(Winchcombe 2012) Orkney’s Stone Age Temple
(Griffith 1909) A Corner in Wheat
(Castle 1963) Zotz!
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FILMS – JUNE 2013
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on June 30, 2013
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First-time listening for June, 2013
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on June 30, 2013
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22269. (James Brown) Greatest Hits
22270. (Drowning Pool) Desensitized
22271. (Philip Glass & Allen Ginsberg) Hydrogen Jukebox
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READING – JUNE 2013
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on June 30, 2013
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20973. (Erik R. Kandel) In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
20974. (Steve Muhlberger) [in blog Muhlbergers’ World History] George R. R. Martin, Master
. . . . . Storyteller [article]
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“The Hunters Who Owned Themselves” Translated into Japanese
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on June 30, 2013
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There is now a Japanese edition of The Secret History of Democracy. I am most curious to know, but will probably never know, how my prose in “The Hunters Who Owned Themselves” reads in Japanese translation, or how the mixture of English, French, Michif and Cree terminology was handled. Unfortunately, I do not yet possess the publication data… only that a Japanese edition has existed for several months. Perhaps some Japanese reader who is fluent in English will report to me on this matter. Read more »
Bombay Bicycle Club
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on June 13, 2013
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The first I heard of Bombay Bicycle Club was the song “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?” from their third album A Different Kind of Fix (2011), which got some play here in Canada. But other songs I heard, from an earlier album, didn’t sound very similar, and I didn’t connect them in my head until, searching for the EP version of “How Can You…”, I acquired all three of their albums. We are in an age in which musicians are much less tribal than they used to be. The bands that make the strongest impression today tend to be eclectic, drawing on many sources for their style, and changing their style as the mood suits them. They cannot easily be classified. This London band exemplifies the trend. A Different Kind of Fix is Read more »
Raumpatrouille [Space Patrol Orion]
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on June 12, 2013
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Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion [known in English as Space Patrol Orion] was a German science fiction series that premiered the same week that Star Trek did in North America. It had a similar premise — an ensemble drama in which the crew of a space service met up with various alien perils. Star Trek was not to be broadcast in Germany for several years to come, and there is no indication that either production was aware of the other, but there are a number of remarkable similarities. In both cases, there was an international crew and a future in which humanity is politically unified, at peace, and exploring space. Read more »
FILMS – MAY 2013
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on May 31, 2013
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(Malle 1971) Le souffle au coeur [Murmur of the Heart]
(Minahan 2013) Game of Thrones: Ep.21 ― Valar Dohaeris
(Minahan 2013) Game of Thrones: Ep.22 ― Dark Wings, Dark Words
(Benioff & Weiss 2013) Game of Thrones: Ep.23 ― Walk of Punishment
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First-time listening for May, 2013
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on May 31, 2013
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22259. (George Frederick Händel) Trio Sonata in F for 2 Recorders & Cello
22260. (Dandy Warhols) Dandys Rule, OK
22261. (Screaming Trees) Clairvoyance
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READING – MAY 2013
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on May 31, 2013
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(Fritz Leiber) The Best of Fritz Leiber:
. . . . 20919. [2] (Poul Anderson) The Wizard of Nehwon [preface]
. . . . 20920. [5] (Fritz Leiber) Gonna Roll the Bones [story]
. . . . 20921. [2] (Fritz Leiber) Sanity [story]
. . . . 20922. [2] (Fritz Leiber) Wanted – An Enemy [story]
. . . . 20923. [2] (Fritz Leiber) The Man Who Never Grew Young [story]
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