Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Last weekend consisted of two big celebrations. On Friday there was a make your own pizza and cupcake party for Elyse's birthday. Great music, food, friends and Guitar Hero II
. Then on Sunday it was off to Hamilton for a family-in-law celebration for Canada Day (Canada's 140th birthday). Here I got the chance to meet Ericka's cousin and family who now live out near Edmonton, Alberta.
Since then it's pretty much been down to the grind mill, so to speak.

Look away now, if you are not my brother
Because you probably couldn't care less.
Here's a little self-indulgent bit for you: a list of things Jon digs very much at present...

Music





Film

Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye


Jennifer Baichwal's Manufactured Landscapes


This is a stunning documentary following the photographer Edward Burtynsky as he documents land degradation across China.

Good reads

Nathanael West's Miss Lonelyhearts is one of the oddest short stories I've read.
The best art magazine out there is published in Finland.
Yep.
Framework is a very big and very clever (and very beautiful) bi-annual that enlightens politically as well as art(ally).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like the Daedelus, but not the A Certain Ratio. I think his vocals manage to suck any energy out of the track that might have been generated by the bassline.

True story - Cleo's dad was the model for the front cover of an early UK edition of Miss Lonelyhearts...

What news of the visa, young man?