Better Than Friday - 277 (Patreon)

Goood evening ya'll - How goes?

All is well here, though very cold for the region. Friend and patron Chris sent me the Annual Falling Iguana alert.

Wishing you a great weekend, hope you're staying warm, and thank you very much for your continued support.

1. Currently reading: 1984 by George Orwell (Paid Link)

Reading it for the first time and enjoying it more than Huxley's Brave New World.

2. Christopher Hitchens - Why Orwell Matters

Good talk on Orwell from Hitchens.

3. An unorthodox interview with Karl Ove Knausgård

Conducted by Bella Freud, the Fashion Designer and Great-Grandaughter of Sigmund Freud.

Some interesting insights from Knausgård in this one. Reminds me that I need to finish 'My Struggle'.

4. New Order-Blue Monday Live

Nice live performance of a classic.

Found from this clip from @deleuzecombination on instagram with Peter Hook tearin up that bass.

5. Lords of the New Church - Dance With Me

The goth/postpunk project of Stiv Bators from The Dead Boys. Great track.

Apparently, as told by musician Michael Monroe, a former roommate of Bators, in this interview on the podcast of Ryan Roxie, Bators once technically killed himself while playing a show when he made a mistake wrapping the microphone around his neck and hanged himself, but was later revived at the hospital.

Northern Mockingbird in my yard