Saturday, December 23, 2006

Scribblings & tunes

Reading took a distinct back seat during my San Francisco sojourn. Here's what I was eyeballing and grooving to:

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka: not as boring as the name might suggest
Four Great Tragedies (Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo & Juliet) - Shakespeare: on going a bit like Bobo's Book of Modern Coin Magic, a book that might circumnavigate the world - now that's magic
The Confidential Agent - Graham Greene: not one of Greene's best but still a great dark read

And sounds:

Belle & Sebastian - Life Pursuit: unlike most B&S I've come across, a bit more beat-centric (what does that mean?...errr...a bit more beaty?)
The Delays - You See Colours: not as classic as the album I was convinced would be the sound track to the 2004 Olympics (it wasn't) but a gem none-the-less
Guillemots - From The Cliffs: dubious mention of dragons

Zero 7 - The Garden: at first a bit forgettable but then, that's why it's a creeper

Still no sign of Herman Melville's Moby Dick: a great white whale.

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