CerebralMix 2015-01-18: Ulysses Episode Three

CerebralMix 2015-01-18: Ulysses Episode Three

This is the third episode in our twenty-three part series exploring Ulysses in the context of an eclectic mix of music.  On this week’s show we are going to hear two “episodes” from Ulysses: Lotus Eaters, and Hades, with interludes of musical selections to enhance the listening experience.

As I have been listening  along with with the novel, I have the feeling that the un-readable novel is just about as dense of a text as one can ever imagine.  It’s easily ten times more difficult than Lawrence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy, a novel that i have been long fascinated with….  One that maybe should be the next excursion for the CerebralMix.  Now I am starting to have some thoughts.

But, i digress.  I was wondering if Joyce intentionally wrote a novel to be nearly impossible to read.  I don’t know if I have answered that question specifically, but I did find a quote that indicates the complexity of the work was intentional:

I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that’s the only way of insuring one’s immortality.

—Richard Ellmann, James Joyce, Oxford University Press, New York, Revised Edition (1982), p. 521.

Well, even if he hasn’t achieved immortality specifically, he has left a legacy of works that are discussed and debated to this day.  And that is an achievement any novelist would love to attain.

Readings

In the past I’ve actually included the text of the poems or stories as part of the show notes. In the case of Ulysses that would be a bit on the incredibly heavy side. Instead I have produced a guide: CerebralMix Ulysses Series that provides the references that I am using, along with a show guide to the whole broadcast of this series.

Listen Hear

Duration: 02:59:59 Published by SndChaser under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

Playlist

Start Artist Track Title License

00:00:00 SndChaser CerebralMix Intro / Lotus Eaters

00:44:08 nosfi jericho’s underground

00:47:07 Ergo Phizmiz Music for an Underground Circus

00:51:26 Usher / Zreen Toyz Esprits Frappeurs

00:55:52 Annemarie Borg Antara REQUIEM for my mother

01:01:16 SndChaser CerebralMix ID / Hades Pt 1

01:37:11 Jonathan Coulton Gambler’s Prayer (Demo)

01:41:32 Rotten Lily Incoming Shit Thru Fans

01:45:30 Brad Sucks Fixing My Brain

01:49:30 Christopher Alvarado Rippled Sun Fades

01:56:12 AG Davis and Steven Bristol Thorazine

01:59:10 SndChaser CerebralMix ID / Hades Pt 2

02:37:37 PeerGynt Lobogris Ghost Geisha

02:41:05 The Freak Fandango Orchestra Requiem for a Fish

02:44:47 The Kyoto Connection Geisha

02:49:14 art electronix Opium Dream

02:54:08 SndChaser CerebralMix Outro

02:54:50 Daniel Estrem Air

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