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Music, Movies, Fashion, Literature, Writing, Current Affairs, History, Politics, Love, Passion, Photography... Anything that catches my mind, my thoughts, my interest and even my wrath appears in here.
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Ramblings: The Metaphor

 One year at university my Linguistics progamme demanded that we study all different types of figures of speech and be able to pinpoint them in any type of text. The exam consisted of a list of ...

11 h ago

Ramblings: Of zombies, Buffy and weeks that wont go right

Ive been quite reflective this week, a little more than the past few weeks anyway, less nostalgic, more reflective on the present and the near future. Last week I suffered from a 7 day headache that ...

1 day ago

Books/Graphic Novels: Sambre by Yslaire

Keeping in line with the ongoing French theme of the moment, I suddenly thought about an amazing series of graphic novels that my old friend and one-time roommate Maud had introduced me to years ago....

5 days ago

Ramblings: I miss reading and writing in French

 I was reading through my 2003-2004 journal the other day, otherwise known as the “Israel journal”, where the first few months are written in English and the later months in French. I did this b...

6 days ago

Music: Garbage - Not Your Kind Of People

 While I am still kicking myself and seething over the fact that I totally missed the fact that Garbage were playing Webster Hall this week, and therefore didnt got to see them, I should at leas...

25 may 12

Art & Poetry: Gabriel Dante Rossetti

I just spent an hour looking through 5 bookcases and hundreds of books looking for for my old collection of Rossettis poems, a copy that I had taken from my parents collection of old and rare books y...

22 may 12

Ramblings/Rants: The Excessive Use of Xanax & Anti-Anxiety drugs

This morning I was rereading an article on the usage of Xanax in the US that was posted in New York Magazine back in March. I remember reading it the first time back then and having a thousand though...

20 may 12

Ramblings: Of Changes and Survival Modes

I cant believe how this year is flying by, its already the middle of May, Spring is finally here and Im going to be flying to California for two weeks in exactly a month. Which also means I need to s...

19 may 12

Art/Exhibition: Courtney Love - And Shes Not Even Pretty

 Seeing as I was over in Chelsea on Monday to see the Tim Hetherington retrospective (see HERE), and I was already soaking wet from the rain that was coming at me from all directions I decided t...

18 may 12

Photography/Exhib ition: Tim Hetherington Retrospective

I am SO happy I was able to catch this Tim Hetherington retrospective/exhibition before it closes this Saturday - and if you havent seen it yet you must go to the Yossi Milo Gallery to see it, especi...

18 may 12

Short Story: Paris and the Garden Gnomes

A story I wrote based on a trip to Paris back in the 90s..."En attendant mieux vaut se consacrer aux autres quà un nain de jardin" – Amélie PoulainNeuilly, sometime in the late 90’s. Neu...

15 may 12

Photography: Store Fronts

Store Fronts, a set on Flickr.I started this project earlier this year when I realised that I kept taking photos of random storefronts in Brooklyn and Manhattan. I started putting all the photos toge...

14 may 12

Music: Mylène Farmer

I moved to France in the early summer of 1991, flying from the flat suburbia of Apeldoorn in The Netherlands to the small city of Grenoble, nestled in the valley in the Alps and surrounded by three d...

13 may 12

Old writing: Arrival in Israel & Hatzeva (unfinished)

I have been going through piles and piles of old writing and trying to categorize it all, and I recently came across the 10 or so chapters I had written on my return from Israel in 2004. I was planni...

12 may 12

Book Review: The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel

 The Red Leather Diary - Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal, by Lily KoppelI still have all of my diaries that I have kept over the years, the first one being from when I was ...

11 may 12

Ramblings: random self-centered BS

Ever since I woke up I have been trying to think about how I will start writing a review of the Spiritualized show for my blog. I will write one at some point over the next few days, whether or not I...

09 may 12

Book Review: Patti Smith - Just Kids

Just Kids by Patti SmithI own this book in its beautiful hardcover edition and recently acquired a paperback copy, courtesy of a friend. Said paperback copy was read within 24 hours (one should proba...

04 may 12

Ramblings: Siblings

Ive been terribly lazy about writing all week, blaming the fact that I am tired on my complete lack of concentration. Its not like I am lacking in inspiration - I actually have a lot of it at the mom...

28 apr 12

Book Review: Sold by Patricia McCormick

 Those of you who regularly read this blog know that I focus a lot of my attention on what is going on in this world, with a particular focus on atrocities committed towards women and children, ...

21 apr 12

Music: Ren Harvieu

Just last week I was complaining that I didnt feel like I had been inspired by music by new musicians anymore, and that I was just sticking with all my favourites. Granted, I have a lot of favourites...

20 apr 12

Ramblings: Submission rejections and random musings

I didnt wake up in the best of moods this morning. There really shouldnt be a reason for me to be in a bad mood today, I slept over 7 hours, the weather is gorgeous and summery and I really dont have...

17 apr 12

Music ramblings: The Prodigy

Sometimes I feel like my tastes in music have become way too nostalgic... Its becoming more and more rare for me to actually discover a new band or musician that I fall in love with. I think I can co...

15 apr 12

Music: Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light

I make no secret about my love for Spiritualized, so I am of course overjoyed by the fact that the new album is currently streaming on NPR HERE, and will be officially released on April 17th (next Tu...

13 apr 12

Rant: Boom in human trafficking/prost itution in Spain

I was reading THIS article on the New York Times website yesterday during a performance at work, which talks about the boom in human trafficking and prostitution in Spain. I know I always get really ...

08 apr 12

Music Break - Because I feel like it

I havent written anything for three days and I have been sitting in front of the thinking about something I may want to write about, but I just dont feel inspired. So, this is just going to be a musi...

07 apr 12

Literature: Favourite classic British novels/plays

I realised the other day that I hadnt read a classic in a while. Pretty surprising as I used to devour them, British, French, Russian, German classics, anything I could get my hands on. Some of them ...

01 apr 12

Ramblings: Charles Snelling and the question of Euthanasia

I was perusing the New York Times online today (thanks to my lovely friend Meg I now have a subscription!) and came across THIS article about a man named Charles D. Snelling, who, after 61 years of m...

31 mar 12

Photography: People/Portraits

People/Portraits, a set on Flickr.I finally took the time yesterday to start putting this collection together. Taken over the past two years, these are all shots of people that I have taken with eith...

27 mar 12

Photography: Bushwick 2009-2012

Bushwick, a set on Flickr.After posting the Harlem collection the other day, and after a comment from a friend about how I should build up the collection over time, I started thinking about all of th...

26 mar 12

Book Review: Dance the Eagle to Sleep by Marge Piercy

There really is something about Marge Piercy and her writing. She literally TALKS to me. Ive already talked about how much her novel Gone To Soldiers has affected me in my life (as well as the sheer ...

26 mar 12

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