Gulag - "track 14/3"

(mostly) instrumental surf, catchy!

not sure which of the songs above it is, but taking the Russian spoken words, I go with Gulag. (Otherwise it'd be something by "Electric Joe")

Happy surfing on a boring friday-afternoon!

*jiggles back 'n forth* hey! *keeps jiggling*

update

they keep changing the names! now it's "Gulag Tunes"

Stephen Fry - "The ode less travelled"

ti tum, ti tum, ti tum, ti tum, ti tum, ti tum

Now you, and read it out loud!

That's how he describes a iambic pentameter.

Gotta love the guy, if just for his grant love of, amongst a thousand other things, language, words and poetry.

Had to write 10 iambic pentameters as an exercise.

This book will reside rather long in the "started" phase because you don't just browse over it every moment. But it is wonderful. I already know three people I'll recommend it to.

Remco Campert - "Brief die is blijven liggen"

Je komt dus niet er is iets
waardoor je niet komen kunt

ik neem aan er is een diertje dood
het behoeft begraving

of de hak van je pump
zit vast in de plank

het struikgewas is te hoog gegroeid
het vuilnis opgestapeld

hoe ook de knappe telegrambesteller
boerenzoon met werk bij het rijk

zwoegt en ploetert
hij komt er niet doorheen

met zijn ijlboodschap
dring aan op aanwezigheid

ben je het dak op gevlucht?
lees je een boek in een kast?

80 jaar, dat moet toch even vermeld.

Sarah Waters - "The little stranger"

Bought it a while ago because I liked "Tipping the Velvet".

"Tipping the Velvet" isn't the craziest or most amazing of stories, but she does an impressive job at describing her characters as plausible, believable and likeable personae, even though they are often far from perfect. 

Nothing difficult, just a nice and easy read...

Coil - "Musick to play in the dark" (vol 1. and vol. 2)

Listening a lot to these albums again. Ripped them partly because I suddenly became afraid of diskrot after unpacking hundreds of recordables after 3 years (fortunately, most of them are on quality discs, but still), but they help to imagine and write.

Used them while writing preliminary ideas for the first "crazy" letters (him ---> her) of "Poste restante" (working title, though I like it very much).

It seems I need estranged music for estranged writing.

the Buddha of Suburbia

Written bij acclaimed writer Hanif Kureishi, produced by the BBC with David Bowie providing the soundtrack, this must be something... 

It is comprised of four episodes of about 45 minutes, haven't heard the commentary track.

Good, enjoyable, giving a good (I think?) idea of the bleak prospects and hopeless dreams of suburban people, the vibrant soundtrack was at a positive juxtaposition, but I was confused throughout the series.

Changes in time happened quickly and seemingly at random. This wouldn't have been so much of a problem when the changes in character though, felt "hastened" as well. Sudden changes in main character "Creamy" weren't believable in my eyes.

Loved the music, the scenes, decor, as I said, it seems to give - wasn't there, alas - a good impression.

Portishead - "Machine gun"

Can't help but feeling the sudden change around 3'16 is, well, strange.

The second version of the beat is identical concerning rhythm and style, it's "just" as if the samples are switched.

But why do that?

Must be missing something here.