Good Morning

Sunday Slouching.

Another sunny morning. Just finished all the reports for the visits yesterday. As I write I am listening to a CD of the music of Galina Ustvolskaya - another composer discovered through the pages of Wire.

Whipped around the flat with the hoover this morning. Then had a few more coffees reading a book by Jeremy Paxman called "The English". I am bound to disagree with him at some point but so far just read the first chapter. I have four books on the go at the moment including essays by Jonathan Franzen.

There are also books I love dipping into such as The Wire Primer book, books on jazz, an art book on Impressionist paintings. I suppose a fertile mind keeps you busy and ageless lol!!

Might have a chili-based dish for lunch. Undecided as of yet. Or I might pop into town and pop into my local. Decisions decisions.

Word Of The Day

Today's wonderful word is -

asseverate


verb
declare or state solemnly or emphatically.
for example, "The government has asseverated that a swift trial will be conducted"

"to affirm or declare positively or earnestly he always asseverated that he did not know" — G. K. Chesterton.

Book 77 - Amelia Gentleman "The Windrush Betrayal"

Amelia Gentleman "The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment" (Guardian Faber Publishing)



This shocking book has made me ashamed of being a British citizen.

Amelia Gentleman's account of the 'hostile environment' and its impact on the Windrush generation is an outstanding piece of investigative journalism. It will change forever my perception of the society I have lived in for over sixty years. I was saddened, shocked, and sickened by what I read. The behaviours of Ministers and home office officials which led to and perpetuated this scandal were simply not consistent with the values of the society I thought I was living in.

It shows the Tory government’s hidden agenda which smacks of a system of institutional racism from politicians to civil servants, knowing people who are directly affected by this and the runaround they have been given and impossible actions required of them to prove that our Brits citizens.

This book is a must-read, especially for those who believed that we live in a fair, open, and caring society that has made steady progress in addressing the racial discrimination which was clearly present when I was born here all those years ago. The silent majority needs to understand and make its voice heard.

jazzy's Sunday Selection

Some music from my large collection -

Pulp - This Is Hardcore

Anne Dudley - Canticles of the Sun and Moon

Art Of Noise - Moments In Love

Gyorgy Ligeti - Atmospheres

Astor Piazzolla - Vuelvo al Sur

Beck - Loser

Enjoy.
I wonder if Gareth or Steve will be listening?

Another Sunday Selection

A bit on a roll here -

Hector Zazou with Siouxsie Sioux - The Lighthouse

Bob Dylan - Key West

Low - Everybody's Song

Sinead O'Connor - Black Coffee

Scott Walker - Manhattan

Warne Marsh - Touch and Go

ENJOY

Fugazi Primer

The current October issue of Wire has a Fugazi Primer.



Fugazi - For Want Of

( More Fugazi tracks under the cut )

Enjoy.

In fact, thanks to Wire, my interest in the band has been pricked. Time to search these albums out.