Better Than Friday - 85 (Patreon)

Good afternoon everyone, hope this finds you well. 

A review of Stefan Zweig's 'Chess Story' is coming soon.

Thanks for your continued support of the show, and hope you enjoy the stuff below. 

1. Book I'd like to read ASAP - The Man who was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton 

I've never read any G.K. Chesterton, I think this has been recommended to me. 

Looks promising.

G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of their disguised identities in what is a fascinating mystery and, ultimately, a spellbinding allegory.As Jonathan Lethem remarks in his Introduction, The real characters are the ideas. Chesterton's nutty agenda is really quite simple: to expose moral relativism and parlor nihilism for the devils he believes them to be. This wouldn't be interesting at all, though, if he didn't also show such passion for giving the devil his due. He animates the forces of chaos and anarchy with every ounce of imaginative verve and rhetorical force in his body.

- From Goodreads

2. Podcast on Fernando Pessoa 

Sent to me from a patron - Thanks Andy!

I really need to reread 'The Book of Disquiet', so much inside there...

3. Terrific Short Film based on a story by Saki 

This was sent to me by a friend the other day, it's a film about a young boy who worships a Ferret. It's kind of amazing. Best short film I've seen in a long time. 

The director Andrew Birkin is a screenplay writer and the brother of Jane Birkin.

4. Ernest Hemingway Reading List 

I feel as though I've already posted this but looking through the archives I can't seem to find it. 

Tons of great stuff on this list, and it appears that the fellow for whom this list was written, himself wrote a book about time with Hemingway. If anyone has read it please let me know how it was. 

5. Ultradope Track 

Never listened to Marie Davidson, really enjoying this electronic artist. 

Discovered she's one-half of another group I enjoy called 'Essaie Pas'. 

We're leaving Portland Oregon. 

Destination: Camas, Washington

A kind of classic Twin Peaks town in Washington, very reminiscent of the kind I grew up in. 

Tons of natural beauty nearby. Can't wait to get out of here.