Better Than Friday - 127 (Patreon)

Good evening ya'll, just wrapped a great first week with our bookstore, hope you're having a very nice evening. 

Tonight is my last night before I embark on a 3 month transformation challenge that is going to be grueling as all hell. Savoring this last glass of Malbec from Mendoza. 

No wine for 90 days. Jesus in the desert. Don't tempt me satan. 

Wish me luck. If you see changes onscreen, it's not because of cancer, I swear. 

Just taking this pandemic 15lb (25) off. 

1. While I'm pretending to be a bodybuilder for 3 months - to be reviewed - Body by Harry Crews 

In his highly acclaimed 11th novel, Crews has written a wild, weird black comedy that takes place over one weekend during a women's bodybuilding competition. A secretary has found a new life as a champion bodybuilding contender, but her turns things upside down with their redneck antics.

- Goodreads

2. "I got that good a contract because I didn't want to make a film." 

Phenomenal interview with Welles. 

3. The Ongoing Wow 

"We are the authors of ourselves, co-authoring a gigantic Dostoyevsky novel starring clowns."Just sold a book today by this guy, what a character. 

4. Beautiful track from Janáček 

Find myself gravitating more and more to Leoš Janáček these days. 

5. The Foreboding Bari Sax of Colin Stetson 

I remember I once got to see him at Mississippi studios in Portland, what must've been a decade ago. Terrific. Love this album. 

From the vaults - In Hamtramck on the steps of the cathedral

By Lynn Sargent