48. Rosenberg 3.2 Not Violin Music = "...and anyway an umbrella wasn't going to help because it had not yet..."

In which I apparently ended my highly speculative review with an accidental nugget of wisdom as to the advantages of reading a book in random order.

Written approximately April 6, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015

Approximately because my living conditions were a bit nebulous at the time of writing. At least this time I don’t get bogged down into personal details, though there is still a bit of anxious over-reviewing; on the other hand, I needed to compensate/obfuscate due to my lack of knowledge about stone masonry. Those are often quite serious folks.

The 48th out of 284 pages (at least) from Rosenberg 3.0 Not Violin Music to be individually reviewed in random order turned out to be this one from an essay previously sampled titled Stoneberg. As there were no page numbers (despite this particular page insisting on the contrary) in the original, there is not expected to be an index to Rosenberg 3.2, so you’re on your own. On the other hand, order is easy to find with the order form below.

Read that, wrote this:

A Rosenberg 3.2 correction: it was 17 stab wounds in the back, not 39.

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Back in 2016, before being a substack series, after being posted as a facebook series, there was this print and online version made available to the masses by the Rosenberg Foundation in Australia during a special exhibit in 2016. It came about as there was unexpected public demand due to the fact that it’s difficult to read 600 pages while standing up during a very crowded art exhibit. Especially with that small typeface…

…which are still available with payments going to the maintenance of the Rosenberg Archives and Museum (even though it seems to be in a “peacefully comatose” status for now, not to be confused with cryogenic stasis).

Here are links to free previews of the “original” (3.0) and the art-object versions (3.1, the three copies currently valued at $8,000) and public-consumption version (3.1.1). Unlike the previous two tomes in this series of examinations of the world of Dr. Johannes Rosenberg (The Pink Violin and Violin Music in the Age of Shopping), mail order copies (digital and print) are unlimited but only as long as the self-publisher “Blurb” provider continues to survive in a vicious capitalistic literary landscape. Other reviews are encouraged though the Chief Describer has not yet found anyone to follow his direction. Plans to read and review James Joyce’s Ulysses in the same manner have been completely abandoned, though also encouraged as I’d love to read that!

https://www.blurb.com/b/5664972-rosenberg-3-0

https://www.blurb.com/b/7516028-rosenberg-3-1-1-volume-1

https://www.blurb.com/b/7515866-rosenberg-3-1-1-volume-2