A singer whose only purpose is to sing

Watching the stunning Italian mini-series The Best of Youth right now, and its quite a moving piece despite its sprawling length, as it follows the lives of two brothers from the 60s until now. Amongst the many songs it uses includes the song Faustus Leali - A Chi. When I listened to it, I thought that the singer's only purpose, which his rich falsetto, was to sing. Whatever else about him hardly matters, because I believe he was placed on this earth, so he could sing a song to touch us deeply, and little else he did would matter.

Happy 40th Kurt.

Wish you were still here.

I Love You Porgy

From Nina Simone. And Erets Zavat Chalav.

New love

Belle and Sebastian. Have heard tracks here and there but now quite addicted to their stuff. My housemate's a big fan so rubbed off on me.

The snake and the guard

Was walking back from the bus stop and saw a snake in the bushes just outside the condo. Was impossible to tell how big it was because it was mostly hidden. I told the security guard, and he got quite excited, relating how at another condo where he worked, somebody had seen a white python on the bonnet of a car, and that number had won a prize at 4-D. He also told me about how little he earned, and seemed unsure if he should be calling pest control because it was actually good luck to see a snake. Hmm.. in the end, let him sort it out.

Russian Dolls

Not very happy with this, as it's out of focus, but that's image 2 for you...

Photo 365, Day 1

A quiet hero

Compelling piece. Simply and wonderfully told.

Good start

Well things got off to a good start. An old contact landed me a writing job in Siem Reap as he works for an airline. Thing is I just booked a ticket there yesterday, since I didn't get to go anywhere last month. Either way it's a good way to start off what I hope will be a good year.