For a while in 2023 I was tormenting friends with Janan Ganesh -isms every other day, it’s sort of good to see him still at it. Not to be taken too seriously, I think
Finally saw Black Narcissus, and mostly did not enjoy it, except I loved the light in some scenes and was a bit wowed by David Farrar—I hadn’t seen him before—who seems to have retired from acting in the funniest way possible
speaking as a Berlin resident who dislikes the nightlife, articles like this are a good sign that at least it's becoming uncool
Life metal. Not-too-careful riffing on the outro to Meshuggah’s Straws Pulled at Random. Otherwise their vocals and imagery and overall message (as far as I can make it out) get in the way of the music for me.
Denise Levertov, “A Wren,” from Sands of the Well (1996). Her last book. It’s still possible to write the bird poem
