Niklasblog.com: Recent Episodes
Niklas Pivic
Book reviews galore! Will Self's first autobiography, Zadie Smith's first short-story collection, and Brett Anderson's second autobiographical book.
This episode consists of two book reviews and a little music:
- Rebecca Solnit's "Whose Story Is This?"
- Steph Cha's "Your House Will Pay"
- Music: Second Process' "Process 5".
It's been a long time coming, but here be some chatting on music and books that I've recently enjoyed. Links to all of my book reviews are included in the show notes.
Books
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Review: “Three Women” by Lisa Taddeo
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Review: Suzanne McConnell and Kurt Vonnegut – “Pity the Reader”
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Review: Patrick Radden Keefe – “Say Nothing: a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland”
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Review: “America’s Most Alarming Writer: Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden”, edited by Bill Broyles and Bruce J. Dinges
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Review: Renia Spiegel, Elizabeth Bellak – “Renia’s Diary”
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Review: Howard Zinn, Ray Suarez – “Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations about A People’s History”
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Review: Deirdre Bair – “Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir”
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Review: Max Porter – “Lanny”
Extras
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Max Porter's "Lanny" read aloud
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My notes on The New York Times’s “The 50 best memoirs of the past 50 years”
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The Renia Spiegel Foundation
Music
- Lingua Ignota's latest album explained by herself, track by track
As usual on my hyperkinetic podcast, this episode contains a little of my fave subjects, but to detail on this:
Talk on Josh T. Pearson, music maestro extraordinaire.
My beloved daughter-cat Blixa recently died. Here are some thoughts on that. She will live on forever in my heart.
Music from Esma Redzepova, thoughts on "Tito Gypsy pop".
The US is exiting the UN Human Rights Council, here are my plethoric and apoplectic thoughts on that.
Jon Hopkins released a brilliant album, so here's a cut from it. Also, don't miss out on his Song Exploder episode which was truly enlightening: http://songexploder.net/jon-hopkins
Black metal time! Finally Immortal are releasing a new album as a duo (albeit with magnificent producer/bass player Peter Tägtgren)! Here's their new single.
A book review: Naomi Klein's "Puerto Rico"; read it!
Swedish duo Junior Brielle are played. Wondrous.
I end the episode with Josh T. Pearson's lovelorn and lovely "A Love Song (Set Me Straight)". It's great.
This episode is all about books I've read lately:
- David Barnett's "Suede: The Authorised Biography"
- Brett Anderson reading a snippet from his new autobiography "Coal Black Mornings"
- Francisco Cantú's “The Line Becomes A River”
- Erica Garza's “Getting Off: One Woman’s Journey Through Sex and Porn Addiction”
- Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis's “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD”
- Megan Condis's “Gaming Masculinity: Trolls, Fake Geeks, and the Gendered Battle for Online Culture”
...and a finishing off by William S. Burroughs who reads one of his own short stories, "Spare Ass Annie".
Intro: some great music of 2017 • Les Big Byrd - Two Man Gang • Les Big Byrd - Two Man Gang • Blanck Mass • Blanck Mass - Rhesus Negative • Blanck Mass - Rhesus Negative • Henrik Berggren • Henrik Berggren - Wild Child • Kikagaku Moyo • Kikagaku Moyo - Backlash • Kikagaku Moyo - Backlash • Avantgardet • Avantgardet - Fårskinnstearaway • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Charlotte Gainsbourg - Ring-a-Ring O' Roses • Makthaverskan • Makthaverskan - In My Dreams • The Jesus And Mary Chain • The Jesus and Mary Chain - All Things Pass • Death From Above 1979 • Death From Above 1979 - Nomad • The xx • The xx - Dangerous • Black Sun Empire • Black Sun Empire - The Veil (feat. Noisia) • Narkopop • GAS - Narkopop 1 • Body Count • Body Count - Black Hoodie • Alessandro Cortini • Alessandro Cortini - Aspettare • Alessandro Cortini - Aspettare
Harvey Weinstein, Björk, Alex Calder, Real Estate and men overall... • Alan Moore's Jerusalem, 40% in • Alessandro Cortini • Alessandro Cortini
Friday Music: DFA 1979, The Knife live, and The xx remixed • Friday Music: DFA 1979, The Knife live, and The xx remixed • Friday Music: DFA 1979, The Knife live, and The xx remixed • The music and ...
New York Sounds • Percival Everett and race • Reading Alan Moore's Jerusalem • Explosions
Dunkirk: a review • Dunkirk [abridged] • Baby Driver and the JSBX • Bellbottoms [abridged from the film]
Sunday, Sunday • Media print vs intellectual critique • 5 million litres of water: keep on keeping on • Endoff: cat purr, child crying
Are there any simple solutions to complex problems, politically speaking? Niklas speaks about Trump, Swedish nazis, David Foster Wallace and austerity bound up in an existentialistic knot. Go figure.