Building A Vivaldi Collection

This one is for pigshitpoet

These are my recommended Vivaldi albums -

Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto No.6 in E Minor, RV 484 - 1. Allegro poco

Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni "Inverno"

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Good Morning

Poor Guy

Book 73 - Seamus Heaney "100 Poems"

Seamus Heaney "100 Poems" (Faber & Faber)





This is a wonderful collection of some of the Irishman's poems.


"...So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you and me,
Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall,
Confident that we have built our wall."
("Scaffolding," p. 13)

"We have no prairies
To slice a big sun at evening -
Everywhere the eye concedes to
Encroaching horizon..."
("Bogland," p. 20)

"Yet for all this art and sedentary trade
I am incapable. The famous
Northern reticence, the tight gag of place
And times...
Where to be saved you only must save face
And whatever you say, you say nothing.
...
O land of password, handgrip, wink and nod,
Of open minds as open as a trap..."
(from "Whatever You Say Say Nothing," p. 43-44)

"And that moment when the bird sings very close
To the music of what happens."
("Song," p. 73)

In fact, a perfect gift for a poetry lover.

In The Pub

Well, another very mild day after the chilly one before. So I head to town for a few beers at my local , discovered the mixed grill is only three pounds - yep three quid - the price of a decent sandwich from a cafe or supermarket. Plus four beers.



So no need to eat later.

The usual gang was there. Tim from upstairs and a few others I know as well as the blonde caucasian South African woman.




Tim is the middle geezer and is 83.



The African-born lass and her older friend.




The other who lives in Ospringe. He can be a bit obnoxious.

Xmas Wish List

The LJ wish list is back.

This is my wants LUST LIST etc


https://wish-list.livejournal.com/

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Important Label

Some Important records - the label called Important or IMPREC.

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O - Ziggy Sitar Dust Mantra

John Fahey - Hitomi

The Fine Art Of Goofing Off by Henry Jacobs & Bob McClay pt1

www.ImportantRecords.com
About the dvd:
THE FINE ART OF GOOFING OFF
In 1972, San Francisco public television station KQED aired the first of three half-hour
programs devoted to leisure titled The Fine Art of Goofing Off. Combining various
animation techniques — stop-action photography, claymation, collage, cut-outs,
and continuous drawing — this unique series celebrated pointless activity, dancing
between the silly and the philosophical with free-associative abandon.
With few if any creative limits set by the station, the films reveal a fresh, imaginative
collaboration between animator Bob McClay, Henry Jacobs, and producer Chris Koch.
Included are contributions from Alan Watts, author George Leonard, psychedelic poster
artist Victor Moscoso, filmmaker Jordan Belson, humorist Woody Leifer, as well as
members of the legendary San Francisco troupe and Second City antecedant, The
Committee. Amazingly, these three films were rescued by McClay on their way to the
dumpster about 30 years ago! Thanks to him, they've survived to still offer the advice,
"The pursuit of happiness can be extremely tiring— sit still and let happiness pursue you for a while."

...an aimlessly irresistible collection of animated fun.
Terrence O'Flaherty
San Francisco Chronicle
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Book 74 - Ryszard Kapuscinski "The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life"

Book 74 - Ryszard Kapuscinski "The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life" (Penguin)






A series of 'reportage' essays by a Polish reporter who spent a large part of 40 years in Africa, starting in 1958. The essays range around the centre of the continent (the North African, Mediterranean countries are not discussed, ditto South Africa), often sketches of everyday life and the experience of being in Africa and travelling from place to place, but also including his experience of political storms - of Idi Amin, Rwanda, and Liberia.

This is a brilliant book. Absolutely fascinating and informative as well as entertaining - some of the scenes are as dramatic as anything I've read in fiction or non (one decidedly terrifying encounter with a cobra in particular), others are interesting vignettes about life in lands very different from my own. His writing is great (in translation) and the whole thing is a real pleasure to read.

Only one caveat with this book - Kapuściński is clearly a controversial figure, partly for reasons that, while important, are not really relevant to this book (his supposed collaboration with the Polish communist government) and perhaps a touch unfair (many African writers seem to dislike his 'European' view of their continent...but he is European, and that's the way he sees it, right or wrong). A significant issue, however, is accusations that some of his stories might be embellished, or some outright invented. None of the stories in this book are mentioned in the accusations I've read, but it is a big proviso in a book posing as reportage. Probably not coincidentally, a lot of the charges seem to have been made since Kapuściński died, and without him here to defend himself, it's hard to give a definitive verdict.

Approached with the proviso in mind that some of the tales might be a little taller in the telling than in real life, however, I really can't recommend this enough - incredibly enjoyable.

The Friday Five

Would you rather never be stuck in traffic again or never get another cold?

Would you rather never be able to wear pants or never be able to wear shorts?

Would you rather have a horrible short-term memory or a horrible long-term memory?

Would you rather never get a paper cut again or never get something stuck in your teeth again?

Would you rather have the job you wanted but never got or the job you have now?