I’ve been meaning to put up some Irish literary links for some time. The Cat Flap I’m no objectivist (I think!) but I really enjoyed Peter Sirr’s review of The Poems of Charles Reznikoff, 1918 – 1975, and while I could take or leave some of the poems quoted, I thought this was marvellous. Walk [...]
Björk’s new video, Wanderlust. Magical as usual. This is Björk’s video gallery, on which, oddly enough, Wanderlust isn’t available as I write.
In my rare idle moments of late, I’ve been musing on South America, a kind of daydream, really, probably because I was playing a little flamenco on my computer which progressed to a little tango and eventually to Vuelvo al Sur, with Astor Piazzolla & Roberto Goyeneche. You can look up the lyrics in Spanish [...]
Will.i.am and Jesse Dylan — and friends — go for Barack Obama A pro-Barack Obama “Yes We Can” video making the Internet rounds offers an interesting pairing — Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am and filmmaker Jesse Dylan (son of Bob), plus a raft of celebrities. The inspiration of the video — and its core theme [...]