José Saramago

José Saramago (16 November 1926 – 18 June 2010)

The master himself

James Joyce reading an excerpt from the Aeolus episode. Recorded in 1924.

Those were the days – 16 June, 1954

Bloomsday

Ulysses

James Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941)

106 Years old Dubliners

John Banville * 8 December 1945

Carlo Gébler * 21 August 1954

Will Self *26 September 1961

Dubliners first published 14 June, 1914

Seanhenge twitter

Hello, Sisyphos.
Feck off, human!

Saturday Night Music – Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert *31 March 1935

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Friday is Skyday

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Laughing Lhursday*

Treelight

* [For first time visitors]: Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Brave little Sisyphos

More than 600 times a day
parent birds are feeding their siblings,
And if one parent is being killed?
I do so admire "my" little Sisyphos
for what he is doing,
since Lady Redstart got missed.
[All I found one morning was a flight feather.]
So much I'd like to help him.
Fixed a birdhouse on the balustrade,
bought mealworms to make his life easier,
but so far the little widower does not accept help.
A hunter for life.
May he succeed!

Tango Tuesday

Hymn to Freedom

When every heart joins every heart and together yearns for liberty,
That's when we'll be free.
When every hand joins every hand and together molds our destiny,
That's when we'll be free.
Any hour any day, the time soon will come when men will live in dignity,
That's when we'll be free, we will be
When every man joins in our song and together singing harmony,
That's when we'll be free.

Dione Taylor

Oliver Jones (11 September 1934)

Dave Young (29 January 1940)

Peonies and Poppies

As always
reading the news
there happened a lot today
There happened a lot today
reading the news
as always

Saturday Night Music – Oscar Peterson's Hymn to Freedom

Oscar Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007)