📺 Unorthodox (2020) ★★★★
Just when you think of cancelling your Netflix subscription, a great mini series like this makes it worth it again. Magnificent acting by lead actress Shira Haas.
🗞The President’s Taxes. Some serious investigative journalism by The New York Times, that reads like a fairytale.
“It was springtime at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, and the favor-seekers were swarming”
(The article and infographics alone are worth my online subscription)
🍂🍁🦔🌱 We found new traces of hedgehogs in our garden, so, in the spirit of World Animal Day, my daughter and I installed our upgraded hedgehog feeding station this morning! Much better than last year’s version. Next up: a Raspberry Pi-powered night vision wildlife camera!
🎵 My week in music (week #40 2020)
In the Heart of the Moon (2005) remains one of my favourite albums ever.
“Just before the sessions began, Touré (…) was made the mayor of his home town of Niafunké. Diabaté, ever the griot, celebrates this with a brand new piece entitled Monsieur Le Maire De Niafunké.”
🎥 Mindhunter (2017-2019) ★★★★ ½
This past weeks, I finally took the time to watch the second season of Mindhunter. What a great show by David Fincher e.a., full of multiple fictional storylines, played by a top notch cast, against the backdrop of the Atlanta murders of ‘79–‘81.
Stuffed pattypan squash with crème fraiche, mustard and parsley, topped with grilled parmesan cheese.
🥾 Close encounter with strange and fascinating organisms during a walk in the forest.
🎵 My week in music (week #39 2020)
Managed to listen to only one album this past week, and it wasn’t even music but soundscapes and spoken word. But I wholeheartedly recommend this album to anyone!
🌱🍂 Autumn has arrived! First batch of patisson (pattypan squash) from our garden.
”In fine cuisine, its tender flesh is sometimes scooped out and mixed with flavorings, such as garlic, prior to reinsertion“
Can’t wait to start cooking them.
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
Anne Frank 💬📚
I’m slowly progressing with Anne Frank’s Diary of a young girl (my first reading in my adult lifetime). This quote is encouraging me to keep writing my diary whenever possible.
🎵 My week in music (week #38 2020)
Was a bit underwhelmed by Sarah Davachi’s new album. Jozef van Wissem’s meditative lute music gave me some much needed rest and relaxation in a busy work week. Also rediscovered the great sound of Future Islands.
🎵 My week in music (week #37 2020)
I liked watching this interview with Mick Jagger and Adam Granduciel. They talked about the War on Drugs-remix of the track Scarlet on the just released re-issue of Goats Head Soup, but also about writing music and upcoming new albums(!).
🎥 Silent Rage (1982) ★★ ½
Watching a mediocre B movie with Chuck Norris to wrap up the weekend. Great shot though from this mixup of horror, action, sci fi and crime movie directed by Michael Miller.
Beautifully coloured Common Copper spotted across the street.
“Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing”
John Erskine 💬🎵
🎵 My week in music (week 36 2020)
Listened to a mix of classical and folk music this past week. Of all romantic composers, Scandinavian figureheads like Edvard Grieg seem to best capture the influence of nature and folklore in their music.
”After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
Aldous Huxley 💬🎵
Radicchio salad with dried dates, halloumi cheese, mustard seeds and red onions.
🎵 My week in music (week #35 2020)
Deep Cuts by The Knife still sounds as contemporary as it did back in 2003. Listened the whole album at once. Also stumbled upon a forgotten gem hidden in my library from La Funk Mob.
That lazy feeling of an afternoon nap on the couch while listening to sounds of ‘motards’ and helicopters from the TV coverage of this year’s Tour de France. 🚴♂️ 🇫🇷
🎵 I wrote earlier about Concertino, the great project by Open Opus, that makes classical music ‘just work’ with modern music streaming services. The promised iOS app is pretty stable already. I just discovered the beautiful late romantic work of Ferruccio Busoni through it. ❤️
Enjoying our last week of the summer holiday in beautiful Zürich🇨🇭
Currently reading in the hammock in our garden: On the Shortness of Life by Seneca 📚
🎵 My week in music (week #33 2020)
I didn’t listen to a lot because of our short holiday amid the longest heatwave ever.
But I enjoyed the new album Articulation by Rival Consoles. It somehow brought me back to listening music with friends at dawn at Calella Beach in the 90s.
🥾 Had a nice walk in the beautiful Millingerwaard, along the floodplains of the Rhine and Waal rivers, near the Dutch-German border.
