Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A life in letters.



I've been wasting my time with my fancy bloggin'.  Apparently this is how you do it:

Taken from here.


Prabhupada Letters :: 1966
a.c. bhaktivedanta swami


31 January 2004
JOURNAL: Monday 31 January   N.Y.

Today I met two Foundations Carnegie Corporation of New York & Russel Sage Foundation. To contact again tomorrow by phone.

Expenditure. Busfare .30 test | 01:12 |


30 January 2004
JOURNAL: Sunday 30 January   Too much snow falling today and the wind blowing very severely. So I could not go to Dr. Mishra's apartment for meals. Some how or other I managed my bath and meals in the studio.

Purchased milk & butter .51. test | 01:10 |


29 January 2004
JOURNAL: Saturday 29 January   Mr. Hill will call me at 10-10/30 am.

Geeta meeting at Studio at 4 pm.

Mr. Hill informed that Sachin Mazumdar can be contacted on phone and thus meet him. Mr. Cohen came at 4 pm with friends and heard me for one and half hour up 5/30 pm.
He has taken away one set of Books on approval.

Two sets of book received back from Paragon book gallery making altogether 3 new sets taken back from them.
Expenditure: Banana - .26
Busfare - .30
.56

To Sri Sri Adwaita Prabhu's appearance observed by fasting like Ekadasi test | 01:09 |


28 January 2004
JOURNAL: Friday 28 January   N.Y.

Purchased vegetables -- .42
Busfare -- .30
Expenditure .72

Saw Mr. Cohen at his place. He is to come here tomorrow at 4 pm. test | 01:07 |


27 January 2004
JOURNAL: Thursday 27 January   Mr. Hill gave me the address of Sachin Mazumdar.

Enquired from Camera House about T.R. Mr. Eric's friend Mr. Dick.

One set books price of $16.00 paid by Mrs. Milapsky.

Today Mr. Cohen* met. He gave his address and invited me to see his apartment in the Down Town.

No Expenditure. test | 01:05 |


26 January 2004
JOURNAL: Wednesday 26 January   N.Y.

Meeting at the Church at 4 West 76th St at 7 pm.

The following letters despatched.
(1) Sally Agarwal 603, N. Walnut St Re: Books
Dover, Ohio.
(2) Miss. H Sattley, Bureau of Libraries Re: Books
110, Livingston St. Brooklyn N.Y.
(3) Dr. Seymour Fersh, Asia Society Re: Books
112, East 64th St. New York City.

Went to see the Tape-recorder. Found no good.

Expenditure
Butter -- .44
Busfare -- .30
.74

one set book sold
at the Universalist
Church of Divine Paternity
Central Park West at 76th St. N.Y. test | 01:02 |


25 January 2004
JOURNAL: Tuesday 25 January   N.Y.

Received letter from Mrs. Sally Agarwal* 603 N. Walnut St. Dover Ohio intimating that she is taking my book to her new residence. It appears that she has had not received my letter Dt 18/1/66.

Decided to purchase one Tape Recorder Martel. From the advertisement Times of New York.

No Expenditure today.

one set of books taken by Mrs. Milapsky she promises to pay on Thursday 27/1/66.

Lectures delivered in the studio on the test of spiritual realisation. It means no more any artificial demand for the body and mind. People appreciated.

No expenditure today.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

The Year in Reviews


For my own amusement, if not yours, I compiled and linked the articles and reviews I did for Exclaim! in 2009.

Articles/Interviews:
Fennesz
Jacob Kierkegaard - Labyrinthitis
The Decemberists - Hazards of Love 
The Field
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Mark Templeton - Inland 
We Are Wolves
Year in Review:  Animal Collective
Year in Review:  Mountains
Radian - Chimeric

