Let's go to the (alternative) video tape:

bobbyno — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:57:49 -0800

What was that poem Jim Carroll recited on the music videos by mail tape? My family didn't have cable and I once had a subscription to a music-videos by mail service. You chose your favorite genre (mine was "alternative") and they'd mail a tape to you every month with 9 or so videos. (Bonus question: what the heck was the name of that service? Sometimes I wonder if I dreamed it.)

One month, there was this cool video of Jim Carroll walking around reciting a poem. I can't dig it up on the web. All I remember is that he was talking about a women (I think) and I said, "I tried. I tried." a few times, emphatically. Anyone know what poem this was, and better yet, where I can see this clip? It wasn't a poetry reading, it was made sort of like a music video.

Thank you!

"The Map of a Single province covered the space of an entire City."

viewofdelft — Tue, 15 May 2007 08:50:20 -0800

I'm looking for maps "the same scale as the Empire." Both Jorge Luis Borges and Lewis Carroll describe fictional 1:1 scale maps in which the map is as vast as what it represents.

What other 1:1 maps can be found in literature (or the real world, for that matter)? I'd also be happy if you point me towards other outlandish maps on par with the 1:1 map. Thanks.

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Let's go to the (alternative) video tape:

"The Map of a Single province covered the space of an entire City."