Comments on: Lord Byron: The eXile’s Patron Saint

By: American Postulate

American Postulate — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:17:02 +0000

Wonderful read, This Lord Byron has intrigued me. As well as your writing style Mister Dolan. Excellent peice my good man.

By: Irish Farmer

Irish Farmer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:35:56 +0000

“What do you want, for them to sit around cutting themselves like the Germans?”

Yes. Yes please.

By: Ex-pat

Ex-pat — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:30:17 +0000

“From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics, compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness, a system in which the two great commandments were, to hate your neighbour, and to love your neighbour’s wife.”

Said by Macaulay about whomever, but I think it makes for a great description of the eXile’s philosophy in their halcyon Moscow days.

By: Mydick

Mydick — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:10:27 +0000

Oh my god can you please shut up about the Irish famine? You bring it up in everything you write and it’s really fucking boring. It happened over 150 years ago and the English were douche bags. We get it. A lot of things have happened since then. What do you want, for them to sit around cutting themselves like the Germans?

By: A-Lex

A-Lex — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:53:43 +0000

Doctor Dolan, so good to find your new piece at The Exiled again.

By: klauposius

klauposius — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:59:48 +0000

Don Juan. Great poem. A whip like mind. Eh. One point though. Ode To Napoleon by Byron is not a peon to the great one. Lord B ends up praising … George Washington.

Lord Byron was many things you say he was but he was more complicated than you say he was.

Ode To Napoleon was set to music by Schoenberg. Its a great thing to listen to. I wish I could find an old recording I had (long ago) which treated it with a sense of humour. That suits Byron ussually. A galloping, excoriating, triumphant wit, not suited to the grand pious vanity Schoenberg seems to inspire.

By: spiffo massive

spiffo massive — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:15:36 +0000

aaaaaah. got my dolan fix. man, this and the occasional (downright rare) warnerd article, are what keeps me coming back to the exiled page. by the way, for all you Byron fans out there, there is an awesome sci-fi book out there by Tim Powers that I read recently that features Byron in all his glory. It’s called the Anubis Gates and I highly recommend it. Grace us with your wisdom more often Dolan!

By: M.B.

M.B. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:44:22 +0000

Well done JD. Lots to like about Byron, and you didn’t even get to his fling with Armenia.

By: Tam

Tam — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:28:52 +0000

speaking of patron saints for the Exile, you need to see this picture. Made me laugh anyway…

http://www.freakingnews.com/Gonzo-Journalism-Pics-48474.asp

By: Bardamu

Bardamu — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:13:32 +0000

I hope to see Dr. Dolan back soon, writing about anything. Like anyone with a first rate mind in the age of the mob, he is a rare brilliant whose subtle insights expose the moral savage for the brute it is.

By: jimmy james

jimmy james — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:18:09 +0000

Hell, at this point I’d love to see Dolan do anything. Where ya been, J.D.?

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:41:05 +0000

Always inspiring, even the third or so time I’ve read this. I’d love to see Dolan do a bio of Byron, considering there’s never been a really good one.