Terry Pratchett - "The Carpet People"

A story written by young 19-20 yo Pratchett, co-authored by his 20 years older self.

What is "old" and "new" is, for me, impossible to say. It is definitely a Pratchett, original, wonderful storytelling, and gripping. Not as full of humour as his other books, then again, that might be me.

tiny people, living, fighting, and doing everything civilisation has invented (like lying and torture) in the Carpet, the All, the Everything...Story written by young Pratchett, edited by old Pratchett.Funny, inventive, typically Pratchett-style. Makes you wonder how much of that style has been edited in by the old Pratchett, and how of it used to be there in the original.

Admiral Radley - "I Heart California"

interesting mix of songs; singersong-writer, melancholy, rock

• I Left U Cuz I Luft U : softly rocking back and forth
• I'm All Fucked On Beer: yeah!
• Sunburn Kids

Maybeshewill - "Not For Want Of Trying"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1nrtRLhvuQ

(and where is that guy from, again? Which film??)

Building soundscape of guitars and drums, intermingled with filmquotes.

(film: "Network", 1976)

krill.minima - "nautica"

minimalistic soundscapes, more melodious than your run-off-the-mill clicks'n'plops

Four Tet - "Angel Echoes"

Latest single of Four Tet.. repeating cut-off female voice, slow triphopbeat. Nice.

Sarah Blasko - "As Day Follows Night"

Scandinavian.

Song "Over and Over" : happy, catchy, girlie. 

Pidgeons - "Here we go magic"

Canadian band?

High, wavery voice, soundscapes

Landfill - "The Sky Is Clear"

sad, strange, curious effects, Placebo-ish.

Belgian band.

Gerrit Kouwenaar - "toen wij nog jong waren"

Toen wij nog jong waren en de wereld nog oud was
en wij in een ver land op hoge bergen stonden
en in het dal diep beneden een lange roerloze
roestige trein zagen, onbestaanbaar alleen

in het oog van een hevige leegte, riep jij
terwijl je de hemel een kushand toewierp
ik ben een reisgids kinderen
leer mij lezen

en 's avonds op het plein onder kwijnende palmen
waren er wijn en olijven en een ritselend zwijgen
uit klagende kelen en het donker was week
op het scherp van de snede, en jij
jij kocht het ondraaglijke lot van een blinde
en riep het oor drinkt

nu is het dus later, een avond na jaren, de dood
stille trein is vertrokken, de tijd van het lot
is verstreken, je reisgids ligt open

onder eendere oudere bomen drink ik
de hese stem van je woorden, hoor ik je stilte -

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'een glas om te breken', 1998.

Thom Gunn - "On The Move" (excerpt)

(excerpt)

[...]

It is part solution, after all.
One is not necessarily discord
On Earth; or damned because, half animal,
One lacks direct instinct, because one wakes
Afloat on movement that divides and breaks.
One joins the movement in a valueless world,
Crossing it, till, both hurler and the hurled,
One moves as well, always toward, toward.

A minute holds them, who have come to go:
The self-denied, astride the created will.
They burst away; the towns they travel through
Are home for neither birds nor holiness,
For birds and saints complete their purposes.
At worse, one is in motion; and at best,
Reaching no absolute, in which to rest,
One is always nearer by not keeping still.

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - "Hawk"

New album. As slow as one, familiar with their older work, would expect.

• "Come Undone" : violins, dusky
• "Get Behind Me" : swinging
• "Hawk" : uptempo, no singing
• "Sunrise" : slow, estranged

Not bad, but not particularly good either.

Eels - "Tomorrow Morning"

new album.

Typically Eels.

• looking up: catchy, fast
• that's not her way: melodious
• mystery of life: weird, "nananana..."