(or is it really "The ever evoling etude" ?)
It's like Philip Glass going mental. Well, more mental than him. Mental and on mescaline.
Saturday, 25 May 2013
Artie Kaplan - "Bensonhurst Blues"
Melancholy swing of yore. With banjo (mandoline?) and weird mouth-singing!
Seems a common song. Oscar Benton has an amazing version as well.
Seems a common song. Oscar Benton has an amazing version as well.
Layer Cake (2004)
It has been said Daniel Craig got his James Bond role because of this film.
It's good. It's typical British underworld-Guy-Ritchie style, including incomprehensible dialects and lightning-fast-dialogues.
It's good. It's typical British underworld-Guy-Ritchie style, including incomprehensible dialects and lightning-fast-dialogues.
Saturday words
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Yoisho
Yoisho is a Japanese word that has no real meaning at all – it’s what Japanese people say when they flop into a chair after a hard day at work, where others might just exhale or grunt loudly.
Ayurnamat (Inuit)
A word describing the philosophy that there is no point in worrying about events that cannot be changed.
Bothántaíocht (Irish)
From ‘bothán’ meaning ‘hut’ or ‘cabin’, the word refers to the act of going around the neighbours’ houses, collecting gossip. ‘Bothánach’ is an adjective describing someone who does this.
Eigengrau (German)
Lit. meaning “intrinsic gray”, but also refers to the dark grey colour seen by the eyes in perfect darkness, as a result of signals from the optic nerves.
Ikigai (Japanese)
Ikigai is a Japanese word meaning “reason for being.” On the island of Okinawa, it is thought of as “a reason to get up in the morning,” a philosophy which has been linked to the longevity of the people there.
Yoisho
Yoisho is a Japanese word that has no real meaning at all – it’s what Japanese people say when they flop into a chair after a hard day at work, where others might just exhale or grunt loudly.
Ayurnamat (Inuit)
A word describing the philosophy that there is no point in worrying about events that cannot be changed.
Bothántaíocht (Irish)
From ‘bothán’ meaning ‘hut’ or ‘cabin’, the word refers to the act of going around the neighbours’ houses, collecting gossip. ‘Bothánach’ is an adjective describing someone who does this.
Eigengrau (German)
Lit. meaning “intrinsic gray”, but also refers to the dark grey colour seen by the eyes in perfect darkness, as a result of signals from the optic nerves.
Ikigai (Japanese)
Ikigai is a Japanese word meaning “reason for being.” On the island of Okinawa, it is thought of as “a reason to get up in the morning,” a philosophy which has been linked to the longevity of the people there.
Steven Hall - "The Raw Shark Texts"
Loved this book, it blew me away. It was funny, great writing, and an amazing story to the likes of "The End of Mr Y" and "Neverwhere".
There were a few issues with the notion of conceptual fish and its conceptual world. In particular, the boat and how everything changed seemed sometimes a tad too easy... and yet it made sense on a fundamental level so deep that there are no proper words for it.
It was so good that I dread opening, nay, even picking out, a new book to read next.
Some amazing metaphores.
"The Orpheus was listing strongly now, the starboard side several feet nearer the water than the port and the mast pointing to five past the hour. It made matters worse that the winching arm was fixed to starboard and when we lowered the cage down over the side it added another minute to the ticking-away mastclock."
"I wanted to say, No, really, and explain how Ian really wasn't a getting-to-know-you type of cat or even a caual-hello kind of cat, more a sort of whirlwind made of blades."
(about his deceased-girlfriend's family)
"I know I probably won't see any of her family again. It's just too hot and too sharp and we'll only cut ourselves on each other if we try to stay in touch."
There were a few issues with the notion of conceptual fish and its conceptual world. In particular, the boat and how everything changed seemed sometimes a tad too easy... and yet it made sense on a fundamental level so deep that there are no proper words for it.
It was so good that I dread opening, nay, even picking out, a new book to read next.
Some amazing metaphores.
"The Orpheus was listing strongly now, the starboard side several feet nearer the water than the port and the mast pointing to five past the hour. It made matters worse that the winching arm was fixed to starboard and when we lowered the cage down over the side it added another minute to the ticking-away mastclock."
"I wanted to say, No, really, and explain how Ian really wasn't a getting-to-know-you type of cat or even a caual-hello kind of cat, more a sort of whirlwind made of blades."
(about his deceased-girlfriend's family)
"I know I probably won't see any of her family again. It's just too hot and too sharp and we'll only cut ourselves on each other if we try to stay in touch."
Focus Group - "The Elektrik Karousel"
http://www.emusic.com/album/focus-group/the-elektrik-karousel/14015432/?fref=202710
Crazy carnaval music. Childlike and insane psychoscapes.
Crazy carnaval music. Childlike and insane psychoscapes.
Scarlett Thomas - "Going Out"
Enjoyable enough, an easy read, but there were quite a few things that bothered me. First and foremost perhaps, it was the lack of something special, something intrinsically magical, going on. Not magic in the it's-impossible way (after all, there was a with who might or might not have been a real witch) but something intense in the words and the story.
Things were too easy, it seemed. (Why am I thinking of Nick Hornby's novel ("Falling"?) that disappointed me? Similar feeling.)
Luke's trouble with comprehending things outside his house was sometimes difficult to imagine. I told myself over and over: he's never been outside. But it is mentioned time and again how much television he watches. He would know hotel floors are all the same. That there are numbers indicating which floor you are on. Or, if you have never experienced it, is it too much, still? Can you not connect the tv images with what your own eyes see?
Things were too easy, it seemed. (Why am I thinking of Nick Hornby's novel ("Falling"?) that disappointed me? Similar feeling.)
Luke's trouble with comprehending things outside his house was sometimes difficult to imagine. I told myself over and over: he's never been outside. But it is mentioned time and again how much television he watches. He would know hotel floors are all the same. That there are numbers indicating which floor you are on. Or, if you have never experienced it, is it too much, still? Can you not connect the tv images with what your own eyes see?
Friday, 24 May 2013
Rezsõ Seress - "Gloomy Sunday" aka "The Hungarian Suicide Song"
Published as "Vége a világnak" ("end of the world")
Diamanda Galas' version is breathtaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWBJCOSgIrQ
Diamanda Galas' version is breathtaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWBJCOSgIrQ
Andy Rantzen - "The Plaza At Night " (3:00am Eternal)
heard on soma.fm
Very slow soundscape. Nice enough.
Very slow soundscape. Nice enough.
Thursday, 23 May 2013
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