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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2023-10-20 10:08 pm

Only the voluntary homage paid by the living to the unqualified and dangerous dead

I have managed very little with the day beyond capitalism and serving as a platform for sleeping cats, but I recognize the latter of these two activities as imperative. Have some links.

1. I had never before heard of "Waka Waka Bang Splat," an ASCII poem composed by Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese around 1990. I liked this note about regional pronunciations, which of course contains some folk drift of its own.

2. As I am still not comfortable in theaters, I would not be attending Perfection, of a Kind: Britten vs Auden even were I in the right country for it, I just wish they were offering virtual tickets. Even if he's just reprising his scenes from The Habit of Art, I am charmed by the idea that Alex Jennings has become an interpreter of Britten—it was my successfully imprinting introduction to him as an actor. I didn't realize Night Mail (1936) was ever performed outside of its GPO film context.

3. Courtesy of [personal profile] cyphomandra: on the other hand, the British Library is selling tickets for the livestream of The Dark is Rising and Other Stories: Susan Cooper and Natalie Haynes in Conversation. I can't remember what happened last year to prevent me listening to the radio adaptation, but I enjoyed its incidental music.

I don't think it is much of a news flash that I am very tired. Do I know anyone who's not?
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[personal profile] alexxkay 2023-10-21 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
If you have not yet run across it, let me recommend "Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics". It's a radio show/podcast, short episodes that are half lecture and half stand-up routine. The one on The Iliad is a particular favorite of this household.