Kafka On The Shore: Archive

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Thomas Dutronc - Comme Un Manouche Sans Guitare I’m not entirely convinced by Thomas Dutronc but I do like the idea of Jacques Dutronc and Françoise Hardy’s offspring mixing “variété” with guitar jazz. His music is rather polished but a bit dull in my opinion. Great guitar work nonetheless and the official video for “Comme Un Manouche Sans Guitare” is really...

Dec 30th

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The Encyclopedia of Diderot and Alembert →

Something I picked up by watching a French documentary on Louis XV…So the first French Encyclopedia (edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert) was published in 1751-1777. A lot of anti-religious thinking found its way in the encyclopedia, right under the noses of Louis XV’s censors…here’s one example that I find rather hilarious: if you look up the...

Dec 30th

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Dec 30th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →

Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, Bill Ryan (36) Arthur Russell (18) The Beatles (16) Black Lips (15) Blonde Redhead (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr…

Dec 28th

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Films of 2009

Out of the bunch of films released in the UK this year, I’ve seen about 30 and here are the few seven that I think stand out. I’m sorting them in alphabetical order as I find it hard to rank them. However, I would say that The White Ribbon, Let The Right One In (released in the UK this year) and A Serious Man are three gems that made my year. (N.B: Each of the films listed below links...

Dec 23rd

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Vampire Weekend - Taxi Cab Great tune from Vampire...

Dec 23rd

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audiorx: While all the other blogs are reminiscing on this year’s past music adventures, do yourself a favor and listen to the first few segments of Chris Douridas’s program from Saturday. Lots of new tunes! 1. Landon Pigg - Young Heart 2. Lucy Schwartz - Life in Letters * 3. Vampire Weekend - Taxi Cab * 4. Two Door Cinema Club - Do You Want It All * 5. Say Hi - One, Two…One 6. Ariel Westberg -...

Dec 23rd

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