Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

Like a lot of readers, my impression of Nick Hornby is most influenced by High Fidelity, which is still widely considered his best novel. I can’t say for certain, but I suspect that the book’s popularity has not a little to do with its treatment of minutiae: the plot itself is somewhat tepid romantic comedy [...]

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§4984 · March 8, 2010 · (No comments) · Tags: , , , ,


The “getting rusty” edition. Coheed & Cambria – [Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV #13] The Willing Well II – From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness Matchbox Twenty – [Yourself or Someone Like You #05] Girl Like That Dream Theater – [When Dream And Day Unite #04] The Killing Hand The Samuel Jackson Five [...]

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§3819 · April 30, 2009 · 1 comment · Tags: ,


The “Philadelphia tomorrow” edition. Andrew Bird – [Weather Systems #02] I Farmakon – [A Warm Glimpse #05] Same The Polyphonic Spree – [The Fragile Army #06] Section 26 [We Crawl] Souvenir’s Young America – [An Ocean Without Water #03] Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground Tool – [Undertow #09] Flood The Smashing Pumpkins [...]

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§3695 · March 20, 2009 · (No comments) · Tags: , ,


The “Windows 7″ edition. Radiation 4 – [Wonderland #06] John vs. The Elephant Stars – [Do You Trust Your Friends? #11] He Lied About Death (Metric) VAST – [Visual Audio Sensory Theater #11] Untitled Ulver – [Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven & Hell CD1 #10] A Memorable Fancy, Plates 12-13 Té – [...]

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§3670 · March 12, 2009 · (No comments) · Tags: , ,


The “RIP, Leo Frankowski” edition. Forcefeed – [Soil #01] Soil Aereogramme – [My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go #01] Conscious Life For Coma Boy VAST – [Nude #03] Don’t Take Your Love Away Frédéric Chopin – [Complete Collection [disc 13 of 17] #02] Sonata No.1 Op.4 in C minor – II. [...]

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§3654 · March 6, 2009 · (No comments) · Tags: ,


The “swing and a miss” edition Missy Higgins – [On A Clear Night #09] Peachy Mogwai – [Come on Die Young #02] Cody Opeth – [My Arms, Your Hearse #02] April Ethereal Joaquin Rodrigo – [Concierto de Aranjuez (Romero) #10] Invocation et danse: 2. Allegro moderato: Polo Nightingale – [I #02] Still In The Dark [...]

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§3604 · February 20, 2009 · 4 comments · Tags: , ,