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Jun. 14th, 2020 09:45 am
Jun. 14th, 2020
The Usual Sunday Slouching
Jun. 14th, 2020 05:48 pmIt has been another sunny sunbathing day. Did not do much. Chatted with neighbours who were sunbathing, read the newspaper, listened to some radio and imbibed a few beers. In other words, a quiescent recharge of any spent energy.
Tomorrow will be different. I have an email mystery shop to do and then on Thursday a trip to the island to do a shop visit. It will be a different normal to the one before but alt least it will not be weeks staring at four walls.
Later on I shall watch my DVD of The Epic Of Everest which includes a score from Simon Fisher Turner. See my previous post on the subject of SFT.
Tomorrow will be different. I have an email mystery shop to do and then on Thursday a trip to the island to do a shop visit. It will be a different normal to the one before but alt least it will not be weeks staring at four walls.
Later on I shall watch my DVD of The Epic Of Everest which includes a score from Simon Fisher Turner. See my previous post on the subject of SFT.
Karel Capek "War With The Newts" (Penguin Modern Classics)
This is a very dark satire of the political and ecological situation in the Czech republic before WWII. A colony of newts is discovered, newts that can not only learn to talk, but also to use tools. As mankind discovers their abilities, they start to exploit the new found species. These animals can do work humans can't and they can fight our wars for us. But of course all goes wrong and the newts, lead by the Great Salamander (Hitler?) starting to take over, the consequences of the actions nearly destroy the world.
This story is wonderful and quite surreal. Dark, humorous, absurd and brilliant and ends with a dialogue between the author and himself about a possibly better ending (or not) which in itself is a fantastic bit of writing or metafiction.
The political events in the years leading up to the writing of the novel (it was published in 1936) do shine through the fiction as a dark foretelling of a future. This book is a very good mirror of the society in Europe as it was then but it's also a quite amazing story, full of colour and beautiful prose. Highly recommended.
This is a very dark satire of the political and ecological situation in the Czech republic before WWII. A colony of newts is discovered, newts that can not only learn to talk, but also to use tools. As mankind discovers their abilities, they start to exploit the new found species. These animals can do work humans can't and they can fight our wars for us. But of course all goes wrong and the newts, lead by the Great Salamander (Hitler?) starting to take over, the consequences of the actions nearly destroy the world.
This story is wonderful and quite surreal. Dark, humorous, absurd and brilliant and ends with a dialogue between the author and himself about a possibly better ending (or not) which in itself is a fantastic bit of writing or metafiction.
The political events in the years leading up to the writing of the novel (it was published in 1936) do shine through the fiction as a dark foretelling of a future. This book is a very good mirror of the society in Europe as it was then but it's also a quite amazing story, full of colour and beautiful prose. Highly recommended.
For the Night People
Jun. 14th, 2020 11:48 pmTime for some alternative vibes -
Simon Fisher Turner and Edmund de Waal - A Quiet Corner In Time
A Quiet Corner In Time - the title track taken from the album 'A Quiet Corner In Time’ released 27 March 2020 on Mute
Simon Fisher Turner - The Great White Silence OST (excerpt)
from The Great White Silence - 2CD - Soleilmoon Recordings - 2011
The film is available on DVD. The official record of Captain Scott’s legendary expedition to the South Pole, restored by the BFI.
Enjoy
Simon Fisher Turner and Edmund de Waal - A Quiet Corner In Time
A Quiet Corner In Time - the title track taken from the album 'A Quiet Corner In Time’ released 27 March 2020 on Mute
Simon Fisher Turner - The Great White Silence OST (excerpt)
from The Great White Silence - 2CD - Soleilmoon Recordings - 2011
The film is available on DVD. The official record of Captain Scott’s legendary expedition to the South Pole, restored by the BFI.
Enjoy
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