My Day in Media: Monday, June 22, 2009
Currently Reading:
The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño
Steer Toward Rock, by Fae Myenne Ng
Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake (on hold until I finish The Savage Detectives)
Currently Watching:
St. Louis Cardinals baseball (we lost to the Mets)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (for a project I’m working on)
Pardon the Interruption
Currently Listening To:
The Living End - State of Emergency (album)
The Lodger - “The Good Old Days” (song)
Loudon Wainwright III - “Motel Blues” (song)
Lousy Robot - a couple of tunes from the album Smile Like You Are Somewhere Else
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (album)
Mapei - “Public Enemy” (song)
Marah - “Freedom Park” (song)
Maria Taylor - “Lost Time” (song)
Martha Wainwright - “How Soon” (song)
Martha Wainwright - I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too (album)
Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright (album)
Highlights
I’ve only just started Steer Toward Rock, but it had an absolutely lovely and compelling opening chapter. The Savage Detectives has completely subverted my expectations by being all about literature and literary types rather than what the title suggests (though given time, that could change).
The Living End sounds a lot like Green Day, though that’s not a bad thing. The Magnetic Fields album is terrific. Even though the same fuzzy, distorted guitar sounds tie their sound together, each song is distinct and unique. And Martha Wainwright…oh, how I love her sweet voice. I could listen to her all day long.
As for Yankee Doodle Dandy, I’ll link to my final words on it later in a column I’m working on for Box Office Prophets.
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