Sunday Papers: Mary Richie

"Japanese of the working classes drink continually while they travel.  Either they dislike unsettling trips or they find trips the time to be as unsettled and disorderly as possible."

On the turntable: The Clash, "On Broadway"
On the nighttable:  Isabel Stirling, "Zen Pioneer"

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Whatever the temperament of cloud,
Emerald green waves break
Indifferently on the shore.

On the turntable:  Atomic Rooster, "In Hearing of Atomic Rooster"

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The untropical chill,
Tests the buffalo's
Hardened hides.

On the turntable:  Andrew Hill, "Grass Roots"

Sunday Papers: Aldous Huxley

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."
  

On the turntable: Talking Heads, "Stop Making Sense"
On the nighttable: John Roderick, "Minka"

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Tropical waves 

Keep winter at bay,

Before succumbing, succumbing...

On the turntable:  Asia, "Asia"

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Heike descendants
Conceal themselves
Beneath the deepest of snows

On the turntable:  Afro Cuban All Stars, "Distinto, Differente"

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A monochrome world,
Birthed by
The coming of storm.

On the turntable: Ali Farka Toure, "Ali Farka Toure"

Sunday Papers: Bill Vaughan

"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees then names the streets after them."


On the turntable:  Christopher G. Moore, "Bangkok Noir"
On the nighttable:  Buddy Rich, "The Bus Tapes"

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Koshogatsu.
The transformative power
Of ice and fire.

On the turntable:  Alice Coltrane, "Translinear Light"

 

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Five days ago
The only white before my eyes
Was the curl of surf

On the turntable:  Air, "Moon Safari"

 

Sunday Papers: Lyall Watson

"Children have a powerful sense of the propriety of certain things. They believe that rocks and houses are alive, that bears and elephants have feelings, and that it all matters. Every child of five knows everything there is to know, but when they turn six we send them to school, and then the rot sets in."


On the turntable: Miles Davis, "Dig"
On the nighttable:  Cameron Forbes, "Under the Volcano"

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Shifting the horizon,
With every sip...

On the turntable:  Art Pepper, "Among Friends"

Sunday Papers: Jean Giorno

"For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years.  If this performance is devoid of all egoism, if its guiding motive is unparalleled generosity, if it is absolutely certain that there is no thought or recompense and that, in addition, it has left its visible mark upon the earth, then there can be no mistake."


On the turntable:  Genesis, "Genesis Live"
On the nighttable: Charmian London, "Jack London and Hawaii"

Happy New Year!