Jewels for the thirsty: August 2023

Friday, August 25, 2023

Senses working overtime #433

1 The feeling...

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2 Reading: Anatomy of 55 More Songs - Marc Myers

3 Listening: Greg Mendez - Greg Mendez

4 Reading: Why do I remember embarrassing things I’ve said or done in the past and feel ashamed all over again?

5 Reading: Why fidgeting is good for you

Overtime:

from Twin PeaksI'm sadly just pure instinct in a jean jacketA guess in a red dressI only have time for coffeeBut do youHave timeFor meDorothea Lasky (2018)

Friday, August 18, 2023

Senses working overtime #432

1 The feeling this week...

2 Listening: Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven

3 Reading: Nick Hornby's Just Like You (it's excellent)

4 Listening: Pink Frost by The Chills

I picked up this and two other Chills singles in great condition with their original picture sleeves for $1.50 each in a second hand shop in Woodville today. Score!!

5 Reading: The two weirdest years in music

Overtime:

from Year of the RatThe hot thud from lightto laptop screento window glass.An irritation set in loops.I asked myself what did I love.I loved to make time go away.Bridget Talone

Friday, August 11, 2023

Senses working overtime #431

1 The feeling this week

2 Listening: The Album Years

I'm not usually a podcast guy but this one from Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness who together make up No-Man, is terrific.

Each episode centres on a specific year and they discuss a selection of albums from that year.

I'm still reading Wilson's Limited Edition Of One - it's one of those books you don't want to finish!

3 Watching: FIFA Women's World Cup 2023

We're at the quarter final stage now. Without participation from the USA.

The seismic reverberations of that USA/ Sweden game will be felt for a long while.

Come on Sweden!! Amanda Ilestedt has been immense so far. Blackstenius and Hurtig have also made a big impact. Yes, they all play for Arsenal F.C.

4 Listening: my favourite album by The Band - Northern Lights-Southern Cross

5 R.I.P. Robbie Roberston

Overtime: Writer Jeanette Winterson on the process of life:

“We live in a society that peddles solutions, whether it’s solutions to those extra pounds you’re carrying, or to your thinning hair, or to your loss of appetite, loss of love. We are always looking for solutions, but actually what we are engaged in is a process throughout life during which you never get it right. You have to keep being open, you have to keep moving forward. You have to keep finding out who you are and how you are changing, and only that makes life tolerable.”