Better Than Friday - 152 (Patreon)

Good evening ya'll, hope you're well. 

Arrived in Florida, glad to be off the road (See #2). 

Hope you're reading something excellent this weekend, thanks for your support. 

1. Coming soon - "The Quiet American" by Graham Greene 

Started reading this and loving it so far, the whole thing, writing style, story, atmosphere...I recommend it. I've been wanting to visit Vietnam for years. 

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Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam"I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused," Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. Pyle is the brash young idealist sent out by Washington on a mysterious mission to Saigon, where the French Army struggles against the Vietminh guerrillas.As young Pyle's well-intentioned policies blunder into bloodshed, Fowler, a seasoned and cynical British reporter, finds it impossible to stand safely aside as an observer. But Fowler's motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and himself, for Pyle has stolen Fowler's beautiful Vietnamese mistress.Originally published in 1956 and twice adapted to film, The Quiet American remains a terrifiying and prescient portrait of innocence at large. This Graham Greene Centennial Edition includes a new introductory essay by Robert Stone.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

- Amazon

2. "Just a little whiplash is all" 

Started feeling like the guy from Duel driving around all the semis lately. 

3. Fire of Love 

One of my all time favorite rockabilly songs. He also had one called "Endless Sleep", very dark, haunting track. 

The Gun Club did a great cover of this one too, on their album 'Miami'.

4. Henry Darger documentary

Documentary about the recluse/outsider artist I mention in the forthcoming review of 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion' by Yukio Mishima. 

5. Celica Absolu by Tony Price 

Lo-Fi Cool-as-hell Neo-Noir...Jazz (?)

You tell me. Doesn't matter. I love it. 

For fans of Mingus, BadBadNotGood and maybe early Amon Tobin.  

Found through Adam Lehrer. 

We found a pineapple growing in our yard, as modeled by my wife.

It was delicious. I love Florida.