There was to be a fourth thing, but as yet he knew nothing of it.

The affair with Agnieszka bothered him not because he felt guilty about Basia, his wife—though he did feel guilty—but because Agnieszka’s poetry was notorious for its candor and explicitness. Every year produced a new slim volume in which the slimness was inversely proportionate to the indiscretion. Piotr wrote poetry himself, less prolifically and more guardedly. He had written poems about his affair with Agnieszka, but his way with pathetic fallacy meant that even Basia could read them without guessing their true provenance. The nearest he had come to confessional poetry was a dramatic monologue titled “Peter the Great to His Courtesan”—in which the Tsar forbade his mistress to “rust his sword” and issued other majestically obscure imperatives. -Craig Raine, Love Affair with Secondaries.

” Accoustic Wednesday ”

01. Ben Kamen – Clouds & Snow (web)
Dreams (Ben Kamen, 2008)
02. Espers – Mansfield and Cyclops (wiki)
Espers II (Drag City, 2006)
03. Blue Roses – I Am Leaving (web)
Blue Roses (XL, 2009)
04. Nina Nastasia – Underground (wiki)
Dogs (Touch & Go Records, 2004)
05. Cameron Latimer – Empty Saddle
Fallen Apart (Black Hen Music, 2008)
06. Midlake – Van Occupanther
The Trials of Van Occupanther (Bella Union, 2006)
07. e.s.l. – Prove Me Wrong
eye contact (2008)
08. Super700 – Somebody Tried To Steal My Car (web)
S.T.T.S.M.C. (Somebody Tried To Steal My Car) (Motor Music, 2009)

note: A simple old favorite. Folks songs in the spirit of acoustic wednesday, something for summer listening with friends during lunch. My recent library has degrade so much that I don’t know what’s recent out there, a lot of repeat. So, maybe if somebody likes folks, and found nice recent releases, give me a tip in comment section. This sound pretty much what the vision of indie sounds like to the blog scene circa 2006. Has the mp3 blog been around for that long? It seems only yesterday when everybody wonders if the blog is clueless or already selling out to the industry and whatever happens represent the last day of the blog. hmmm, now I am hungry. Have a nice lunch people. Do’t forget to listen to good music.

see also: The Desert Is a Circle, California Note
image: Baldovino Barani