SPITGAN MAGAZINE: SPITTING MAD FIRE
Limited edition Gucci ‘Epiphany’ Book by Ari Macropoulos documents the house’s men’s and women’s Pre-Fall 2016 collections. Said to celebrate Frieze New York and art in Manhattan in general, the book is shot in the direct and loose style Ari is famous for. To Dionysus!
其实你知道吗，我们也是一众文学青年。有时候，你得走出调查一下竞争对手，懂我的意思吗？汲取一些灵感，获得一些启发。你看贴在右上方的纸条了吗？好了，我们之所以读这本书就是想看一下Man Booker的获奖作者的写作水平究竟如何。这本Aravind Adiga的作品‘白虎’还算是比较轻松读物。内容是一系列印度男孩写给中国总理温家宝先生的一系列信件，追溯他的家族如何在现代印度社会白手起家的。这是一个很有趣的故事，同时也是轻松愉快的阅读体验。Man Booker获奖读物吸引我的地方是它的内容有点像显摆老爹一样。不要误会，Adiga先生首次尝试创作小说就赢得这样的荣誉是相当令人敬佩的。这本书算不算是我看过的书中令我映像深刻的呢？这不好说啊，特别是如果你吧漫画书也算在内！我涉猎比较广泛。
So you know us. We some literary scholars here. Sometimes you gotta get out and check the competition know what I mean? Absorb some inspirations, soak in some rays. You see the sticker at the top right hand side? Well we read this book kinda to see what kinda of writing level wins you a Man Booker prize. This book ‘White Tiger’ by Aravind Adiga is an enjoyable read. Its written as a series of letters from an Indian boy, who traces his accent from rags to riches in modern India, to Mr. Wen Jiabao, the Premier of China during the book’s release. Its an entertaining tale, an enjoyable and easy read. What makes this Man Booker material eludes me. Its a tight little diddy don’t get me wrong, and for Mr. Adiga to win such prestige on his first attempt at a novel, that’s damn impressive. To say this is a memorable book from all the books I have read? I go deep bro, especially if you include comic books! That I can’t say.
有天看見作家陶傑在看我好朋友在HK Magazine的文章，在香港有著同等娛樂性和機智口吻的大概就是陶先生吧。他的論政專欄就是有種Hunter S. Thompson的感覺，正是我杯茶。陶傑處處顯露他聰明的洞察力，也不乏幽讀者一默之舉。這本書結集了一些他的文章而成，不知道是不是只刊載HK Magazine，不過可以肯定的是全部都是舊文章。如果你是那些“我討厭政治”的人或不關心社會的話，可能看書的時候就了解不到箇中精妙，畢竟所有文章都是有關時事的。
I came across the writer Chip Tsao reading my homie’s articles in HK Magazine. The only other column I found entertaining and witty consistently was Chip’s political column. It had a bit of a Hunter S. Thompson tinge to it which is really how I like my political commentary. Chip has some smart ass observations most of the time, and humors the reader with it. This book is more or less a collection of some of his articles. I don’t know if they are exclusive to HK magazine, but none are new. Warning. If you do not know, or care for Hong Kong politics and current events. This collection is entirely based upon them, so it would be rather difficult to understand without knowing the back stories.
摘錄/Book excerpt ::
(關於K-pop歌手PSY還有他的大熱單曲“Gangnam Style”/On Korean pop artist, PSY and his phenomenal hit, ‘Gangnam Style’)
“But unlike countless western backpackers who have benefited from the omnipresent poster images of heartthrob George Clooney in Singapore or Shanghai and earned one-night stands with Asian girls from local bars, the popularity of the South Korean pop star is unlikely to prompt many Asian males to break through the glass ceiling in New York and London, except maybe with Hollywood producers being tempted to replace Jackie Chan in the next installment of ‘Rush Hour.’ The new YouTube pop emperor is robust and noisy rather than sneaky and reticent, which is a big plus, but he is a bit too chubby to be called sexy. You don’t have to hide your eyes behind a pair of sunglasses forever if you’ve got a pair of eyes like Justin Beiber’s. The global hype, however short-lived it could be, gives us Asian men enough face. So even I would seize the moment, and head to Lan Kwai Fong this weekend to try my luck.”
– Chip Tsao, Polically Correct 3
