December 15, 2012
“I love used bookstores! After moving to Alhambra a couple months ago I finally got the chance to find a nice used bookstore in the area. I loved the home-y feeling and the great collection. The best part about walking into a used bookstore is the hidden gems: I came in wanting to look for a copy of Stephen King’s Carrie but came out with a couple other mysteries. Definitely going to make this a regular spot for me. Oh and the staff is really helpful and nice too!
December 15, 2012
The Battery (28 September 2012)
Reblogged fromPiles of paper leaves
bound together by glue
of by thread, or by both.
Having nothing in common
but that and words.
Filled with words even if
they’re only filled with
pictures they’re filled with words.
The air is heavy with words.
Heavy with the music of the
clerk’s choice, whoever
is working that day or hour.
Narrow aisles with more words
jumping out at you and a
corner of toys for the children.
Words that have yet to be
discovered.
I will come back again and
again and again.
December 15, 2012
">Recent purchase at The Battery in South Pasadena
Reblogged fromRecent purchase at The Battery in South Pasadena
December 15, 2012
At The Battery
You make the letters
In my head drip off the ends
Of my finger tips and
Rest on the crook of your neck
When you read out loud a
Choice sentence or title
And my toes form single file
When you stick your hand out
Behind you and wiggle your fingers
Playing the melody that
Captures me whole.
Now this is a lyric gem that makes me get all soft and squishy inside! ;3
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December 14, 2012
Have you looked over some of the lovely vintage covers of some of our recent arrivals? No, you say? You cad! Atone for your sins now by following this link!
A selection of some of the most attractive covers from our recent arrivals. More on the way!
December 10, 2012
December 3, 2012
May 28, 2012
Artur Rodzinski is practically forgotten today. Which is a tragedy as he was one of the very greatest conductors of the 20th century. Marrying frenzied passion with exacting precision, he wrought performances and recordings that gained the admiration of musicians and listening audiences alike.
Among his greatest achievements were his commitment to modern music (most notably introducing American audiences to Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, a premiere which was attended by a veritable who’s who of the American musical scene, and prompted an outraged New York Times to dub the opera “pornophony”), raising the standard of the Cleveland Orchestra to a virtuosic world-class level, and leaving behind a treasury of recordings that still stand among the very best ever made.
But more importantly, Rodzinski had a bit of a temper problem that caused friction with the orchestras that he worked with. Arriving at a rehearsal, the first thing Rodzinski would do is nonchalantly open up his coat, reach into his breast pocket, then pull out his always loaded revolver, which he would then set calmly on his music stand.
Bad-ass.
May 28, 2012
May 28, 2012
