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This book was something new for me in several aspects. First, it was the first book by R.S. I read. Not too surprising though, for he isn`t that popular. Second, never before had I read a book where characters occasionaly speak in yiddish. Not that I learned anything from that language, apart from "Meschugge" and "Kuss mech in toches" which I knew before this book. Then the contents of the book were really untrivial - it`s about modern days of Jews in Germany and about what people`s attitudes towards Germans are, what they think of themselves and of the others. The leading character is a man in his early seventies who can`t accept that he`s got cancer (because he hasn`t got cancer), who can`t accept that his son lives with a German woman (although he himself also lives with a German woman), and who doesn`t want to spend a rather big amount of money for his friends eye surgery. The interesting aspect for me was how the Jews draw a very strict line between themselves and the "gojim". For a partly Jewish person like myself it was quite a surprise, it was also interesting to read about the different approaches towards the state of Israel and towards the Palestinians the German jews have nowadays. As a pure work of art the book ain`t no slouch either, but it`s surely mostly the content and not the form that made the difference for me.

Formāli ņemot, šis Judas Priest albūms atrodas pašā pirmajā Mp3 diskā, kas parādījās manā kolekcijā. Oficiāli tā numurs gan ir 4, bet tieši šis ir disks ar Ļeņinu un uzrakstu: "Mp3 - eto ješe odna pobeda kommunizma!" uz vāciņa.

Ārprātīgi paredzama filma. Jau no pirmajām minūtēm bija skaidrs, ar ko tas viss beigsies.

This was the first book where Faulkner wrote about his favourite characters - Flem Snoups gets his first chance to shine in this book, but mainly it`s about one of the sons of the old colonel Sartoris that has returned from WW1 where his twin brother Johnny has died. The other one is a loony for sure who enjoys driving a car way too fast and who doesn`t care whether he lives or dies. Not an especially groundbreaking book, but at least easier to read than the one about the intruders in the dust. Still I won`t be rereading it I suppose.

Kā jau minēju, "Uriah Heep" ir viena no mana tēva mīļākajām grupām, kuras vairāki albūmi atrodami viņa lenšu kolekcijā. Šķiet, ka "Innocent Victim" nav viens no tur atrodamajiem ierakstiem, toties tas ir atrodams šaitan. To gan es nezinu, kāpēc es savā īstajā pirmajā mp3 diskā gribēju dabūt veselus 4 Uriah Heep albūmus (faktiski tur ir tikai 3 iekļauti, no viena ir tikai dažas dziesmas), bet fakts ir tāds, ka tā ir.

Es nezinu, kāpēc tas tā man ir raksturīgs, bet parasti pirms sākt lasīt grāmatu, es nemēdzu apskatīties, ko no šī darba varētu gaidīt. Iespējams, ja šāda ieraduma man nebūtu, daži zemas kvalitātes literārie darbi būtu man tikuši aiztaupīti. Tomēr nevaru nepiekrist, ka Džimija Deila piedzīvojumiem ir viena priekšrocība - kā angliska lasāmviela darbavietā tie noteikti ir daudz piemērotāki. Kas tad īsti ir Džimijs Deils? Šamais ir jauns švīts miljonārs, kurš dzīvo slepeno dzīvi, pa naktīm piestrādājot kā Pelēkais ronis - labais zaglis, kas nodarbojas ar Robina Huda izlēcieniem 20. gadsimta sākuma Ņujorkā. Vairāk līdzības viņam gan ir ar Betmenu (kura priekštecis viņš visticamākais ir), jo:

The summer of love has started, although it probably wasn`t the way we think about it now. George even went to the States but he didn`t like those drugged kids thus deciding to stop taking LSD himself. When the Beatles were with Maharishi (an Indian spiritual person) in India their long time manager Brian Epstein died of an OD (or something like that) thus starting all the really big trouble (probably the previous big trouble was Lennon saying that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus - although I find that to be completely true). But now they decide to start all the shit they can start - they make the "Magical Mystery Tour" film. The idea behind it was probably not that bad, but what came out of it was quite horrible indeed (apart from the performances of "Your Mother Should Know" and "I`m the Walrus"). "Yellow Submarine" cartoon on the other hand totally rocked, but the whole "Apple" thing went completely nowhere, and I guess it was said right in the "Rutles" film: "At one stage they were losing money faster than the British government."

A film about football hooligans. Man, are those people stupid. They don`t care about the team who`s supporters they supposedly are, they only care about kicking each other as hard as possible. I may be a fan of footy but I`d prefer to have at least a single goal on screen when I watch a football film and not only a lot of fighting pricks. The message of the film may be a positive one, but I don`t care. Some people claim that the film is meant to be idolizing those hooligans but I really doubt that, I`d rather say that the film had quite a lot of struggle in terms of a plot which is close to non-existant. At some stages the film tries to be funny but doesn`t quite succeed at that, at others it tries to be a lot like "Trainspotting" but it ain`t trippy so it`s mainly silly. Yet I can`s say that I didn`t like it, I just don`t think that there`s a need for films like this one in the world.

Būtu nepareizi laikā, kad mana bloga pirmais ieraksts ir veltīts Elvisam Preslijam, šo sava laikmeta ikonu nepieminēt arī blogā. Un kā gan nepieminēt, ja šobrīd man austiņās skan vienīgais Elvisa studijas albūms, kas ir manā krājumā. Par savu gaumi gan lielīties man laikam nevajadzētu, tā kā sliktāku ierakstu par šo manā kolekcijā nav nemaz tik daudz. Kādreizējais rokenrola karalis Elviss 1961. gadā bija paspējis pārvērsties par romantisku filmu galveno varoni un Sinatras stila dziedoni, tikai ar sliktāku muzikālo gaumi un mazāk interesantu personību.

(valoda: angļu). Izlasījis "Ulisu", pieņēmu, ka "Mākslinieka portrets jaunībā" man tagad problēmas neradīs. Zināmas bažas gan radīja apziņa, ka šo grāmatu iepriekš jau biju lasījis (lai gan neesmu pārliecināts, ka biju to arī izlasījis). Savā otrajā pazīstamākajā darbā Džoiss vēl nebija tik pilnīgi un galīgi sajucis prātā, kā tas viņam atgadījās nieka dažus gadus vēlāk, līdz ar to šo konkrēto grāmatu ir pat iespējams lasīt. Tomēr tai ir arī viens trūkums - ja "Uliss", par spīti saviem daudzajiem trūkumiem, tomēr ir unikāls literatūras darbs, tad "Mākslienieka portrets jaunībā" ir tikai viens no daudzajiem romāniem, kurā attēlota bērna pieaugšana un vecāku ideju noliegšana. Šeit tiek stāstīts par Stīvenu Dedālu, kas mācās internāta tipa baznīcas skolā un kas pēc skolas pabeigšanas izbeidz arī savas tuvās attiecības ar Dievu, atzīdams, ka nespēj to vairs ilgāk mīlēt. Tas būtu īsais ieskats šajā romānā. Nekas īpaši cits tur arī nenotiek, vismaz ne tāds, ko būtu vērts pieminēt.