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twoheaded_boy

DIARY OF A BAD YEAR

Dec 27, 2007 01:48

A bad year for me? A little. A bad year for music? Not at all. But the title of this post actually refers to

The Best Book I Read This Year That Was Actually Published This Year

J.M. Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year.Granted, the Nobel prize is rarely given to chumps, but Coetzee is a rare talent even in that honoured company (he's also the only ( Read more... )

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tusks December 27 2007, 15:41:16 UTC

that was great! thanks for that saelan! i agree with a lot of your picks and am going to find out more about ones you listed. Isn't Gilberto Gil great??

anonymous December 27 2007, 19:31:12 UTC

Agreed agreed agreed...

Diary of a Bad Year was maybe my favorite Coetzee yet, and I have to say I agree with basically your entire music list... have yet to hear 'Circle' though..

Glad I somehow stumbled onto your blog this morning thru Chalked...
cheers

~Jonny

vertigomorts December 27 2007, 22:09:59 UTC

The Coetzee was funny, too. James Wood has a long review of it in The New Yorker this issue.

twoheaded_boy December 27 2007, 23:10:50 UTC

That was a really good review. Reminds me that I'm not trained to write about literature.

apropos December 28 2007, 01:38:30 UTC

Where have all the female rock critics gone? Long time passing?

twoheaded_boy December 28 2007, 02:38:16 UTC

There's some on the Dusted staff.

sundaylovers December 28 2007, 03:18:44 UTC

jack & liam! so weird, reminds me that i've been away from vancouver for ages. did you like their old band? ergh. i can't even remember their name anymore, but i think you know what i'm talking about?!

twoheaded_boy December 28 2007, 05:13:22 UTC

yukon! I never actually got to see them, but I bought their CD. It was okay. I think they're a lot better now, but one or two of their No Gold songs still sound like Yukon (or maybe they're still playing those songs. Not sure).