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Good Morning
Feb. 11th, 2017 10:21 am
A nice lie in first and then a shower.
Ready for facing the day.
Feb. 11th, 2017
A nice lie in first and then a shower.
Ready for facing the day.
Spring Heel Jack
Feb. 11th, 2017 08:32 pmAnother dank dreary day in which we had a combination of cold winds, rain and occasional sleet Bitterly cold infact.
So after the lie-in and a quick nip to the supermarket to get some food the rest of the day has been spent listening to music, the radio or reading.
Oh and i also received through the post yesterday a CD by Spring Heel Jack called Amassed featuring Han Bennink , Evan Parker, John Edwards and Matthew Shipp amonst others.
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One of the tracks from the album.
Spring Heel Jack - Lit
So after the lie-in and a quick nip to the supermarket to get some food the rest of the day has been spent listening to music, the radio or reading.
Oh and i also received through the post yesterday a CD by Spring Heel Jack called Amassed featuring Han Bennink , Evan Parker, John Edwards and Matthew Shipp amonst others.
One of the tracks from the album.
Spring Heel Jack - Lit
Book 8 - W.G Sebald "The Emigrants"
Feb. 11th, 2017 09:08 pmW.G Sebald "The Emigrants" (Harvill)
This is a book of 4 essays, each focusing on someone the author knew personally (a landlord, a teacher, a great uncle, an artist friend), all displaced emigrants, all fairly normal, but also very remarkable in ways that Sebald skillfully and subtly brings out. These are essays about history and fate and, often, the holocaust... which is wisely never mentioned directly.
He writes in a way you have to savour slowly, in a certain state of mind.I have a hard time putting my finger on what exactly I enjoyed so much about this book. Perhaps this is a compliment to the writer, in that nothing stands out as remarkable... it is stylistically and structurally pretty standard stuff, but it builds in a cumulative way. Something about the slow, personal way these essays develop. Something about the melancholy that isn't ever melodramatic. Enlightening without being simply (or ever) revelatory. In fact, there are no answers here, simply questions and pain and longing. It's complex and open ended and personal.
His essays, which are sometimes considered fiction, but really are a tightrope-walk between reality and our tenuous relationship with it, are interspersed with photos. Some of the photos obviously contribute to the pieces, but some--oddly--are very literal and do not seem to illuminate much. And oftentimes I want to see a photo of something that is frustratingly not shown. Perhaps this was deliberately withheld from the reader for a purpose.
This particular book satisfied a craving. A craving for something stirring and huge, but not sad in the traditional 'weeping over my pillow' way... but more restrained, more difficult, more like a very distinct stillness, like an enormous snow-covered mountain range.
Recommended reading i say.
This is a book of 4 essays, each focusing on someone the author knew personally (a landlord, a teacher, a great uncle, an artist friend), all displaced emigrants, all fairly normal, but also very remarkable in ways that Sebald skillfully and subtly brings out. These are essays about history and fate and, often, the holocaust... which is wisely never mentioned directly.
He writes in a way you have to savour slowly, in a certain state of mind.I have a hard time putting my finger on what exactly I enjoyed so much about this book. Perhaps this is a compliment to the writer, in that nothing stands out as remarkable... it is stylistically and structurally pretty standard stuff, but it builds in a cumulative way. Something about the slow, personal way these essays develop. Something about the melancholy that isn't ever melodramatic. Enlightening without being simply (or ever) revelatory. In fact, there are no answers here, simply questions and pain and longing. It's complex and open ended and personal.
His essays, which are sometimes considered fiction, but really are a tightrope-walk between reality and our tenuous relationship with it, are interspersed with photos. Some of the photos obviously contribute to the pieces, but some--oddly--are very literal and do not seem to illuminate much. And oftentimes I want to see a photo of something that is frustratingly not shown. Perhaps this was deliberately withheld from the reader for a purpose.
This particular book satisfied a craving. A craving for something stirring and huge, but not sad in the traditional 'weeping over my pillow' way... but more restrained, more difficult, more like a very distinct stillness, like an enormous snow-covered mountain range.
Recommended reading i say.
Dancing In Your Head
Feb. 11th, 2017 10:13 pmComplete album time and this has to be that great LP by Ornette Coleman "Dancing In You Head"
Ornette Coleman - Dancing in your head [FULL ALBUM]
Dancing in Your Head is a 1976 release by jazz artist Ornette Coleman. It was the first to feature his electric band, which later became known as Prime Time.
Tracklist:
1. Theme from a Symphony (variation one)
2. Theme from a Symphony (variation two)
3. Midnight Sunrise
4. Midnight Sunrise (alternate take)
Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone
Bern Nix - 1st lead guitar
Charlie Ellerbee - 2nd lead guitar
Rudy McDaniel - Bass guitar
Shannon Jackson - drums
Robert Palmer - clarinet on "Midnight Sunrise"
Master Musicians of Jajouka on "Midnight Sunrise"
Ornette Coleman - Dancing in your head [FULL ALBUM]
Dancing in Your Head is a 1976 release by jazz artist Ornette Coleman. It was the first to feature his electric band, which later became known as Prime Time.
Tracklist:
1. Theme from a Symphony (variation one)
2. Theme from a Symphony (variation two)
3. Midnight Sunrise
4. Midnight Sunrise (alternate take)
Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone
Bern Nix - 1st lead guitar
Charlie Ellerbee - 2nd lead guitar
Rudy McDaniel - Bass guitar
Shannon Jackson - drums
Robert Palmer - clarinet on "Midnight Sunrise"
Master Musicians of Jajouka on "Midnight Sunrise"
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For Romantics
Feb. 11th, 2017 11:46 pmAre you currently in love? At what moment was it that you knew you were in love? And if so,will you be celebrating Valentine's Day?
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