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magicsteven

About Me

When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in it in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb.

My Interests

Music:

watersons, b.dylan, magickal folk of the faraway tree, bulent, felix lajko, duncan browne, agitated radio pilot, art tatum, baden powell & vinicius de moraes, fred mcdowell, blind boy fuller, leonard cohen, azymuth, luke the drifter, lightnin' hopkins, joseph spence, krzysztof komeda, john prine, paul siebel, the congos, dory previn, ulrich schnauss, ennio morricone, lo borges, jan johansson, dick gaughan, c.o.b., andy irvine & paul brady, scientist, michael hurley, anne briggs, alan sorrenti, mick turner, united bible studies, markus guentner

Movies:

the long goodbye, bend of the river, mccabe & mrs. miller, best years of our lives, california split, my neighbour totoro, blow out, cockfighter, life and death of colonel blimp, loving, how green was my valley, casualties of war, the far country, the ballad of cable hogue, small change, cul-de-sac, sullivan's travels, man of flowers, mikey and nicky, ghosts ...of the civil dead, treasure of the sierra madre, love streams, the killing of a chinese bookie, to have and have not, rio bravo, thieves like us, knife in the water, the straight story, bad guy, barry lyndon, once upon a time in america, a man escaped, the man from laramie, don't look back, the grey fox, chinatown, young mr. lincoln.

Television:

alan partridge

Books:

world light, wind in the willows, hunger, go to the widowmaker, adventures of sherlock holmes, norwegian wood, hawks on hawks, my dearest mouse

My Blog

Bright Phoebus (Mike & Lal Waterson)

this stands alone but is amongst the best english folk-music albums. from 1972, featuring richard thompson, martin carthy, ashley hutchings, dave mattacks, maddy prior, production by bi...
Posted by magicsteven on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:13:00 PST

The Show-Boat, Over (Hamilton Yarns)

warm ramshackle music featuring piano, guitar, field recordings, accordion and more; from brighton, england. on 12" LP and CD-R: http://www.hamiltonyarns.co.uk/showboat.html...
Posted by magicsteven on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:03:00 PST

Secret Figure (Yasushi Yoshida)

piano, guitar, string arrangements and electronics combining at super high quality, with quality of feeling:http://www.noble-label.net/release/?en&code=1rel eased by the Noble label, who say: "Noth...
Posted by magicsteven on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:04:00 PST