From my vaults: David Carradine


Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carradine


First Lines: Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary


We were at prep, when the Head came in, followed by a new boy not in uniform and a school-servant carrying a big desk.

New Stuff: Chris Ware - Building Stories


A wonderful birthday gift I got from my girlfriend Ursula.

New Stuff: A Universe From Nothing


An interesting book I got from my friend Jürgen.

New Stuff: David Lynch


A great birthday gift I got from my firend Sabine.

New Stuff: Malcolm Lowry - Under the Volcano


Another birthday gift I got from my friend Tanja, a novel I read when I was a teenager.

New Stuff: A History of Food in 100 Recipes


A great cookbook I got as a birthday gift from my friend Tanja.

Friday, December 14, 2012

From my vaults: Georges Carpentier


Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Carpentier

First Lines: Leroi Jones - Blues People: Negro Music in White America


When black people got to this country, they were Africans, a foreign people.

From my vaults: Scott Carpenter


Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Carpenter

Mon père, ce héros (1991)


A teenage girl, living with her divorced mother, is going on holiday to Mauritius with her father and o impress a local boy she manages to complicate the situation by making up stories about her father.

Mildly entertaining, likable comedy with some good performances by the two leads.

Halliwell (no stars): "A dull and sentimental comedy that sanitizes incest."