Ricky Williams' kids are named Marley, Prince and Blaze.
Also, this
30 for 30,
Run Ricky Run, is pretty good.
Three books I've enjoyed lately:
Red-Flannel Hash and Shoo-Fly Pie, Lila PerlA 1960s cookbook about regional American foods is already right up my alley, but this one was also one of the very first books illustrated by
Eric Carle. He uses woodcuts, rather than the tissue-paper collage style that he's best known for.
The Redbreast, Jo NesboMy love affair with Scandinavian crime fiction is ongoing. This one is a dark, occasionally funny noir with two intertwining stories, one a modern hardboiled procedural and the other historical fiction about the Norwegian fascists who cooperated with the occupying Nazis and fought on the Russian front in WWII.
Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture, Alice EcholsCultural-history kind of thing, focusing heavily on disco's larger social effects. If you like this, you might also like Peter Shapiro's
Turn the Beat Around.
Four albums:
Amanaz - AfricaReissue of a 70s album from Zambia's Zam-rock scene. If you like 70s African psych/rock groups like Blo or The Witch, you'll probably dig this. Bass and fuzz, English and Bemba.
Balun - Memoria TextilDreamy vocals and a mix of organic (including accordion and violin) and electronic (including chiptune-ish stuff)--they call it IDM folk-pop.
Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex - Moa AnbesaSeptuagenarian Ethiopian saxophone legend gets together with Dutch avant-punks (and horn players from everyone's favorite ICP, the Instant Composer's Pool Orchestra), and it winds up sounding a little like 70s Ethio-jazz and a little like No-Wave.
V/A - Lagos Disco InfernoReleased by the guy behind the
Voodoo Funk blog, who spent three years crate-digging in Africa. Your reaction to the phrase '70s Nigerian disco' will probably determine whether you'd enjoy this album, but, just in case you're on the fence, here's a Youtube
promo.
Three artists:
Rockwell KentHe did illustrations for editions of
Moby Dick,
Leaves of Grass and
Erewhon, among many others. If you see an interlibrary loan librarian, tell 'em I said thanks.
Charley Harper I only just learned there's a line of Charley Harper
skate shoes, from
Alien Workshop. This same company commissioned Mr. Dibbs, one of my favorite turntablists, to do the
soundtrack for a
skate video.
Kenojuak AshevakInuit printmaker/sculptor, and one of the pioneers of Inuit modern art.
An AV Club commenter brought it up, and now I can't get it out of my head: did AMC buy the rights to a bunch of old music for
Mad Men, and are they now using it for
Breaking Bad?
Between
Fight the Big Bull,
Onetribe and
Lamplighter Coffee, I think I'd like to visit Richmond. They've got a
bike co-op and some
breweries and stuff, too.
I'm a little consumed with Rockwell Kent.
Here's that
Outside article, '
Surfer Girls of Maui,' that became the source material for that
Blue Crush movie.
He's got a sales pitch that is especially effective on women with low self-esteem.
Taqueria Samantha is much better than the taco truck at the liquor store.