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This Fluid Thrill: Comme ci comme ça: Updates
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Thursday, June 11, 2015. Comme ci comme ça: Updates. So we had a son in late April. We named him Caio - a nod to those of his roots that are Italian (and a dozen other subsidiary factors that seem trivial when explained). Then we discovered some phones autocorrect this to "Ciao". Even when autocorrect doesn't intervene, some still misread it as "Ciao". Oh well. We fuck them up, the mums and dads. We may not mean to, but we do. So my story about a Kiwi at an ANZAC day barbeque in Perth, ' Recessional.
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This Fluid Thrill: Best albums of 2014
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Monday, December 22, 2014. Best albums of 2014. 1) Future Islands - Singles. I'm glad I didn't see their semi-infamous Letterman performance. Until today, as it may have dampened (doused? My enthusiasm for this band/album. The record is so tight, so careful in its balance of light and dark, tinny and profound, and that performance is, um, not. I mean, I'm all for geeky dancing. Gord Downie. And a crumbling stage persona failing voice? S eighth biggest fan. 2) Wild Beasts - Present Tense. More closely (he...
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This Fluid Thrill: July 2014
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Thursday, July 31, 2014. This is a taste of the music I listened to in June:. And this is what I’ve been reading over the last two months:. The Left Hand of Darkness. By Ursula Le Guin. I enjoyed this. Had never read Le Guin before and it was much more sociology-thought-experiment than the straight-up-and-down sci-fi I was expecting. Myth-making, on multiple levels, of the highest order. Became a big consideration, and I got a little more lost. I’m working on a Building. What a string of pages. The boldn...
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This Fluid Thrill: Walking away from a hill of beans
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Friday, September 5, 2014. Walking away from a hill of beans. My daughter’s favourite movie is Shrek 2. She’s seen the first and third movies, and Shrek the Halls. But for her there’s only one Shrek. Parental disclaimer: She doesn’t watch TV normally, but she’s been sick a lot this. Year [day care], and sometimes you’re all just better off with a DVD on in the background.). When watching the first Shrek. She’s moaning half the movie before her kickass princess arrives. And things are changing. Lift out&#...
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This Fluid Thrill: February 2015
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Monday, February 2, 2015. Belated) Best Reading of 2014. I've struggled with this post for over a month now (obviously). In 2014 I read about half as many books as I would in a normal year and compiling a top ten seemed too generous. But then, why not be generous? What does it matter if I make it sound like I enjoyed number eight on my list more than I really did? Well, what if you took my advice and read the book and were similarly un-wowed. Because there are 'wow' books out there. Vivid, violent, unhin...
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This Fluid Thrill: Spectacles: A tourist in e-gaming
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Spectacles: A tourist in e-gaming. So I'm reading a lot about video games at the moment. I read SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 by Jon Irwin, and learnt about speedruns (and lost hours watching people churn through old console games, exploiting every glitch and mastering every jump, on YouTube. I read a ton on articles and watch some mainstream TV clips about e-sports. Most present it as a confounding phenomenon (can you believe these kids are willing to sit and watch other people play vi...
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This Fluid Thrill: December Promises
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Monday, January 12, 2015. So before I do my annual 'best books I read last year' post, I'd better put down a few thoughts about those books I read in the last part of 2014. Here's some reading writing about my reading music:. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. By Joshua Ferris (novel). Ferris is hot or miss for me. His debut novel, Then We Came to the End. Made my top ten in 2008. His next novel, The Unnamed. Did not impress in 2010. Then went off it when I heard it again. Well, depends what you mean by new.
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This Fluid Thrill: Punch / Splat / Bark; an update
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Punch / Splat / Bark; an update. As I mentioned last month. I quit writing my Dom Post. Column to "free up four 5am-7am slots a fortnight for fiction. For writing books. Because that’s what I really want to be doing.". I then proceeded to spend three weeks writing an essay about writing a column in the age of the internet for The Pantograph Punch. And a week judging a couple of categories for the first round of the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge. With more to come). She wa...
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This Fluid Thrill: June 2014
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Sunday, June 1, 2014. May - Why can't we live together in secret? There is no time. I only read one book in May. Actually I only listened to one audiobook. My plan was that reading The Secret History. Would help me decide if I needed to read Tartt's latest, The Goldfinch. Which has polarised reviewers and readers. And this plan worked. While I thought The Secret History. Anyway, I'm clearly in the No thanks. Camp when it comes to The Goldfinch. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Wellington, New Zealand. I am a ...
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This Fluid Thrill: December 2014
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Monday, December 22, 2014. Best albums of 2014. 1) Future Islands - Singles. I'm glad I didn't see their semi-infamous Letterman performance. Until today, as it may have dampened (doused? My enthusiasm for this band/album. The record is so tight, so careful in its balance of light and dark, tinny and profound, and that performance is, um, not. I mean, I'm all for geeky dancing. Gord Downie. And a crumbling stage persona failing voice? S eighth biggest fan. 2) Wild Beasts - Present Tense. More closely (he...
