Thursday morning
Posted by SpikeJun 28
Rain rain go the fuck away
Finally catching up on most recent albums by Jesse Malin and Decemberists – two things that I liked on first listen but then never “seriously” listened to until now. And I like ‘em both, a lot. Blonde Redheads ain’t doin’ anythin’ for me. Like Arctic Monkeys but 5 listens is enough, it goes into the archives now.
Latest BC mag is out, along with latest column. Again, rather pleased with how this one turned out.
It would be up to Hong Kong and Hong Kong alone to find a way to reposition itself in the 21st century. However, in a territory governed by people whose sole qualification for the job is unflagging loyalty to Beijing and a handful of real-estate billionaires operating solely from a principle of short-term self-interest, the solutions presented to us have fallen woefully short of even the most meagre expectations.
No such promise for the next one though. Don’t even have a topic or first line yet. Maybe a thousand words on Barton Fink, the finest movie ever made about writers block? Gimme dat Barton Fink feeling! (Okay, two Coen Bros references in two days, think I must like them or somefink?)
Newly noted blog: Ten Things I Hate About Hong Kong. Not bad, except he seems to be anti-smoking, a mistake that I hope to see rectified in the future.
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