David Foster Wallace

Reading a book of essays by DFW entitled Consider The Lobster. The excellence of these sent me back to an earlier book of essays by said writer. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again is truly marvellous - the title essay a brilliant, hilarious, astute and ultimately compassionate account of the human condition as observed on an "upscale" US cruise ship.

love

Been listening to the "Beatles" Love album as produced by le petit Martin. Ok, I'll admit up front that I find it all totally wonderful but what is surprising to me is how great the early "pop" songs, like Help and I Want To Hold Your Hand, stand up. I confess that I could have done with the full Hey Jude, a Sun King done the right way round and a full-frontal Tomorrow Never Knows. But listening to this I am astonished at just how good they were. Goodnight children, everywhere.

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