Reviews:
Murcof - Versailles Sessions
Ulaan Khol - II
The Welcome Wagon - Welcome to the Welcome Wagon
IMPS - Remixed
Gregory and the Hawk - Moenie Kitchi
Loney, Dear - Dear John
Made in Mexico - Guerillaton
Aethenor - Faking Gold and Murder
Asher - Landscape Studies
Astral Social Club - Octuplex
Bohren and Der Club of Gore - Delores
Dirty Beaches - Horror LP
Ethan Rose - Oaks 
I8U - 10 -33 cm 
M. Templeton & aA Munson - Acre Loss  
Manual - Confluence
Nick Butcher - Bee Removal  
Northern Valentine - Distance Brings Us Closer 
Pan.American - White Bird Release 
Reigns - House on the Causeway 
Sylvain Chauveau - Black Book of Capitalism 
Zak Riles - S/T 
Intrusion - Seduction of Silence 
Robert Henke - Atom/Document 
Arboretum - Song of the Pearl 
D.Rider - Mother of Curses 
Drones - Havilah
Sin Fang Bous - Clamour  
These Are Powers - All Aboard Future 
Animal Hospital - Good or Plenty, Streets + Avenues 
Aughra - Proof of Dark Matter/Light the Lights 
Balmorhea - All is Wild, All is Silent 
Black Dice - Repo
Tomasz Bednarczyk - Painting Sky Together  
Montag - Hibernation 
Various - Pop Ambient 2009 
Last Days - Safety of the North
Pontiak - Maker  
Fridge - Early Output 1996-1998
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Royal Family Divorce  
Baja - Aether Obelisk 
Dntel - Works for Me if it Works for you II
Various - Enjoy the Silence
Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
Belmez - Apariciones
Kingsbury Manx - Ascenceur Ouvert!
Our Brother the Native - Sacred Psalms
Anduin & Jasper TX - The Bending of Light
Comfort - Sleep Talking Shared 
Martin Schulte - Depth of Soul
Bachelorette - My Electric Family
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
City Centre - S/T
The Curious Mystery - Rotting Slowly
Magik Markers - Balf Quarry
Matt Krefting - I Couldn't Love You More
Wand - Hard Knox
The Wooden Birds - Magnolia
Wooden Shjips - Dos
Monahans - Dim the Aurora
AGF + Sue C. - MiniMovies
Christopher Tignor - Core Memory Unwound 
Francisco Lopez & Lawrence English - HB
Rapoon - Dark Rivers  
Sleep Whale - Little Brite 
William Fowler Collins - Perdition Hill Radio 
Plastik Joy - 3:03 
Various - Iceberg
Vitaminsforyou - He Closed His Eyes So He Could Dance With You
Bowerbirds - Upper Air 
John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
Manchester Orchestra - Means Everything to Nothing
Masha Qrella - Speak Low
Mankind - Ice Machine
Peter Broderick - Music for Falling from Trees
Icarus - Sylt Remixes
Desolation Wilderness - New Universe
Gary Higgins - Seconds
Pastels/Tenniscoats - Two Sunsets
Aarktica - In Sea
Kreng - L'Autopsie Phénoménale de Dieu
Lokai - Transitions
Pedestrian Deposit - Austere
Risil - Non-Meters Vol. 1
Stade - Freewheel
Yoshi Wada - Earth Horns with Electronic Drone
Altz - Escape
Brock Van Wey - White Clouds Drift On and On
Porn Sword Tobacco - Everything is Music to the Ear
Helado Negro - Awe Owe
Black Feather - Silhouette
Black Feelings - S/T
Black Mold - Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz
Dial M for Murder - Fiction of Her Dreams
Holy Sons - Criminal's Return
Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
Ramona Falls - Intuit
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie - Marlone
Royal City - 1999-2004
Mem 1 - +1
Ethernet - 144 Pulsations of Light
Fieldhead - They Shook Hands for Hours
Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave it All Away
Early Day Miners - The Treatment
Lights - Rites
Ambarchi/Fennesz/Pimmon/Rehberg/Rowe - Afternoon Tea
Wooley/Lytton/Grubbs - Seven Storey Mountain
Klimek - Movies is Magic
M - Pop Muzik: 30th Anniversary Remixes
Black Heart Procession - Six
Capybara - Try Brother
Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw & The Beasts
Glass Ghost - Idol Omen
Hallelujah the Hills - Colonial Drones
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love - Feels, Feathers, Bogs and Bees
Mountain Goats - Life of the World to Come
Tickley Feather - Hors D'oeuvres
Todor Kabokov - Pop Music

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Hey 2010... Yeah!!! Next.



Today's Listening:

Dub Tractor - Sorry (City Centre Offices)
Akira Kosemura - Polaroid Piano (Someone Good)
Pit er Pat - The Flexible Entertainer (Thrill Jockey)
Crushed Stars - The Refracted Light of (Simulacra)
The Shaky Hands - Let it Die (Kill Rock Stars)
Nikasaya - One Summerheim (Someone Good)
Anduin - Abandoned in Sleep (SMTG)