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# My Thoughts on Permanent Midnight
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/my-thoughts-on-permanent-midnight/
- Published: 2024-02-11T02:54:01.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-11T02:54:01.000Z
- Description: by Jerry Stahl
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: books, #u-bg-feature-image, #u-color-text-light

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- an autobiography of alf and porno mag writer and la aficionado [jerry stahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%5FStahl?ref=bramadams.dev)
- i wanted to like this book i really did
- i got the suggestion to read it from the netflix show [loudermilk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudermilk%5F%28TV%5Fseries%29?ref=bramadams.dev)
  - which the writers team took it upon itself to drop a few pop culture references per episodes like family guy
- i still have yet to watch the [ben stiller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120788/?ref=bramadams.dev) movie, which may redeem the book
- some of jerry stahl's stories are very funny, some very sad and gritty
  - his stories about his sex life are vivid (see example quote at the very bottom of [this post](https://www.bramadams.dev/standup-2024-01-22/) for a great example of "show don't tell")
- overall it was repetitive, and there was a lot of whiplash moving from event to event
- quite impressive that he was able to live a long life filled withe events in spite of (or perhaps because of) his heroin addiction
- there's a lot you can learn about a person from the medicine cabinet in their bathroom