airports

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:44 pm

Hobart, Tasmania aiport is pretty LOL tbh. It's basically a bus terminal with planes instead of buses, and 3 blokes with beagles.

municiple · Post by **municiple** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:34 am

Hella Murakami fans on here. I just finished up "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" which means I have read all of his books that are available in the USA, sob. Anyone have a copy of Pinball 1973 they can lend me?

parson · Post by **parson** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:31 am

man that shit where the guy got skinned alive really fucked me up

i kinda wish i didn't read that part

komodo · Post by **komodo** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:44 am

Sweet Murakami fans on the forum

municiple wrote:Hella Murakami fans on here. I just finished up "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" which means I have read all of his books that are available in the USA, sob. Anyone have a copy of Pinball 1973 they can lend me?

If you're out of Murakami, definitely check David Mitchell's "number9dream". Mitchell spent several years living in Japan, and while he has his own distinct voice, he clearly shows he is a Murakami fan in this novel -- even the title "number9dream" is related to Murakami's "Norwegian Wood". Then check Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas" and "Ghostwritten". Truly brilliant.

I'm off to find Hard Boiled Wonderland, can't believe I didn't know...

misk · Post by **misk** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:13 am

man, the worst ever for me was 12 hours in the dubai airport, in those rows of plastic chairs. The duty free mall is only interesting for about 4 hours, then it gets boring REALLY fast.

that was pure hell.

then again, even the london heathrow airport (one of my favorite when i was little) got boring after a few hours.

i used to fly unaccompanied minor from kuwait to california when i was 12... that was pretty cool.

'course this was back before the invention of terror.

inaya · Post by **inaya** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:34 am

Apparently our airport here is the busiest one but I don't find it to be bad because it's got a subway train underneath and you get wherever you need to go within seconds. After you get out it's not more than a 5 min walk to whatever your destination is.

On the other side of things, Chicago's O'Hare is the most insufferable airport I've ever been to.

batfink · Post by **batfink** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:53 am

Paulie wrote: Windup Bird Chronicle is good as well - especially the bit where the guy gets skinned alive...

that bit is great, wonderfully written, if a bit fecking minging.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:55 am

Still need to read that book ^ heard those of good things about it.

digital · Post by **digital** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:16 am

All about a couple JD's on the plane and whipping out the laptop and dj console for a mix at 35,000 feet.

blip · Post by **blip** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:27 am

Digital wrote:All about a couple JD's on the plane and whipping out the laptop and dj console for a mix at 35,000 feet.

That does sound wicked, but only if your laptop battery lasts more than half a minute, unlike mine.

paulie · Post by **paulie** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:49 pm

I'm stuck in an airport AGAIN. 4 hours to go...

misk · Post by **misk** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:56 pm

which one ya at now?

municiple · Post by **municiple** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:03 pm

komodo wrote:Sweet Murakami fans on the forum

municiple wrote:Hella Murakami fans on here. I just finished up "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" which means I have read all of his books that are available in the USA, sob. Anyone have a copy of Pinball 1973 they can lend me?
If you're out of Murakami, definitely check David Mitchell's "number9dream". Mitchell spent several years living in Japan, and while he has his own distinct voice, he clearly shows he is a Murakami fan in this novel -- even the title "number9dream" is related to Murakami's "Norwegian Wood". Then check Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas" and "Ghostwritten". Truly brilliant.

I'm off to find Hard Boiled Wonderland, can't believe I didn't know...

Thanks for the tip! Will check em out. Cant read enough these days.. this broken ankle keeps me in bed alot.

paulie · Post by **paulie** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:07 pm

Misk wrote:which one ya at now?

Gatwick - missed my flight, waiting for the next one....

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:16 pm

bet you'd rather be in barcelona right now.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:17 pm

Check out Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre as well, different to Haruki Murakami but really, really good.

paulie · Post by **paulie** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:54 pm

boomnoise wrote:bet you'd rather be in barcelona right now.

Fucking right. Now I have to get off the plane and go straight to the club... no dinner al fresco for me.

blip · Post by **blip** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:09 pm

I'll be there, man! Don't take that nap!

paulie · Post by **paulie** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:20 pm

They've shut the bar! FFS!!

numaestro · Post by **numaestro** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:21 pm

Paulie wrote:
boomnoise wrote:bet you'd rather be in barcelona right now.
Fucking right. Now I have to get off the plane and go straight to the club... no dinner al fresco for me.

We'll just have to do breakfast instead!!

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