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I had something to write, but I tend to forget.
Found new albums, new shops, new stuff. Feeling slighty depressed. I know that stuff will not make me any happier. But music, well, there’s a chance. Today I got new DMST and Wolverine Brass which I hope will be good. DMST will be good, I’m quite certain. I haven’t listened them at all though.
What I have listened is Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto Reverb ep which is stunning. Depressing, yes, but at the same time clear reason to live. Right now I’m listening Encre’s à Kora which is very good also. Although I’m not so into the vocals on second piece. When I first heard Encre I was really excited, I wanted it straight away. Instead it took me almost six months, or maybe even longer actually. Well now I have it and I do like it a lot. I just whish he would do more stuff like this. à Kora only has three pieces.
Maybe even somewhere here is note on me reading M. John Harrison’s Light. I read it in finnish. When there was sale in bookshops I noticed Harrison’s Anima. It was on the end of the bookshelf, looking like somebody had took it first and then decided not to take it after all and left it there. I took it, but at the same time I went to see if they had his book Course of Heart. I had read an interview of Harrison or some article since he was visiting finland and there was mentioned this book “eilisen mystinen sydän”. It actually is older then Light, but it had translated later. For some reason I was intrigued by the title. Now, everyone of you who understands finnish understand that it really isn’t straight translation. But I still like it, even though Course of Heart isn’t really the same as “yesterdays mystical heart”. But then where in english the translation seem to be bad, in finnish… How would you translate “Course of Heart”? Anyway, I went to see if the shop would have it but they didn’t. I took Anima and went home. Back home I noticed that Anima is actually two books bind together, Course of Heart and Signs of life. I checked the covers again and yes, on the backside with quite small print amongs the “he’s the most imaginitive writer etc” was mentioned that it’s a two book binding. Anyway. I was lucky that they didn’t have course of heart as separate edition.
Back to the title. After read the book I think that the translation fits. For me it fits the mood of the book and the story. I quite liked the Light. I liked Course of Heart too. But then again, I’m not so critical with books. I have written about this earlier here somewhere. Today I finished Signs of Life. All of these three books have this atmosphere of… I don’t know, Sadness? It’s too clear word, there’s something else. But where I felt that Light ends somehow hopeful these two others don’t. Right now I feel that both books have something same as Ray Loriga’s Tokio ei välitä meistä enää ( I do not know is this translated to english, I gues it must have) which I really really liked too. I don’t know.
What I’m trying to say
Read the books. All three of them.
I bought Light in english for R when she was going to wales. I think I’ll start it now and read it in english myself.
I also have Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything is illuminated waiting, but I think I’ll read through light first
And unless I haven’t mentioned or you haven’t notice let’s say this once again. Go to tenderversion.com and try to find mp3 singles, where you should find Once We Were’s Repulsion. Ups. Since tenderversion’s site is under construction I’ll put repulsion here.