December 2023 – the dim pause

Posted on December 31, 2023

The party’s really kicking off here now. A Happy New Year to everyone 🥳

A black and white cat sleeping on a blue blanket with a reindeer pattern. The blanket is on a leather sofa against a patterned wallpaper background.

A cozy indoor scene with a festive atmosphere featuring a wine bottle, two glasses of red wine, assorted cheeses on a wooden board, crackers in a bowl, and a jar of red onion chutney. Decorative pillows, a Christmas tree.

Posted on December 31, 2023

Enjoyed that far more than I expected to. Thought Phoebe Waller-Bridge was really good, as, of course, was Harrison Ford. Fitting conclusion (I presume) to the Indiana Jones films.

Posted on December 31, 2023

🎵 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Lankum (12 plays)
Natalie Merchant (10)
NAÏSSAM JALAL (8)
Klemperer, Philharmonia, Schwarzkopf, Rössl-Majdan (5)
Solti, LSO (4)

Posted on December 30, 2023

Very darkly entertaining!

Posted on December 29, 2023

Watching Bernard Levin interviewing Leonard Bernstein from 1982. Making me appreciate how impressive Bradley Cooper’s portrayal of Bernstein is in the film _Maestro_ 🎥 📺 🎵