Birthday Greetings

Happy birthday to seekerval today. may you have a great day!

Saturday Music Selection - Bollywood Funk

Sometimes my musical tastes are cyclical , and it also depends on the mood , so here is some Bollywood stuff i think missyquill might enjoy.


Asha Boshle / R.D. Burnam - Dam Maro Dam

R.D Burman - Baby Let's Dance Together

Dev Ananad - Dance From Jewel Thief  )1967)

Dev Anand - Dance from Jewel Thief (1967)

R.D. Burnam and Asha Bhosle - O Meri Jaan Maine Dekha

Enjoy.

Passion Review

Latest TPN review of Buffy Season 2 is now online, after a few weeks without it. I tend to agree , but still an excellent episode, with the sad twist at the transcendant end when Giles climbs those to see to Jenny dead.

Enjoy.

Book 40 - Hugh Honour "Neo-Classicism : Style and Civilization"

Hugh Honour "Neo-Classicism : Style and Civilization" (Penguin)




This is quite a solid introduction to Neo-classical art and philosophy of art. Useful illustrations, though I would wish them to be in colour rather than black and white.

I studied some art history during my Open University days so some of this material i have already covered, albeit, some twenty years or more. So this comes as a good refresher as i am not an early art historian.

However, this book is an easily accessible guide to the non-art crowd, but a working knowledge of the time period discussed would be useful. Luckily, i have studied the period before, but a glossary of the period in both historical terms , and cultural tropes, would make the book more ennoble for the non-art readership.

Dismissed

Tories dismiss protesters as not being "Grown-up" in anti-austerity march in London today.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/20/end-austerity-now-protest-bank-of-england_n_7627248.html?1434803799

Once again, proving that this government are a bunch of heartless morons.

Quiet Saturday

Been a day not doing much. Done some reading, listening to music,finished off a few books, so reviews are pending, and sorted out books for possibly selling. With only twenty quid available which i will need for Monday when i do the three visits in Brighton.

I also listened to some music, in particular the following -

Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
Various Artists - Arabesque
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Matt Costa - Unfamiliar Faces

I also sold a few cheap CD's on Discogs and reduced some others to try and generate some sales. Needs must!