November 2011
November 2011
Arts:
Arts:
UCSD music students: very uneven quality but some sparks
Movies:
Movies:
Potiche: the Deneuve-Depardieu duo deliver
The unflappable detective Alleyn
Documentaries:
Documentaries:
Planet Word: On language, unfortunately told by a monoglot ("biscuit!")
Incident of the month:
Incident of the month:
The trash bin caught fire: spontaneous combustion?
We fell for an i-touch,
is the phone next?
What caught our attention:
What caught our attention:
Big brother is watching
What did we learn:
What did we learn:
the good: indoors google maps
the bad: say "_nomap"
to google
What did we discover:
What did we discover:
Our pictures of the month:
Our pictures of the month:
Fall colors catching up with us
Should we surf?
Loving you
What did we achieve:
What did we achieve:
The team (semi)fasts over Thanksgiving
Book of the month:
Book of the month:
My name is red by Orhan Pamuk, on the art of illustrating books in Istanbul at a time when religion and painting technique clashed.
Course of the month:
Course of the month:
Greenberg's as always opinionated list of greatest composers
another day, another sunset
