Friday is Skyday

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Beers & Books CXVII – Jorge Luis Borges

He measured the achievements of others
by what they had accomplished,
asking of them that they measure him
by what he envisaged or planned.

Jorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986)

Beers & Books CXVI – E. Annie Proulx

The Shipping News
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E. Annie Proulx *22August 1935

Saturday Night Music – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997)

Qawwali

Beers & Books CXV – Luciano De Crescenzo

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Luciano De Crescenzo (18 August 1928 – 18 July 2019)

Beers & Books CXIV – von Grimmelshausen

Simplicius Simplicissimus

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (ca. 1621/22 – 17 August 1676)

Schlenkerla since 1405

Bock

Saturday Night Music

Estrella Morente *14 August 1980

Friday is Skyday

Announcement of another hot day.

 

Beers & Books CXIII – Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

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Mahmoud Dowlatabadi * 1 August 1940

Beers & Books CXII – Oskar Negt

This Work, published in 2001 by Steidl,
seems not been translated into English, yet.
Its title would perhaps read:
Work and Human Dignity

 
Oskar Negt * 1 August 1934

Saturday Night Music - Maria João Pires

 

Maria João Pires * 23 July 1946

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 Januar 1756 – 5 December 1791

Saturday Night Music

Iva Bitová * 22 July 1958

Alfred Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998)

Beers & Books CXI – Alexandre Dumas

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Alexandre Dumas (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870)