Some shit I've been consuming...
Music:
- Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers. Love it. You already know that.
- The Specials - Specials. Fun Brit ska-revival. Made me want to listen to Sublime. Then I listened to Sublime and learned that they're one of those bands whose hits are far better than the rest of what they do.
- Ramones - Rocket To Russia. My first Ramones. It's 1/2 great, 1/4 good and 1/4 crap.
- Albert King - The Best Of. Love the early stuff - before he started playing with big horn-encrusted bands. The early singles are killer.
- BB King - some big monster iTunes collection. B.B. has a better singing voice, but I still like Albert King better.
- The Avalanches - Since I Left You. An impressive technical achievement - so many samples! I still don't like dance music.
Books:
- Téa Obreht - The Tiger's Wife. A wide-ranging tale about the intersection of fable, family and war, in an unnamed Balkan country, before, during and after various wars. Very nice.
- Jeff VanderMeer - The Third Bear. A collection of short stories from one of my favorite fantastical authors. Among many great stories, it contains one of my favorites, "The Situation" - which describes the surreal office politics of a bunch of genetically-modified post-human creatures. That story appeared in an earlier compilation of his short stories, but I was glad to read it again. And you can read it here!