books, gigs, records july

booklist july
- karl krauss; apocalyptic satirist - edward timms (reading now),
- art history and its methods: a critical anthology - ed. eric fernie (introduction only),
- a russian schoolboy - sergei aksakov (introduction and start),
- lifelong learning: concepts and contexts - ed. sutherland and crowther (start),
- a country doctor - franz kafka (illus. karel hruska) (most),
 - the gods - alain (started and first few chapters),
- hodge and his masters - richard jefferies (all),
- aubrey beardsley - stephen calloway (dipped),
- 'I liked it, didn't love it' - rona edwards & monika skerbelis

gigs july
- stick in the wheel, vincent cross and gemma khawaja
 - charlemagne palestine,
- felice brothers,
walthamstow garden party saturday (hence)
- dzamba aquilevi orchestra, kasai allstars, nazinja, la-33

stoner/ sludge gig
- opium lord, wiremother, damn teeth, tropical nightmare

recordings listened to
- star rise: nusrat fateh ali khan and michael brook remixed
- filles de kilimanjaro - miles davis (lots)
- nefertiti, sorcerer - miles davis (once each)
- earth - joe henderson and alice coltrane
- universal consciousness, astral meditations - alice coltrane
- high times - mc5