Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann — A Fellah Woman and Her Child (1878) Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Image of the month: art of Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann
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on November 1, 2012
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FILMS – OCTOBER 2012
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on October 31, 2012
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(Silberston 1999) MidSomer Murders: Ep.7 — Strangler’s Wood
(Smith 2010) MidSomer Murders: Ep.77 ― The Silent Land
(Rye 2010) MidSomer Murders: Ep.78 ― Master Class Read more »
First-time listening for October, 2012
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23046. (Ella Fitzgerald) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Songbook
23047. (Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays) As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
23048. (Albert King & Otis Rush) Door to Door Read more »
READING – OCTOBER 2012
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23575. (Roald Dahl) James and the Giant Peach
23576. (Julian H. Steward) Theory of Culture Change: The Methodology of Multilinear
. . . . . Evolution
23577. [2] (Samuel R. Delany) The Ballad of Beta‑2
23578. (Lewis Gropp) The Great Arab Traveller Ibn Battuta — Contemporary Witness or
. . . . . Imposter? [article] Read more »
Juno Reactor’s First Album
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on October 5, 2012
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I’ve been fond of Juno Reactor’s eclectic electroni
ca since I first heard Beyond the Infinitein 1996. I’ve listened to most of their albums frequently, especially Bible of Dreams. But I pretty much forgot about their first release, Transmissions(1993). Revisiting it now, I see why. It has little of the input from world musical traditions that they became famous for. It now sounds pretty much like conventional trance poised somewhere between darkrave and goa trance. But in fact, it was a pioneering work from which these trends subsequently evolved. It still plays well, and doesn’t deserve to be entirely ignored, just because the group went on to develop a more sophisticated sound.
FILMS – SEPTEMBER 2012
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on September 30, 2012
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(Marshall 1961) The Phantom Planet
(Vulliamy 2002) Time Team Digs: Ep.6 ― Medieval England
(Marks 1959) Perry Mason: Ep.52 ― The Case of the Borrowed Brunette Read more »
First-time listening for September, 2012
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23000. (George Frederick Händel) Brockes Passion, Oratorio Hvw.48 [d. McGegan; Klietman,
. . . . . Gáti]
23001. (Weather Report) Weather Report
23002. (Ramsey Lewid Trio) The Best of the Ramsey Lewis Trio Read more »
READING – SEPTEMBER 2012
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on September 30, 2012
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23530. [2] (Tobias Smollett) Roderick Random
23531. (Michael Pollan) The Omnivore’s Dilema
23532. (John Irving) Last Night in Twisted River Read more »
Saturday, September 8, 2012 — Oddi, Þórsmörk, Eyjafjallajökull
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on September 8, 2012
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My feet are badly blistered from earlier activities, so focused the remaining time on a small corner of Iceland, and did my best to keep off my feet. To this end, the Icelandic horses were a godsend. These wonderful animals have five distinct gaits — of which the unique töltallows them to flow over obstacles like caterpillars. Read more »