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Wed, 30 May 2012 18:58:22 -0400

I finally finished 2666 last night after having it sit on my desk since last summer, and maybe starting to read it a couple of months ago.

While I was reading it I found it hard to enjoy as you might enjoy a more traditional novel. I wouldn’t call it a page-turner. It was a difficult read: digressions, references that were flying past me, sentences that would run for pages, masses of solid text. However, even if I wasn’t understanding everything I was seeing, there was at least something to try and understand. Once I got near the end I started reading bits from near the beginning, and I could actually imagine reading it a second time to actually get more out of it.

I didn’t realize The Part About the Crimes was actually based in reality until after I was finished, and was disturbed.

I wonder what reading it in Spanish would’ve been like. I will likely read his other books.

Conek4 - Memories Gone

Wed, 02 May 2012 07:21:28 -0400

Conek4 - Memories Gone

Gilles Peterson Worldwide Vol.5 No.3 // Havana Cultura: The Story So Far

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:47:32 -0400

Gilles Peterson Worldwide Vol.5 No.3 // Havana Cultura: The Story So Far

SpectraSoul - Light In The Dark ft Terri Walker

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:40:28 -0400

SpectraSoul - Light In The Dark ft Terri Walker

Brian McKnight - Stay or Let it Go (Sabre Remix)

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:18:09 -0400

Brian McKnight - Stay or Let it Go (Sabre Remix)

Doc Daneeka & Abigail Wyles - Tobyjug Heard on Knowledge...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:31:24 -0400

Doc Daneeka & Abigail Wyles - Tobyjug

Heard on Knowledge Magazine Podcast #24

Funky Chocolate - Deep Moods Heard in Melbourne Deepcast 049:...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:01:54 -0400

Funky Chocolate - Deep Moods

Heard in Melbourne Deepcast 049: The Tortoise

Alberto Manguel

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:17:27 -0400

I listened to this 2007 Massey Lecture by Alberto Manguel yesterday that was not always easy to follow, but had some interesting sections. Particularly where he talks about the current state of book publishing. While hearing it I was really curious about what books he actually recommend, and it turns out he has a top 100 list (pdf) on his site.

Alberto Balsalm - Steel Version

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:41:54 -0400

Alberto Balsalm - Steel Version

Photo

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:53:40 -0400

Portishead - Over

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:52:58 -0400

Portishead - Over

NY Stomp - The NY House track (Nicholas Basement Dub)

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:39:27 -0500

NY Stomp - The NY House track (Nicholas Basement Dub)

Doc Daneeka & Benjamin Damage - Infamous Heard on Hotflush...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:11:00 -0500

Doc Daneeka & Benjamin Damage - Infamous

Heard on Hotflush Podcast 15: Braille

Champion ft Ruby Lee Ryder - Sensitivity Heard this on Rinse #16...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:31:36 -0500

Champion ft Ruby Lee Ryder - Sensitivity

Heard this on Rinse #16 by Ben UFO.

InAisce F/W 2012-13

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:10:48 -0500

InAisce F/W 2012-13

Hotflush Podcast 12 - Nihal Ramchandani

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:58:09 -0500

Hotflush Podcast 12 - Nihal Ramchandani

RA.294 DJ Nobu

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:55:26 -0500

RA.294 DJ Nobu

Photo

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:18:26 -0500

The Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:55:03 -0500

The Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:41:43 -0500

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground