Keanu, Fish Can Sing, and more.
I trawl through the highs and lows of culture and ideas, so you don't have to.
The Saturday Compendium is where I round up a few of the things that have interested me in one way or another this week. Some cool, some not so cool, some that have made me think, some that have inspired me to action, some that have shaken me out of a rut. Some old, some new, all borrowed, some possibly blue. But whatever else, they’re all things I think you might find interesting too.
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The wisdom of Keanu Reeves
Click through to see the whole post, you’ll thank me.
What I’m reading: Fish Can Sing - Halldór Laxness
I was in Iceland last week, so I read this, by the ‘father of Icelandic literature’. Laxness won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. Have you read it? What did you think?
What I’ve been listening to: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
No particular reason. I just rediscovered them recently, and got a bit stuck. Particularly on their latest record, which is up there with their best.
Never let your mood dictate what you do
So simple, so obvious. But so hard.
People are not against you. They are for themselves.
My biological father never learnt this one. Have you?
How about you? What are you enjoying at the moment?
I love 4 and 5. Both so true