today -

I finished listening to the CD "Exuma II" by Exuma . I give it a 5.3/10 - it's a little raw sounding for me, and I think compared to later works by Exuma, I don't think there's enough musical accompaniment to Exuma's vox. The best tracks are Baal and Zandoo, in my opinion ( Read more... )

today -

I listened to Ornette Coleman's "The Shape of Jazz to Come" - it's a very good album. The first 2 tracks are frenetic and experimental and the best of the album. The third track slows it down and is a weak one. The last 3 are just smooth jazz. I'd give this album about a 7.9/10.

By the way, I hope it's okay with Scott (mountain_king) to link to his ( Read more... )

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today -

I went to the library and picked up Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita . I needed something (relatively) light to read on the train when I go to school.

I watched Godard's Alphaville - which I thought had an interesting juxtaposition of a fascist technocratic future with characters with the ambience of a detective film, one of those pulp ( Read more... )

today -

I finally saw Juno . Wow, what a smart movie. It's actually done by the same guy who did Thank You For Smoking. Juno is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Ellen Page did a great job. She reminds me, especially in mannerisms, of a young Janeane Garofalo. I thought JK Simmons did a great job as Juno's dad. I liked him as a prisoner ( ( Read more... )

yesterday, I bought this CD by the Au Pairs "Stepping out of Line: The Anthology" at Other Music. It has every recorded track they've ever done. I listened to it today, and I have to say it was great. I give it a 9/10. My favorite tracks were Come Again, It's Obvious, America, Hokka He Ha, Sex Without Stress, Piece of My Heart (Live), and Headache ( Read more... )

today -

I finished watching season 1 of Doogie Howser, M.D. It's not a bad show. I didn't remember much except that Doogie was really smart, and his best friend Vinny was an unscrupulous Italian...but I liked the show ( Read more... )

today -

I started reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot . I started reading it before, and I didn't get through much of it. I really liked everything I've read by him (except Poor Folk) so I'm going to give this another chance.

yesterday -

I finished reading Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. This was a really good book, and even ( Read more... )

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