Sunday Papers: Victor Hugo

"During the world's first six thousand years...architecture was the great script of the human race...not only every religious symbol but also every human thought has its own passage and its own monument in this immense book."

On the turntable: !Ay Caramba!, "Ska Cubano" 

Sunday Papers: Jean Giorno

"For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years.  If this performance is devoid of all egoism, if its guiding motive is unparalleled generosity, if it is absolutely certain that there is no thought or recompense and that, in addition, it has left its visible mark upon the earth, then there can be no mistake."


On the turntable:  Genesis, "Genesis Live"
On the nighttable: Charmian London, "Jack London and Hawaii"

Sunday Papers: Andre Gide

"One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."


On the turntable: Van Morrison, et al., "The Skiffle Sessions"

On the nighttable: Garrison Keilor, "We Are Still Married"

Sunday Papers: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Every doctrine swears that it can breed men, but none can tell us in advance what sort of men it will breed."

On the turntable:  10,000 Maniacs, "Our Time in Eden"

Sunday Papers: Francois Truffaut

"The weakness of the self-taught is their need to convince others."

--L'Invite du dimanche, Oct. 26, 1969


On the turntable: "Northern Exposure" (Sdtk)

Sunday Papers: Henri Michaux

"The cinema, the phonograph, and the train are the real missionaries from the West."  (1930)


On the turntable: "Bondi Beach New Year's Party"
On the nighttable:  Henri Michaux, "A Barbarian in Asia"

Sunday Papers: Francoise Sagan

"Art must take reality by surprise. It takes those moments which are for us merely a moment, plus a moment, plus another moment, and arbitrarily transforms them into a special series of moments held together by a major emotion."

On the turntable:  "Putumayo Presents Paris Cafe"