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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

There has been some mission drift here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of the main things I write about here are reading books, listening to (and playing) music, and watching the movies. Also I write about the work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.

The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.

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🦋 Soundtrack: La Sombra del Viento

Ruiz Zafón is apparently a composer as well as an author -- I was searching on YouTube with the thought that some scenes from Shadow of the Wind might have been produced with an eye towards making a movie of it -- it seems like it would lend itself well to cinema -- and what did I find but this record of songs composed by Ruiz Zafón to accompany the book:

Well, wow: impressive. I am still thinking this is not a great book, though I'm liking the second half a lot better than the first. But I think it would make a really good movie, and filming it in black-and-white definitely seems like the way to go, and this soundtrack would go really well. It goes nicely with the reading, too.

Track listing below the fold.

  1. The Shadow of the Wind
  2. Remembering Ghosts
  3. The Graveyard of Forgotten Books
  4. I Cannot Remember her Face
  5. Laim Coubert
  6. Penélope and Julián
  7. The Mansion of the Aldayas
  8. Bea
  9. Children's Games
  10. Piano Lessons
  11. 1919
  12. Daniel Remembers
  13. Days of Ash
  14. Plaza Real
  15. Fermín and Bernarda
  16. Clara Barceló
  17. Fumero and the Angel of the Fog
  18. Paris
  19. Fermín and Daniel, Detectives
  20. The Snowstorm
  21. November 27th, 1995
  22. The Wedding
  23. Dramatis Personæ
  24. The Closing Credits

posted evening of Monday, February 8th, 2010
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Jeremy, that is BEAUTIFUL.

Thanks for sharing with us.

posted afternoon of May 18th, 2010 by David

Sure David, glad you liked it!

posted afternoon of May 18th, 2010 by Jeremy

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