Friday, October 12, 2012

95 hours

Music on Shiny Flat Disc With Centered Hole

Love at the Bottom of the Sea by The Magnetic Fields.  I heard Andrew In Drag on BBC6.  I then heard other songs.  I then decided other people might be interested.

Audiobooks on CD

Dearie: the remarkable life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz.  20 CDs at 25'29".  "It's rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It's even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot-three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station."

Phantom by Jo Nesbo.  13 CDs at 16'18".  Harry Hole leaves Hong Kong to return to Oslo and help his former stepson who is accused of murder.

Into the Fire by Dakota Meyer and Bing West.  5 CDs at 5'51".  Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Afghanistan.

No Easy Day: the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer.  6 CDs at 7'00".  Doesn't the subtitle explain everything?

Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie.  22 CDs at 26'30".  Rushdie writes novel.  Rushdie has Iranians trying to kill him.  Rushdie uses the name Joseph Anton.  Rushdie hides out for nine years.  Rushdie dates good looking women.

Stranger in the Room by Amanda Kyle Williams.  11 CDs at 13'03".  Thriller with a killer.

Far From the Farm: stories and poems by Eunice Wagner.  1 CD at 0' 43".  Humorous tales by local lady. 

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