I really enjoyed End of the Affair, and The Power and the Glory is one of my favorites, but this one didn’t really engage me. It takes a long time to get going, and what you are left with is a somewhat boring love ‘square.’ And then there’s the Catholic guilt which goes on and on. Wish there had been more on the African colonial milieu.
Austerity
(805): WHY IS MY CAR MISSING A DOOR YOU BITCH
(1-805): budget cuts
(805): YOU CANT BLAME EVERYTHING YOU DO WHILE DRUNK ON BUDGET CUTS
(1-805): budget cuts are serious business
Source: textsfromlastnight.com
Near Nilagri, Orissa, India, 2006.
Very funny in parts. Very interesting in parts (as allegory for the Soviet Union). However, characters are two-dimensional (at best), and the doctor’s personality shift halfway through is distracting. Also interesting as an early (1925) example of magical realism.
Amadou & Mariam - Dougou Badia (feat. Santigold)
—From Amadou & Mariam new Album “Folia”
Source: toberated
A week in the life (more-or-less).
3:15, but also, all of it.
Such a dark, strange, engaging story. It’s #17 on the Modern Library’s top 100, the 2nd highest by a female author (#15, To a Lighthouse). Amazing for a 1st novel published at the age of 23!
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Manu Chao, “King Kong five.”
Everything should be like this all the time.
This is surprising, since experimental evidence involving spinning polymer solutions and melts, as well as experience with Napalm solutions in flame throwers seem to indicate the opposite effect.
