Saturday, January 28, 2006

i want money to drop down from the sky; window displays at selfridges.

I've been spending loads of money the past few days. Yesterday, before CNY dinner with everyone at Holborn's Shanghai Blues, I popped into Foyles to buy a copy of (1) Harold Bloom's An Anxiety of Influence for my Analysis course. However, I ended up walking out of the store, grinning like an inane fool with (2) Peter Hill's Guide to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, (3) Carl Dahlhaus's Foundations of Music History, piano scores (4) Chopin's Etudes op. 28 and 45, (5) Chopin's Nocturnes and (6) Brahm's Four Pieces Op. 119.

Damage - 70quid. (But students get 10% off!)

Then, I remembered that I needed to listen to Beethoven's Piano Concerto #4 for my Historiography course, and my copy's still at Danny's house (alongside with 95% of my CD collection), so I hopped down to HMV today. Bad move Lynne, bad move. Not only did I buy an entire set of (1) Beethoven's Piano Concertos #1-5 by pianist Mitsuko Uchida, I also nicked a copy of (2) Schoenberg's Gurrelieder and yet another copy of (3) Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht. I must have at least 3 different recordings of the Piano Concertos and Verklarte Nacht by now.

Damage - 60 quid. It will probably go up tomorrow -I've yet to buy Schoenberg's String Quartets for Monday's Analysis class. Oh, so much listening to do! I'm in bliss!

Anyway, the main point of today's post are the pretty window displays at Selfridges! I got off the bus en route to HMV, and took a few shots with my camera phone.

Sorry, the pics aren't very clear. There were far too many people walking up and down past the window displays for me to get a clear shot. Do the last two pictures remind anyone else of the 'jiang shis', otherwise known as Chinese vampires? Just that they're suspended horizontally face-down. Where're the coffins? More information on Selfridge's window displays, including this one, can be found here, so do take a look. It's one of my favourite websites.

Taken at the car park in King's. SHO CUTE! This pic is only up because it's the Year of the Dog! Okay, off for CNY dinner with my favourite people. Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

blueprint

I will like to spend my days, as though they are my own, which I mostly end up doing in halves, for duty beckons, and I am answering its clarion call. Soon enough! I am also a veteran procrastinator.

fresh monodies

it's been 250 years.
like a black lamb led by the nose around the cheer...
i must be a wuss..
you have to hear this.
uh oh, this is not funny.
lucid dreams, but i'm awake.
shoo boogeyman!
spooky new year.
oh come off it!
bounce bounce bounce!

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spector dan
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weeeee, leonard!
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for shallow ppl
for very geeky ppl
for the truly bored
spun prose
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past imprints
some stamps
montage of images
other memories

mulling over

And there were phlegmatic souls.