Monthly Archives: September 2011
Iago speaks.
This week (and the next), we’re doing Othello in class. Here’s Kenneth Branagh’s Iago in a (truncated) soliloquy, then. [via YouTube] d
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Radiohead x Stephen Colbert
Radiohead visited the set of Stephen Colbert’s late night show and played a few songs and had a couple of amusing interviews. Hit the link for a few videos and a write-up. [via Pitchfork] d
The Nobel Game
Oh hey, it’s time to play the Nobel Guessing Game again. Apparently, according to this article, Syrian poet Adonis is the frontrunner for this year’s prize. [via The Guardian] Tomas Tranströmer is in second, though I have to admit I … Continue reading
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Stream a concert.
YouTube will be streaming Pink Floyd’s 1974 The Greatest Gig in the Sky concert in celebration of the reissues of the entire Floyd catalogue coming out this week. Head over there now to catch it. (It loops over and over.) … Continue reading
German Literature Month
I have trouble committing to big reading events like this, but if you don’t have the same issue, do consider taking part in the German Literature Month event hosted by Caroline of Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Lizzy of … Continue reading
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Lost Hitchcock screened.
Alfred Hitchcock’s The White Shadow, his first film and one that was lost for eighty years, was screened last week in New York. [via The Telegraph] d
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Rojak: Recess week over!
Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Recess week is over, which is of course bad news for me, but here’s a bumper edition of Rojak … Continue reading
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Omnivore: Recess Week
Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). It was recess week for school this week, but I was essentially fighting fires all around, but I feel quite happy … Continue reading
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Defective compositions.
Oh look, a letter from T.S. Eliot to Virginia Woolf. One thing is certain: I MUST stay in London, where Vivien will be, after this week, is uncertain. But When do you want to publish my defective compositions? When do … Continue reading
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