Saturday, January 15, 2011
New Stuff: Gil Scott-Heron
Luckily I was able to get this cd version of the album at a reasonable price.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
A chronicle of how American Indians were displaced as the U.S. expanded west.
Heartwrenching and competent adaptation of one the chapters of the book.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
First Lines: Walter Abish - Alphabetical Africa
Ages ago, Alex, Allen and Alva arrived at Antibes, and Alva allowing all, allowing anyone, against Alex's admonition, against Allen's angry assertion: another African amusement . . . anyhow, as all argued, an awesome African army assembled and arduously advanced against an African anthill, assiduously annihilating ant after ant, and afterward, Alex astonishingly accuses Albert as also accepting Africa's antipodal ant annexation.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
New Stuff:
Catalogue to the Munich exhibition of this excentric 19th century artist.
Bio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_von_Max
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
A young compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.
All-around faithful (though condensed) adaptation of the Charles Dickens' novel.
Monday, January 10, 2011
New Stuff: Japan
This has been on my want list, and since Mick Karn has recently passed away, I thought I'd get the album sooner than intended.
New Stuff: The Corner
This is the TV mini-series that was made by the same producers of The Wire, but a few years prior.
