformers (1994)
#Glamorama (1998)
#LunarPark (2005)
#ImperialBedrooms (2010)
#White (2019)
#TheShards (2023)