Better Than Friday - 26 (Patreon)

Hello everyone, if you haven't already, here's another link to sign up to the private discord channel: https://discord.gg/An8C8fIt will expire in a day. If you miss it please let me know and I'll send you another one. 

Lots of book discussions happening on there.

1. Out of the Dark - Patrick Modiano 

Jean Patrick Modiano is a French author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014. 

This was sent to me by a kind fan of the show. Looks great, and probably devastating. 

Amazon Description:

The narrator, writing in 1995, looks back thirty years to a time when, having abandoned his studies and selling off old art books to get by, he comes to know Gérard Van Bever and Jacqueline, a young, enigmatic couple who seem to live off roulette winnings. He falls in love with Jacqueline; they run off to England together, where they share a few sad, aimless months, until one day she disappears. 

Fifteen years later, in Paris, they meet again, a reunion that only recalls the haunting inaccessibility of the past: they spend a few hours together, and the next day, Jacqueline, now married, disappears once again. 

Almost fifteen years after that, he sees her yet again, this time from a distance he chooses not to bridge. A profoundly affecting novel, Out of the Dark is poignant, strange, delicate, melancholy, and sadly hilarious.

2. Narcocorridos 

This was something I recently learned about - Ballads sung depicting Narcos as heroes. 

Similar in concept to gangsta rap, except it has the odd, upbeat sound of traditional Mexican corridos, so you have this disturbing contrast between tone and content. 

Vice did a piece on them. 

3. RIP Andy Gill, guitarist of the legendary Gang of Four.  

Brilliant post-punk musician. One hell of an influential guitarist. 

So many good tracks from Gang of Four...At Home He's a Tourist...Damaged Goods...

To Hell With Poverty...This noisy caustic funk satisfies my soul.  

4. "15 Franz Kafka Quotes that will change your thinking pattern" 

"Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."

5. 11 Reasons Not To Become Famous 

Well isn't this fucking terrifying. 

A quote I'm thinking about frequently. 

"I am making myself. I make myself until I reach the pit."

 - Clarice Lispector, Agua Viva

Photo is from The RailHouse Lounge in Portland, OR