Vocabulary: shadow of the gonfalon edition
anacreontic: after the style of Anacreon, a Greek poet fond of women and drinking
tholus: a circular building with a conical or vaulted roof (Greek)
architrave: the lowermost molding at the top of a colonnade
gonfalon: a standard or banner hung from a crossbar
caique: a rowboat or small sailing ship
fiacre: a small, four-wheeled carriage
pardine: a leopard or panther
nigrescent: not quite black
For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death might be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of all evils.
Socrates, The Apology
Sybarite – “The Fourth Day”
Nonument
Sybarite is one of the electronic crossover bands that sometimes is a little too downtempo for me – like Arovane’s Tides, much of Nonument fades into the background. But “The Fourth Day” is a great song that has compelling melodies and quite a lot of layers. One part Four Tet sound collage, one part Savath + Savalas murmured melodies, and then a bit of Sybarite’s own excellent sense of rhythm.
Muybridge, A Study
Pyramids are pyramids in vales.
Kate colored suddenly and violently, and her heart beat; but, sweet soul! she was mistaken—
Were the denizens of Victorian England really such gifted blushers that they could do so violently and suddenly, and to the instant notice of everyone present?
Fred Astaire – “Steppin’ Out With My Baby”
My “getting ready” music. If I could have this playing in my head on every night I wear shiny shoes, I’d probably be a lot more smooth.
Caspar David Friedrich
His appointment book lists no visitors for this darkling hour… nor would he ever expect the incongruous advent of this hulking Norseman whose glaring eyes brim with madness and menace.
Thus, Thorne Shaw’s heart spurts into a percussion of fear.
Doc Savage: Hell-Reapers at the Heart of Paradise