Been listening to:
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (why did nobody ever tell me how awesome this record is? thanks a bunch world!)
The Twilight Singers - A stitch In Time (I love this band to death, every record is so good it makes me afraid of picking up any instrument)
Spank Rock - Yoyoyoyo (finally gotten round to this after it was recommended to me a million times, it's awesome! a great hiphop/ idm mix)
The Hold Steady - Boy and Girls in America (the soon to be biggest band on the planet)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (produced by Steve Albini, Mixed by Jim O'Rourke and arranged by Van Dyke Parks, this girl is unbelievable)
Guillemots - Through the window pane (I fall asleep to this)
Lindstrom - It's a feedelity affair (2006 has been an awesome year for club music and I'll rank this record second to all the Ed Banger stuff that came out this year)
Uffie - everything (boys call Uffie when they feel freaky hot)
New awesome music is coming out so fast I can no longer keep up. these final couple months of 2006 make this a year to remember.
Been reading:
Henry James - Portrait of a lady
Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travel's
Homer - Odyssee
Who has ever read anything by Thomas Pynchon? The more I find out about that guy the more curious I get. He seems such a weirdo but also something I would be totally into... any info is welcome.
Been watching:
Deadwood
I started watching The Devil and Daniel Johston (finally!!) but halfway through the disc gave up. Anyway who could burn me this?
I watched Brick the other day and I think I'm in love with Nora Zehetner now.
next up are Pan's Labyrinth and Darwin's Nightmare.
Mom: I just cut my hair, I look like a decent young man again.
2 comments:
if you like the odyssey you should check out "The Epic of Gilgamesh", if you haven't already. Or "The Aenied" by virgil. just some other awesome ancient stories with heros a la odysseus. I have some great nerdy background information and notes on all 3 if you're ever interested.
ps: ever read "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift? great stuff.
I read those two already. actually I read the odyssey a long time ago but I forgot most of it by now.
I never read a modest proposal but heard a lot about it. defenitly interested in reading that.
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