You might find this old article interesting, on the beef between DFW and BEaston http://www.salon.com/2012/09/07/i_know_why_bret_easton_ellis_hates_david_foster_wallace/

I see we are in exact agreement about the relation between Glamorama and LP.

I honestly don’t think he was in any condition to go through a lawsuit when a lawsuit still would have made sense. In addition to the substance abuse and the personal drama, I think he was legit stung by the reception to Glamorama.

“we’re passionate fans!”

Reagan was some kind of weird daemonic force. As far back as the late 60s even Nixon was expending some of his energy making sure Reagan was too distracted by too many wild grail chases to develop tangible national ambitions because he was so scared of him (despite famously considering him “one dumb son of a bitch”).

Like that classic Kanye line

From Fishboy’s concept album, “How We Failed to Save the Lonestar State Through the Power of Rock and Roll”

exactly how now is soon, bro

Yeah, I remember Hall and Carter getting traded for Sutcliffe, who went on to bring vertiginous highs and hellish lows.

Well jumpin’ Jesus on a pogo stick, another distraction?

can’t give full credit. you forgot to say “snowflake.”

Yeah, I can see that. I always assume appending a “sad!” at the end makes it clear I’m not serious, but even that’s probably not enough.

Trump only wants the best, most successful people. The best and most successful people are gonna have their fingers in a lot of pies. People without massive conflicts of interests are usually low energy losers. Sad!

I liked the craziness, tbh. It was one of the most uneven books I’ve ever read—probably because Beaston was vacillating between coke and smack at the time which seems to make for a pretty bumpy ride. I thought the basic A story of a spoiled brat with a father so ruthless he hires an agency to kidnap him, replace him…

“I sold half of it to Tomsula, which was pure profit.”

Yes. When a “Caller at Boost Mobile” shows up on your caller ID you know it’s the Knicks and you do not pick up.

Did you know Bret Easton Ellis considered suing because Zoolander was so similar to his weird, nearly-unreadable post-modern monstrosity Glamorama? And the thing is, having read the book and having watched Zoolander a few times in various states of lucidity, I think he’s right.

Today, we are all grammercypolice.

I think it is weird for people who have never gone through periods of intense suicidal ideation to really grasp how scary it is to worry that somewhere down the line for reasons you can’t even think of right now you might have such a strong urge to off yourself that you can’t resist. That’s really one of the most…

I just assumed this was what Dr. Bornstein was hinting at in one of his bizarre diatribes where he went out of his way to say something like “I mean nobody ever discloses everything wrong with a President, do they? Did they go out of their way to say Reagan had early onset dementia? Of course not.”