Aeglos

sounds fantastic would love to hear Jeff do Love Minus Zero/No Limit edit: even more curious to see what Malkmus does

The separation between church and state is one of the few things that keeps me sane in the political sphere. Or maybe people should rule by divine right again?! It is terrifying to know that the 'halls of power' are 200-400 years behind ethics/philosophy.

I knew these people ... What people? These two people. They were in love with each other. The girl was ... very young, about seventeen or eighteen, I guess. And the guy was ...quite a bit older. He was kind of raggedy and wild. She was very beautiful, you know. Yeah. And together they turned everything into a kind of an adventure, and she liked that. Just an ordinary trip down the grocery store was ...full of adventure. They were always laughing at stupid things. He liked to make her laugh. And ...they didn't much care for anything else, because all they wanted to do wa

Wishful Thinking

loved Nabokov's liner notes for Highway 61 Revisited still waiting for the reissue of Graham Greene's woodblock version of the 1812 Overture...

yep, amongst bands Wilco and Pavement share top spot for me

Suddenly last summer I started going out of my head In a tiny hotel room Lying naked on a bed I knew what you were doing, and I knew what you'd done Your life with me was ending, your new life had begun But I was cursing your name, and I was cursing that room And I was praying for the strength to stop loving you I started writing you the letter Which turned into the book I was gonna reach across the ocean and force you to look But what kind of man was I? Who would sacrifice your happiness to satisfy his pride What kind of man was I? Who would delay your destiny to appease his tiny mind T

bugger despite them becoming art school fodder L'Avventura and Blowup (mmmm Vanessa Redgrave) are brilliant i've never understood the antipathy towards Beyond the Clouds - i thought it was incredible

i'm not sure that there's an easy way into Bergman's films... start with anything except Persona? his films are visually beautiful, though ascetic, but in terms of content tackle a pretty harsh philosophical terrain concerning the absence of god, and various intrinsic aspects of life which are ethically ambiguous, and the way in which they effect our relationships he demands a fiar bit of his audience but its worth it - i'd try Winter Light and if that holds your interest the rest will just follow

the more the better... makes you wonder if riders are as closely examined in the Giro and the Vuelta

incredible finish

A Tuesday night in Winter, holed up in the city of ravens, The owls in the hills hoo-hooing and eyeing off the field mice down in the cold grey centre, Addle Brains lining up with the dead for the soup spoon, Addle Brains and the legions of the passed for the bread bag, Ladle the soup, pass the rolls, Addle Brains and the many not here and loose souls. One might fly off to the blank heavens and the lead high halls, O the hungry sky aches for blokes without folks and bulges with the bearers of palls. Addle Brains would drink for four days and no eats, and sleep in the glens of botanical parks

cheers

shocking situation but its what has to happen to straighten the sport out Cadel Evans is back in the running now actually, with a TT showdown with Contador looking very intriguing

ALTWYS, then Nels' Ashes, then a bunch

In regards to Jeff's songwriting i think his lack of formal education is a little misleading. He strikes me as a perfect example of autodidacticism. Basically he has a very high musical intelligence coupled with a rapacious musical curiosity (e.g. never heard another rock/pop musician mention Morton Feldman with familiarity). I'm sure he knows a great deal about it but in an idiosyncratic way, because he's picked up what he wants, or what he's responded to, and been able to put it all in a framework. Formal training is the hard road. It furnishes you with a great deal of ability and knowledg

lists of this nature are NEVER wholly satisfying but this one seems tolerable til about 13...

maybe they should have a clean tour and a doped tour same goes for the olympics i'm confused about the satisfaction of winning through performance enhancement... monetary? adulation? odd... anyways, i believe Rasmussen is a drug cheat within the last few years, sadly

this is making me want to list to Unseen Power of the Picket Fence...

today's stage looks terrifying Port de Bales = last 10km, 10% grade, maximum 14% still hoping for Cadel but Contador would be a great story

awesome

Been bloody rough on the aussies. McEwen out, Mick Rogers out, Stuart O'Grady in intensive care (5 fractured ribs, 2 broken collar bones, etc ... reminds me of Rick Disneck from the old 12th Man album if any aussies remember). All hopes with Cadel Evans now, sitting 4th or 5th in the GC.

$3640 ... bit steep really

completed my Motley Crue cassette tape collection when i was 13... had to fight for rotation with Skid Row, and G n R though

hey, can i borrow your brain? i'm building an idiot