Dangling in the smallest room
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I finished writing the Do Interesting book yesterday. For some definition of finished. So I'm a little written-out and this might be a bit perfunctory. We shall see.
Stay tuned for big news in point 5.
(1) The best new music I've heard in a long time is anything by Lungelihle Zwane, also known as Uncle Waffles. Uncle Waffles makes you think it might be some sort of 90s US cod-ska band. It's not. It's simultaneously gorgeously floaty and tightly rhythmic. Start with Tanzania.
(2) I walked through Regents Park yesterday. Having watched the latest Attenborough I thought I heard stags clashing antlers. Turned out to be various personal trainers and their clients boxing punch bags in different corners of the park. A different seasonal sound.
(3) John Amaechi is the best argument to keep TikTok unbanned.
(4) I've just finished reading The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. It's extraordinarily good. I either have to quote the whole thing or a tiny, tiny fraction. So here's that:
"Her favorite treasure was a small empty box, neatly labeled “Small Empty Box” in her grandmother’s careful handwriting."
(5) There have been a lot of questions and internet rumours but I'm finally able to reveal my choice of Best Bathroom Light Pull for 2023. Honestly, no single domestic intervention has attracted as much positive comment from visitors as the handsome creature we currently have dangling in the smallest room. Get yourself to Objects of Use for your own significant interiors upgrade.
PROMOTIONAL NEWS
Interesting tickets still available. Wednesday May 17th. The Conway Hall. In the evening this time. Still only £30.
Now the book's out of the way I can concentrate on Interesting. Speaker news will be coming soon.
I'll give you back your day.
russell
(There are 868 of you. On May 11 868 the Diamond Sutra was produced. It's the oldest extant printed book and was unearthed in Dunhuang)