Friday, September 29, 2006
Books: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I'll be a son of a gun. Cormac snuck one in on me. I had no idea this was coming out. After last years No Country for Old Men, I figured it would be years before another one. But, I do recall reading an interview last year where he said that he had 3-4 books that were in the latter stages of being finished. So, here we have one. It came out Tuesday
Postapocolyptic? Sounds cool to me. I picked up a copy today at lunch. Can't wait to start it tonight.
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Cormac-Mccarthy/dp/0307265439
Postapocolyptic? Sounds cool to me. I picked up a copy today at lunch. Can't wait to start it tonight.
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Cormac-Mccarthy/dp/0307265439
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Music Recommendation: Jose Gonzalez
Hey, I have to share with y'all the amazing concert experience we had this weekend. Last Friday, I didn't know Jose Gonzalez from Adam. Amy scored tix to a show and a demo CD through her work. Lucky for us, this shit has blown me away.
Ok, this dude's parents are Argentinian, but he is born and raised and still lives in Sweden. I would swear that he is the reincarnation of Nick Drake, except that he has a bit of Latin flair in his guitar playing, which is nylon stringed, mostly fingerpicking. I'm totally in love with the guy.
I found these two sets available online. One from the wonderful rbally, which I've been pimping; the other from kexp.org, which has a wonderful archive of live, in-studio performances. You should browse this archive while you're at it. Anyhoo, check this dude out. I listen to a lot of people who are basically just "rock musicians", "folk singers", etc and that's ok. But, this guy is an "artist".
http://www.rbally.net/2006/06/jose-gonzalez-on-kcrw.html
http://www.kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx?rID=3175&pID=528&fID=1141&artist=JR
Ok, this dude's parents are Argentinian, but he is born and raised and still lives in Sweden. I would swear that he is the reincarnation of Nick Drake, except that he has a bit of Latin flair in his guitar playing, which is nylon stringed, mostly fingerpicking. I'm totally in love with the guy.
I found these two sets available online. One from the wonderful rbally, which I've been pimping; the other from kexp.org, which has a wonderful archive of live, in-studio performances. You should browse this archive while you're at it. Anyhoo, check this dude out. I listen to a lot of people who are basically just "rock musicians", "folk singers", etc and that's ok. But, this guy is an "artist".
http://www.rbally.net/2006/06/jose-gonzalez-on-kcrw.html
http://www.kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx?rID=3175&pID=528&fID=1141&artist=JR
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Movie Recommendation
I see a lot of movies but I don't think I've really recommended any specific ones on the blog before (unless, of course, you count my top 200 as recommendations). But, A and I saw a movie on DVD this past weekend that I wanted to throw out there becuase I'm afraid that no one will see it except for word of mouth. So here's my word of mouth.
Please rent Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. It's written by and stars Albert Brooks. It was HILARIOUS and really smart. Anyhoo, I thought it was a great, poignant, endearing comedy that didn't get a whole lot of ink and may not have even played in your neck of the woods (I'm looking at you Kingsport). Pick it up, let me know what you think.
Please rent Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. It's written by and stars Albert Brooks. It was HILARIOUS and really smart. Anyhoo, I thought it was a great, poignant, endearing comedy that didn't get a whole lot of ink and may not have even played in your neck of the woods (I'm looking at you Kingsport). Pick it up, let me know what you think.
