Go East ...

The post midnight groove is full of eastern promise.

Natasha Atlas and a haunting beautiful track called Maktub.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Musst (Massive Attack Remix)

Enjoy.

Morning Cave

Just the one track this morning as i will out early today. So another fine track from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds with fellow Aussie Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow. Taken from the Murder Ballads CD.

Did i tell you  before that i met him in the street in Hove many years back as he was once , and maybe still is, a resident of Hove, actually.

Enjoy.

Folkstone, Canterbury and Whitstable Visits

Done my visits to Folkstone, Canterbury and Whitstable. It has been a gloriously warm sunny day. felt very much like Spring. Bought a small toaster, some DVD box sets, and a T shirt from my final visit.

Had lunch at the Samuel Peto pub in Folkstone/ I devoured a juicy Aberdeen Angus steak washed down with a foamy pint of ale.

With camera in hand, snapped some photographs.


A street in Folkstone.



( More pics here )

Book 12 - Michel Foucault "The History Of Sexuality Volume One"

Michel Foucault "The History Of Sexuality Volume One" (Vintage)




I have always been a fan of Foucault. Many of his thoughts on sexuality are just as fascinating as those about surveillance.

One of the things I admired about this work was how Foucault unflinchingly reverses the common belief that sexuality was repressed and states that the attention given to sexuality as early as the 17th century was actually the reason why so much discourse on the subject exists today. Rather than suppressing sexuality, it was brought into the light. Therefore, sexuality was never really repressed as so many have come to believe but rather put into the forefront of everyone’s thoughts.

He goes on to talk about power, and how sexuality has gradually become a more integral part of how power structures function. In the end, we are forced to come to the conclusion that sexuality is more a part of our lives than some would care to admit.

It was a fascinating read, albeit a little rough at times given Foucault’s habit of writing long and sometimes circular sentences that need to be read multiple times to find the major point. However, if you are willing to give it the time and brain power (which you honestly should) it brings to light some ideas that will change the way you thought of the past and how the power of sexuality can be seen today