Brief Notes
I spent the weekend watching M. Hulot's Vacation and O Brother, Where art thou?, reading Charles Mann's 1491, drinking a bottle of Rioja, and trying to get some work done ... to some avail. Jacques Tati was an incredible observer of society, like Balzac and Zola, but a lot funnier.
Brett Holmann, on the other hand, put together History Carnival #31. Meanwhile, Munnin's KM Lawson decompresses from his comps and looks forward to his dissertation--congratulations! Marc Comtois, not to be outdone, discovered some dead white men blogging. How revolting!
Brazil's President da Silva contemplated the European Union as a model of Latin American and Caribean unity. I wonder why he rejected other models ... could it have been the experiences of neighbor, Argentina?
I've read only one of the best American novels of the last 25 years! No votes for overachieving plagiarist Viswanathan?
AND THE AWARD FOR THE BEST ENABLER: Charles Clough, who has denied genocide in Darfur. "Target[ing] villagers, but not a whole race"--that's rich, and inconsequential.
posted by Nathanael @ 11:09 AM
2 Comments:
Hi! My English is bad because i'm chilean and i speak spanish. But i want to tell you: I like so much Thelonious Monk, He is a genious, extraordinary pianist.
In my Blog i wrote something about him. He is brilliant and his changes, his "musical conversation", his walk on piano, is incredible and unexpected.
If we love Monk, the language is not a problem ¿Do you think?
May be you can't read my post of Monk, but try.
I've only read three - and that's only because I adore McCarthy and he's on there multiple times!
-Bridget
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