Fritz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=stdE0WzQ9ZI&list=PLNf7Q1toMDhusNNG61ldNhrKnMn9B08B5

New Mark Olson album out on 26 September

I've decided to go on a classics bender. I'm loving this:

A little over half way through and it's OK. No redeemable qualities in any of the characters, though. Probably would have enjoyed it more in my early 20s.

This was such a beautifully written, tender book:

On the anniversary of Groucho's death...

The Unfaithful Servant - The Band. Probably my favourite Band song. 2:08 - "Goodbye to that country home, so long to the lady I have known. Farewell to my other side, I guess I'll just take it in stride." 3:39 - Robbie takes an audible breath during his guitar solo. 3:49 - The horns come in to take us home.

A great live in the studio version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le2SVwxQdO4

Western Skyline by Richmond Fontaine. Such a wonderful outro but the pedal steel really hits a crescendo at the six minute mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKLi_nuRL8s

Evidence that humanity can still work together: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-06/man-freed-after-leg-trapped-in-gap-on-perth-train-station/5652486

I am really looking forward to seeing this...

30 or 40 pages in and really enjoying it.

I'm really enjoying this record.

Which, in turn, makes me think of this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afeAUndotas

I am generally not a re-reader of books but for some reason I can always re-read this and I almost always choose to do it when I am in a strange, inexplicable, wistful mood. So it's time again for Garp.

Any early picks for which team will ultimately win? Mine's Germany.

We went and saw the new film about Nick Cave, 20 000 Days on Earth, yesterday at the Sydney Film Festival. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kV9cobZP4JA It was such a beautiful film. I've been a fan of Nick Cave since The Good Son came out so I'm definitely a blinkered Bad Seeds apologist but this "documentary" was truly remarkable. The driving scenes were very enjoyable. So was the scene where he sits down to a lunch of eel prepared by Warren Ellis and they discuss Nina Simone. It's quite inspiring on such a creative level in that it's a reminder of our time her

Has anyone tried this? I'm in real deep:

Yeah, they're a lot like that. You just want to go back in again. Amidst all of that desolation there are sparks of hope and that's what makes them compulsive reading. Aside from this, he cares about his characters so much.

There aren't many books I can read again but this is one of them.

I hope you watch the rest of it. I particularly enjoyed the scenes showing Levon and Larry Campbell working together.

Looking forward to hearing this album.