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interestingly he went into hiding in chile in the mid 80s (why am i not surprised?) and was nominated to the nobel prize in literature by mother theresa and naguib mahfuz (!). now i really have to find this book.

i think the trouble with genius is that it is all-consuming and obscures everything else, i've met mono-artist fans (at least in one case a miles fan to exclusion of everything else) and it's not a pretty sight, so the natural reaction is to reject the big and go for the small to balance things...

sounds great. re: bilitis, i have a prominent nose so i may have to see it to boost my self-image. the older woman is hamilton's wife, i can't say i would complain.. i think i would present a worrying image judging by the women i fancy. (not yet degrading, thankfully).

actually the book came out in 1967 but philby defected in 1963 (le carré has very good ideas regardless).

god's banker? judging by the cover i want to read this.

speaking of early/proto jazz, these two are compelling

actually, that rendition of mood indigo sounds much too advanced and well-recorded for 1930, this seems to be the original recording which is still far ahead of this which is contemporary or later in any case i'm beginning to think woebot may have a point, but i need to be less ignorant of...

crickets

also recent.. giacomo casanova, adventures in venice an extract of the memoirs (which are huge) with casanova growing up, having his first escapades, giving his first sermon and later ending up in jail from where he escapes, very amusing and well-written. voltaire, candide little novel/satire...

this was slightly embarassing as the cover is a photo of two nude women in erotic embrace and the man who sold it to me asked if i had seen the film! i said of course not, i'm here for francis lai.

currently enjoying this and this!

i have similar piles of books to read which i will get around to sometime this decade! and yes, céline can be very blunt, the letters are no less so but also funny and charming (he has to be, after all his books and publisher are his lifeline and means of existence, especially in exile), and...

hello oliver! coincidentally i found the bilitis soundtrack this weekeend. it's good to see you here.

yes it is. miles' quintet on form (between e.s.p and nefertiti) also strikes me as quintessential. clearly later, and not reinventing the wheel, but it was 'pure' jazz and very much alive. (he loved him madly is a favourite, too)

i can only answer from my perspective which is not very informed and probably dull, plus i'm not sure these are all 2014, but this is what i have enjoyed: longing for the past, the 78 rpm era in southeast asia (dusk to digital) box set of old recordings spanning 1906-1960 with lavish book and...

i'm surprised there has been no mention of the recollection grm reissues which have been going on now for two years, or if they have they are too far buried in these threads and i can't find them. i bring them up because one, this is the first proper (an dby proper i mean well executed and well...

currently forcing myself to read hugo pratt's una ballata del mare salato (featuring corto maltese, but without pictures) with the aim of learning italian, non capisco troppo but i am making strides.

i think you would enjoy kim rapatti/mono junk, he likes his heavy synth/ebm/acid with the occasional weird vocal, for example:

giorgio de chirico's memoirs: annoying book which you should avoid unless you enjoy constant complaints about modern art, about de chirico counterfeits and general self-aggrandising. the first half is amusing with visits to apollinaire etc. but the rest is dull. dominique vivant denon, voyage...

which one? i have nord and mort à credit waiting to be read (since 1995) but i finished a selection of letters to the nrf (his publisher) and it was a hilarious, sad and generally enjoyable read even with most letters dedicated to haggling for money. i have less and less patience for novels but...