Haute Cult(o)ure
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Video Obsessions of the Moment.
Obama at Notre Dame.
Gene Kelly is my hero.
This gave me nightmares.
Damn Good (Recent) Reads.
Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson (Current)
Also: A Mercy, by Toni Morrison; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz; Walking to Martha’s Vineyard, Franz Wright.
Damn Good Listens.
Welcome to Mali, Amadou & Mariam
Also: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective; Middle Cyclone, Neko Case; Love the Future, Chester French.
Avoid Like the Plague.
Children.
Also: Politicians.
A year and a half ago, my friend Jack decided he’l like to address a slightly larger slice of the world, but he knew nothing about blogging. I had never done any, but I knew enough to direct him to blogspot and to a few blogs that I sometimes read: your old one and A Ridiculous Raw Youth.
Jack has been after me for some time to write one of my own and I finally gave in. I have listed your blog as one of the ones I follow, because it remains very interesting for many more than obvious reasons.
I suppose I should have asked first. I don’t qualify as the sort of reader who lends prestige. The old boys’ network can become a burden when the boys get too old. I’ll remove it if you wish.
But I do want to tell you I have remained interested in the questions you are asking (yourself) and the answers you are exploring.
Thanks for thinking, and for sharing the thours.
The octopus, I couldn’t get through the whole video.