Wonder Boys is a very dependable comfort film for me. Smart adaptation of the source material.

my 'making lunch in the kitchen feeling fucked' playlist for today: 1. Lie Heavy, "Burn To The Moon" 2. Be Bop Deluxe, "Mill Street Junction" 3. Floating Points, "Bias (Mayfield Depot mix)" 4-7. Neil Young, "Ambulance Blues", "On The Beach", "To...

SY's "i love you golden blue" nearly had me in tears on my daily walk. stirred me deep from the first time i heard it, all the more since i read 'girl in a band'. the sake of public composure I had to skip.

last night, the 1982 movie 'the appointment'. edward woodward stars as a dad who badly disappoints his teenage daughter. this via the british film institute's streaming platform, which might be the only place you can see it? i dunno. really stirred me up. intense score.

fixated on this as a teen. had the book, learned to play all of it. (except for the lap steel bits, although i tried.) i did the same with 'wywh' and 'the wall' shout out to my family for letting me live: i'm sorry, folks. have always been fond of the line from a comic book [of a dessert]: "it'...

What to do with a pork loin? All I know is it will turn out like shit if its overcooked. i like to slice it fine with a really sharp knife - i'll often set half aside to marinate in ginger / garlic / spring onion for a stir fry the next day - pat it dry, a little salt and ground white pepper, then ...

Mattis Cederberg, bass trombonist of the WDR Big Band.

to have a chance of being more than entertainment, the intent of doing it has to be clear and it has to be on the right way round. if you can do it and sustain or renew what the songs expressed originally, you're working at the highest level anyone can unreasonably hope for. the magic band in london...

Joseph Heller, Picture This . Patiently peeling the ambiguities of a painting attributed to Rembrandt, with deadly, unsparing consideration of Athens, Aristotle, Socrates, the Dutch East India company, Henry Ford, etc. I struggled a bit with this more than I did with Something Happened or Catch 22 -...

NC. I really like many of the records that've emerged under his name, and I admire a great deal of his recording & support work with other musicians. I'm not a big fan of Happy, Singing , though, and its placement in a list supposedly about the most air-quotes genre of all time doesn't make a bi...