Tuesday, 17. March 2009, 18:50:55
literacy, opinion, procrastination, literature
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i've been waiting to post my summary and review of the books i read last year until it was completed, but if i follow that tack, i will never get around to loging the books i read last year and so far this year, so consider this a work-in-progress -- in gregorian, that's WIP, as in: "WIP it, WIP it good"...
so, if you're morbidly curious or just bored out of your skull, check back here from time to time as i provide my unsolicited 2 cents (american) on life, literature and the intersection of the twain...
Tuesday, 26. June 2007, 05:14:38
perception, books, music, literature
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composition date: 14 April 2007
from a young age, i have always tried to listen to period and geographically appropriate music whilst i read... having finally finished the unabridged audio version of Against the Day, here's a list of what comprised an important part of my experience -- and enjoyment -- of the book, which is the point of the exercise in the first place...
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The Beau Hunks: Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, Opus 8 [Koch Records]
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The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra: That Demon Rag! [Dorian]
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The White Star Orchestra: Titanic - Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage [Rhino Records]
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Tuva - Voices from Central Asia [Rounder Records]
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Kompania Takís Loukas: Musique Traditionnelles d'Épire (Folk Music from Epirius) [Auvidis]
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Echoes of the Forest - Field Recordings of Romanian Music from Transylvania [Music of the World CDT-144]
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Béla Bartók - Complete Solo Piano Music (György Sándor , piano) [Sony SK 68276/68277/68278/68279]
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Sviraj Trubo 2 (a compilation locally produced in Serbia by an unidentified label)
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Ukranian Cello: Works of Lisogub, Kossenko, Shtogarenko & Ishchenko (Julia Pantelyat, cello; Dmitrij Manelis, piano) [Dorian DIS-80122]
as well as WFMU's alternating monday evening shows, broadcast at 7pm local (NJ) time:
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The Antique Phonograph Music Program: cylinders and discs played on acoustic, wind-up players; and
- Thomas Edison's Attic
both hour-long shows are available from WFMU as podcasts...
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