From around the web....

I read a lot of stuff online, thanks to my google reader. I though I'd just put all the interesting stuff here so that I don't lose the nice links

First of all, Snobs will use anything to bemoan the collapse of civilization....

A Collection of Robert E Howard's short stories and novellas are available on the kindle for free. Of course I bought it!

A novel on Twitter.... It might have been a better idea to start with a short story.... or a Haiku

Okay this cartoon is pretty cool... and is the story of my life...

Awesome and erudite review of "Going Rogue"

Finally, from the independent- The best guitar riffs ever This list has some of the best videos ever. Case in point is this video for "Ain't talkin' about love"

What I have been listening to

This is for you Badri......

Anyway, I have been so terribly busy at work recently that all I can do, once I reach home each day is eat as much as I can and flop on the couch and stare at the TV with Glassy eyes.... Which basically means that I haven't had the time to do any of the things I really enjoy except updating facebook frequently and happily twittering at the Gay joke overkill in Scrubs..... However, I do manage to sneak some time in to reading Perdido Street station on my new Kindle.... That reminds me, I need to buy a cover for the Kindle...

Anyway.... in other news..The independent thinks that All about Eve is the greatest movie ever.... Don't take me wrong... This is one movie that I really enjoy(I've seen it like ten times and yes, I own a copy) and Bette Davis is hands down my fav actress... like ever..... but is it really better than Breakfast at Tiffany's or My fair lady? hmmmmm... But this list has several underrated gems here... Some I havent even heard of(The battle of Algiers, anyone?)....

So... anyway, other than some light reading, the only activity I've had some time for is Music.

Masterplan by the My Morning Jacket is still one of my favourite songs with the worst lyrics ever

What is it about the female voice that is so damn heartrending? Florence and the Machine is not great.... but what a wonderful name?

The Guardian is running a series on the best albums of the decade.... Is it wrong that I find Amy Winehouse Hot?

Another band with a fabulous name- Rupa and the April Fishes... Where do they come up with such names? Listen to Maintenant.. they are good... I think the language is French...... Sounds like something from one of those movies set in the 30's with a sexy actress playing a singer in a club....

... and finally, I've been listening to Carmina Burana.... Carl Orff's version..... O Fortuna is probably my favourite piece of classical music along with Queen of the Night aria in The Magic Flute.....

Euridyce descent- Sue Hubbard

From here


I am not afraid as I descend,
step by step, leaving behind the salt wind
blowing up the corrugated river,
the damp city streets, their sodium glare
of rush-hour headlights pitted with pearls of rain;
for my eyes still reflect the half remembered moon.
Already your face recedes beneath the station clock,
a damp smudge among the shadows
mirrored in the train's wet glass,
will you forget me? Steel tracks lead you out
past cranes and crematoria,
boat yards and bike sheds, ruby shards
of roman glass and wolf-bone mummified in mud,
the rows of curtained windows like eyelids
heavy with sleep, to the city's green edge.
Now I stop my ears with wax, hold fast
the memory of the song you once whispered in my ear.
Its echoes tangle like briars in my thick hair.
You turned to look.
Second fly past like birds.
My hands grow cold. I am ice and cloud.
This path unravels.
Deep in hidden rooms filled with dust
and sour night-breath the lost city is sleeping.
Above the hurt sky is weeping,
soaked nightingales have ceased to sing.
Dusk has come early. I am drowning in blue.
I dream of a green garden
where the sun feathers my face
like your once eager kiss.
Soon, soon I will climb
from this blackened earth
into the diffident light.

Rereading Favourites

My reading process is very simple. It is simply a headlong rush towards the the last page. After a point, I stop noticing the nuances- The language, the references and so on. It has been a long time since I read anything serious. So, I am going to start off with those books I have loved before or have left midway because they were too difficult to get through. I am going to start with Roberto Bolano's 2666. Today. Some of the other books that I intend to read in are(In order):
1. The Recognitions- William gaddis
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy- Robert Burton
3. Infinite Jest- David Foster Williams
4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
5. Anything By Pynchon
6. Pale Fire- Vladimir Nabokov

I have access to most of these books now. I cant wait to get back home and start off. I will track my progress and other interesting Trivia here.

The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Epic Awesomeness! The best WoT book since... I don't know... fires of heaven or something. WoT is back on my favourite series list! The next book is out in November 2010.... It looks like Moiraine will be back.. That would be awesome.....

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A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham



Not a bad book..... Its not exactly the best fantasy I've ever read... BUt its not horrible either!

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Got a google wave invite... :P muhahahaha