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Shares 5 Current
Obsessions
1. David Foster Wallace — The Pale King
4. Various Artists — Jende Ri Pelenge
I’m about halfway through this novel as we speak, it’s DFW’s final unfinished
An incredible Soul Jazz compilation that unveils
and posthumous work. It deals with the unattractive theme of boredom and
the music of San Basilio de Palenque, an African
happy/melancholy/
his philosophical musings on the topic are characteristically profound. I love
settlement in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
so happy with
the way he describes general ennui as a thin, penetrable layer of consciousness
Rich and hypnotically rhythmic, it’s no surprise
that exposes an undercurrent of psychic pain that we all feel. It’s a fascinating
that Soul Jazz commissioned a group of elec-
point of view, given all the pulpy distractions we have at our fingertips these
tronic artists to remix these tracks on the second
days. So far, it’s one of his most challenging and fascinating books, I can’t wait
disc of this release. I can’t decide which half I
to see what comes next.
prefer, the originals are just as party-worthy
Now that Warpaint
has been making us
last year’s selftitled release
and 2015 tour
dates, we asked
as the appropriations. It’s a beautiful insight
2. Ian Svenonius — The Psychic Soviet
into a musica