TELEMETRY:
- A killer opening to a piece that is actually about Kraftwerk playing a gig in Bournemouth: “I remember the shock at discovering that Marlene Dietrich was still alive in 1992. She lived long enough to have raised a glass with Brecht and listened to all but one of Kraftwerk’s albums; and if she hadn’t been careful, ample time to take in Klaus Kinski and The Scorpions as well. Perhaps sensing that contemporaneity would eventually kill her, Dietrich wisely locked the door and refused to read the papers, an option that does not exist for innovators whose enduring relevance requires meeting their public.”
- Bees can use tools to solve problems.
- Record ultraviolet quasar wind reaches 30% light speed near supermassive black hole.
READING: THE REVOLUTIONISTS, Jason Burke (UK) (US+)
When Mohnhaupt travelled to Italy to talk to counterparts in the Red Brigades, the (male) militant she was supposed to meet at Milan station failed to identify her. He had been told that the ‘leader of the RAF’ would be sitting on a particular bench reading a crime novel but had abandoned the appointment when the only person he saw doing this was a woman.
LISTENING:
Just arrived, LIVE AT CAFE OTO by Laura Cannell. A gig I was actually at, but my position in the room meant that for much of the night all I could hear was the toilet door banging every fifteen seconds, to the point where I began to wonder if the audience had been poisoned with diuretics.
LAST WATCHED: THE LION IN WINTER was on tv last night – I own a copy, but I will always drop the remote when that film comes on.
DRINK: Flint Vineyard Precoce
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