Index

Here is an index of what’s been posted – the order (so far) is not significant, and anything that depends on a previous post or leads to a succeeding one will be so noted in the post.

From Saramago’s Notebooks (my translations of the author and Nobel Laureate’s web journal):

Inundation - R.C.P. – Dogmas – The Old and the Young – Berlusconi & Co. - George Bush: Or, the Age of Lies – A Pardon For Darwin? – Words for a City

Concert Reviews:
Leonard Cohen – Steve Earle – The Pogues – The Chieftains – Emmylou Harris’ “Three Girls and their Buddy” tour – the Gipsy Kings – Kris Delmhorst -Brian Webb – Andrew Bird – A review and a non-review of a recent performance by Joshua Redman at the Berklee Performance Center. – Martin Sexton – Loudon Wainwright III – Enter the Haggis – Daniel Lanois

On Movies:
“Terror Masala” (pointer) – Donnie Darko

On Books:
Some words on The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury -
Some words on Niall Ferguson’s “The Ascent of Money – A mouthful of a review of Philipp Blom’s The Vertigo Years – A bit of a review of William Butcher’s biography of Jules Verne – Gertrude Bell, by Georgina Howell (a brief review) – Thoughts on Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead – Thoughts on Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy – Thoughts on Richard Aldous’ The Lion and the Unicorn – Quino – Nicholson Baker’s Human Smoke – Marai’s Embers and Magical Realism

General:

A little stack-blowing on the subject of the best whisky. – Caution(a cautionary tale) – “Terror Masala” (pointer to an article worth reading, on Bollywood’s recent terrorism-themed plots) – Luis Verissimo on Hangovers – Justice and Economics – Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic – A note on Portuguese Lexicography – A Page From Jose Saramago’s Journal -A bit of juvenile humor. Really not worth your time.