Senses working overtime #539

1 Spring rain this week

2 Reading: Lightning Striking - Lenny Kaye

Lenny writes about his choices for the ten transformative moments in Rock'n'Roll.

3 Listening: Joe Satriani's What Happens Next album

If you only want one track - try Headrush.

4 Watching: The Marlow Murder Club

Similar to The Thursday Murder Club (great books by Richard Osman, but the movie version on Netflix falls flat) - The Marlow Murder Club is a bit of fun with its quirky female leads. 

5 Inspired by: James Clear

Photo by Product Photography on Unsplash

"Use the best idea you have right now. Claiming you need to 'learn more' or 'get your ducks in a row' is just a crutch that prevents you from starting. Education is a lifelong pursuit. You will always need to learn more. It's not a reason to wait."

Overtime: 

Priest and philosopher Desiderius Erasmus reminds us of the power of concentrating on a single target:

"He who chases two hares catches neither."

Courtesy James Clear

Senses working overtime #220

1 Horses, horses

Cutest baby photo of the week belongs to young Asher Purdy-Hodge!

2 The 1967 All Blacks

Been reading this during the first week back at school. I'm not really into rugby books but this one was cheap ($8) and I was ten when the team in question was in the news. Yes, I remember the players.

The book is okay but typos and a lack of piercing analysis meant I was as engrossed as I'd hoped.

This review sums things up well.

3 Doc Martin

It's a very old fashioned show in many respects, but Jacky and I have been enjoying it. We're up to season 3 on Netflix.

4 Poetry Corner

Driving toward the Lac Qui Parle River

BY ROBERT BLY

I 

I am driving; it is dusk; Minnesota.

The stubble field catches the last growth of sun.   

The soybeans are breathing on all sides.

Old men are sitting before their houses on car seats   

In the small towns. I am happy,

The moon rising above the turkey sheds.

    II 

The small world of the car

Plunges through the deep fields of the night,   

On the road from Willmar to Milan.   

This solitude covered with iron

Moves through the fields of night

Penetrated by the noise of crickets.

    III 

Nearly to Milan, suddenly a small bridge,

And water kneeling in the moonlight.

In small towns the houses are built right on the ground;   

The lamplight falls on all fours on the grass.

When I reach the river, the full moon covers it.   

A few people are talking, low, in a boat

Robert Bly, “Driving toward the Lac Qui Parle River” from Silence in the Snowy Fields (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1962). Copyright © 1962 by Robert Bly.  

5 Lost and Gone Away - Lynn Jenner

Enjoying this one from NZ writer Lynn Jenner.


Overtime: Red House
Love this version by the G3 amigos - Johnson/Satriani/Vai

Senses working overtime #59

1 National Geographic photos

Get ready to gasp in awe - some truly inspiring images in this lot!

2 Olivia Munn

Woo Nellie - Olivia Munn was freakin awesome in The Newsroom. Wait, what? She's Psylocke in the new X-Men: Apocalypse movie? Let me through...

3 Work place dress codes
Always a hot topic, this is a great article about the changing modes of dress for men and women at the coalface. 

4 Star Wars holograms
Cool idea, holograms carved into the grooves of the vinyl version of The Force Awakens soundtrack. Thanks to James for the heads up.

5 Three years of Unsplash

Amazing images on Unsplash, as you know. This link takes you to a three year anniversary celebration.

Overtime: Song of the week
This insane version of Highway Star by Joe Satriani and the guys from Chickenfoot rocked the Purdmobile this week.