V For Vendetta

May 17th, 2006

I first heard about this film a year and two days ago. Funnily enough I haven’t been getting any more sleep than what I did then. Last November I remember watching with anticipation the trailer on Apple’s site. So why-on-earth didn’t I get round to seeing it sooner? One of life’s mysteries.

Natalie is lacking […]

Girl Of The North Country

May 13th, 2006

Put another Johnny Cash CD onto MiniDisc, listened to it over and over on the bus to/from college. Gotta love it. “Hidden Shame” is especially poignant–fans will know why.
Here’s a little bit of the Dylan & Cash duo “Girl Of The North Country”:

Girl Of The North Country .mp3

Remember me to one who lives there,
She once […]

Remembering Larkin

May 9th, 2006

You may not be familiar with the poetry of Philip Larkin–I wasn’t–only being introduced to it by the A-Level English syllabus (though education largely spoils learning sometimes it gets things right).
We studied his last published volume of poetry High Windows. It’s a thin letter sized book, with pages that share their texture with that of […]