Over the Edge...

Monday 23 August 2004

Sopranos was great again. I get so annoyed with Channel 4 though. They have an ad break every 5 mins and then they always have a voice-over during the credits. This is the part where David Chase goes to the trouble to find a song that can sum up the episode; it is, for me, what makes the show so good. It's like a Shakespearean play with the music at the end being another tool of the director to explain what is going on. It puts the show into a context. But Channel 4have to have some moron talking about what's coming up next. AAAGGGHH!!!

Everyone's got a book in them. Bollocks. I certainly haven't. Started to read Jonathan Lethem's 'Motherless Brooklyn' and its stunning. I can't write with anywhere near the same magnitude. I'm no book critic so I won't try to discuss his writing in depth. Although its exhilarating to read, it's also slightly belittling. When my friend Ben had his operation he said he had started to write a book. I suggested reading one first. He hasn't got a book in him either. When he stayed over the other night he said he had written one page. Mmm...not bad for....5 weeks.

On the Random House website there's a load of diary entries from one of Lethem's book tours. It just floats off the page. In New York, he did a reading and interview with Haruki Murakami. Fuck! What a dream! Will learn a lot from how he writes his diary. Hopefully will be reflected in this.

Really enjoying watching Spaced. Have nearly finished watching the second series. It's extremely clever. New albums have arrived from Play: Jane's Addiction: 'Ritual de la Habitual', Dinosaur Jr: 'Green Mind', Yes: 'Over the Edge', and the Joy Division: 'Substance'.