Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Desert Island discs

From time to time, I catch myself listening to that more than 70 year old  BBC program : Desert Island DiscIn this weekly show the celebrity castaway is asked to choose eight pieces of music, a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices.

My 8 songs / albums would be, many songs from the 90's early 2000, my youth in college where I discovered thanks to my friends much of the music which now populate my music library.


  • Since I left you - the Avalanches 

  • Hail to the thief - Radiohead 
  •  Serge Gainsbourg - Melody Nelson 
  • Transformer - Lou reed 
  • Jethro Tull - Burtsing Out 
  • Tostaky - noir desir
  • Genesis - Foxtrot 
  • Bjork - Debut 



Two shy from my top ten album which would also include:
  • P.j Harvey - Stories from the city, stories from the sea. 
  • Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
More difficult would be to pick just one book, I guess it would have to be:  Plume - Henri Michaux 


But my heart could also go to :
  • The man in the high castle - Philip K.Dick
  • "La vie mode d'emploi" by Georges Perec.
  • Prevert - Poemes
  • Perceval le conte du graal - Chretien de Troyes
  • Jules vernes - Le tour du monde en 80 jours


As for the luxury items (I guess a computer is out of order), so it would be: a guitar so I can find the time to learn how to ply it (finally).

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