All that jazz

Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.

― Ludwig van Beethoven

This post is all over the place. Like my mind is these days. But it is Friday and on Fridays, after a week of long hours, my love and I like to stay up late and make them count. Netflix and gin-and-tonics and salted peanuts. Filling up the room with evaporated electric liquid. And then, when the movie is done and the light comes up, we lay down our heads, knowing this weekend will be too short, too nice, too delicious and the coming week will be dreadful. Again.

“Well, it’s nice to die of alcoholism, it’s very glorious. But if you write dull shit, it doesn’t do any good what you die from… You see?“

In here

Blog posts that jumped up at me in my WordPress.com Reader:

• Spring To Summer
  An ode to spring (and summer) by Stephen Allen (AKA Stoic)
• beetleypete- Random Blogger Interviews
  Krish Mayani Dadlani interviewed Pete about his blog and blogging experiences.
• Past Imperfect – #366
  Brian Lageose again showing where a photograph can take him.
• Doh!
  Steve having a ‘doh!’ moment while he was looking into Heathcock Court in London.
• If I was a TV
  I love Michael Aiken’s way of looking at the world.

Out there

Stuff I caught floating around on the interwebs:

• What Does Gen Z Have Against Question Marks
  It might be the Gen-Xer in me, but I think she forgot a question mark at the end of that title? (Oh, and now I know to be on alert when my wife texts me: ‘k’…)
• The one where no one will read your book (and other truths about publishing)
  Damn, that’s depressing.
• The Literally Edition
  Language-ing about ‘literally’.

Soundtrack

Ivory ticklings:

• Erik Satie – Gnossienne No.1
• Chopin – Nocturne op.9 No.2
• Struggle for pleasure – Wim Mertens
• Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata
• Mischa Maisky plays Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G (full)
• Michael Nyman – Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds
• In The Mood For Love – Yumeji’s Theme
• F. Liszt – “Ständchen” Piano Transcriptions After Schubert – Khatia Buniatishvili
  Wait for the coin to drop…
• Arthur Jussen – Schubert Impromptus Opus 90 No.2+3
• The Cinematic Orchestra – ‘To Build A Home’
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Forbidden Colours (Original)