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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.

See my reading list for what I'm interested in this year.

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🦋 Books on tape

Al dÃa siguiente ya no fui a la universidad y me la pasÃ© platicando a diestra y siniestra con todos los real visceralistas, que entonces todavÃa eran unos chavos mÃ¡s o menos sanos, mÃ¡s o menos enfermos, y que todavÃa no se llamaban real visceralistas.
—BÃ¡rbara Patterson
September 1976

It is frustrating and surprising to find that there is no audiobook of Los detectives salvajes available. (The only Spanish-language BolaÃ±o audiobook I see is Nocturno de Chile read by Walter Krochmal, which I expect is great.) The interviews in part 2 should absolutely be read out loud, and preferably by different people. It would make a great reader's theater, except it would go on for a couple of days...

posted afternoon of Sunday, November 13th, 2011
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A friend told me the English audio took him 28 blank discs to burn!

I also think some of the monologues will make for good performances on stage.

posted evening of November 13th, 2011 by Rise

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