nevermind the bricolage: Gil

I'm listening to...

Dynamite Steps
Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps
More dark, brooding mood swings from Dulli's side project--like it.
Graduation Ceremony
Joseph Arthur: Graduation Ceremony
Arthur hasn't released a full-length studio album in a while. This one doesn't disappoint--sure we've heard some of these melody lines before, but for my money he remains one of the most under-rated singer-songwriters out there--this one may not win him any wider of an audience unfortunately---it should, but nobody said the mechanisms of pop culture were just or fair.
Rome
Danger Mouse: Rome
Nothing if not prodigious and experimental--Danger Mouse goes all Italian-movie soundtrack on us with this colaboration with Daniel Lippi--guest vocals from Jack White and Norah Jones--the good the bad and the danger mouse.

I'm reading...

David Tacey: Gods and Diseases: Making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing
Breaking free of a dependency upon modern medicine to alleviate social ills and addictions by turning to spirituality--meaning-making--is part of Tacey's thesis. I am with him on so much of what he has to say.
John Milbank: Paul's New Moment: Continental Philosophy and the Future of Christian Theology
I am revisiting Paul in my own theological journey so I had high hopes for this. It's a good read essentially reading Paul through a continental philosophical lens-like most books of this ilk--a bit of a slog, at least for me, but worth it.
Glenn O'Brien: How To Be a Man: A Guide To Style and Behavior For The Modern Gentleman
Glenn O'Brien has had a quite unique life. Editing Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, had a cult-followed cable tv show in 80s NYC and now, among other things, is the Style Guy for GQ magazine. This book is a series of essays on what O'Brien thinks on what it means to be a man. It's full of informative, thoughtful, funny and helpful--so be a man and read this book--then go buy a suit!

Gil Scott-Heron has been called the Godfather of Rap, his work in the 70s was seminal and often incendiary, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, was at least one piece that rose up and grabbed a huge slice of the listening ears back in the day, and then...? He disappeared, drugs and a bit of time in prison unfortunately, but he is back with a new album. It's going to be called I'm New Here and will be released in February. If the single is anything to go by then it will be surely worth getting. Sounds like a lot of Massive Attack influnce. It will be released on XL, home to Radiohead among others--good for them. It is always good to rediscover an old musical friend who is still vital.

There is also a new single from Gorillaz, from their forthcoming full-length, it's called, Stylo and features Mos Def and Bobbie Womack.

01 Stylo (Album Version) (feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack)