Black Orchid Blues

Rotten news: Just received word that Black Orchid, the coolest bookstore in NYC, is closing in September.

Good news: Neko Case is playing on the Central Park SummerStage tonight. Can't goddamn wait.

Some other stuff from the last couple of weeks:

Albums I've been listening to:
Bruce Springsteen, Live in Dublin
Junior Kimbrough, You Better Run
R.L. Burnside, Burnside on Burnside
Neil Young, Live at Massey Hall
Porter Wagoner, Wagonmaster

Movies I've watch and enjoyed:
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
Sex and Fury
Femal Yakuza Tale
Black Snake Moan
Turkish Pop Cinema Double Bill
Mouchette
You're Gonna Miss Me

TV:
John from Cincinnati (Does anybody else think it's damn good?)
catching up on Carnivale

Books:
The Dogs of Winter, Kem Nunn
Spirit of Place, Lawrence Durrell
Reading Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, H.R. Stoneback
The Rabbit Factory, Larry Brown
The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke