The Cultural Mindset of Moi:
(An insight to the views and interests of a naive teenager.)
As each arduous day of the unforgiving heat that is the summer holiday drags on I have decided to take the untimely brave choice to return to the blogging scene, a scene which has changed distinctly since my sad departure. Having before felt as an inveterate blogger, I am now a re-established newby. The heavily formulaic nature of my previous blog led to much boredom in its creation so I am determined to make this new creature as perceptibly laid back and irregular as possible.
Now, what to talk about, what's currently on my cultural mindset. It is true indeed that of recent I have rediscovered an obsession for the dark, brooding R&B of the lax star-in-the-making who is BANKS. She's recently offered up possibly her most commercial sounding track to date, 'beggin' for thread', a track that intertwines the coldness of her voice with the asperity of the production, creating something that's rather marvellous.
In the book world my most recent read has been 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck. A heartbreaking tale that with the greatest celerity takes away all possible hope of a happy ending as it follows the trials and tribulations of an Oakland family as they move to California in search of a better life. Only, once they arrive, they realise their lives are now requisitely much worse. Steinbeck indeed is a great author, many chapters came across more like great pieces of poetry. The ending indeed, which I shall keep hushed for those who actually want to read this book, is perhaps one of the most poignant endings of a book I've ever seen, as the true desperation of the family is brought forth. Another impressive piece of work is the new 'Planet of the Apes' film, though most of it consists of monkey sign language and subtitles galore, it is extremely believable, one becomes attached to these violent (yet fair) creatures. The only problem I did have is how obvious the ending was in pointing to a third film, not that I have an issue in that itself.
On a rather different note all together, I strongly believe that this summer of sport has been going on for way too long. I mean to say, I can cope with the World Cup and Wimbledon but when you add onto this all the golf and cricket tournaments along with the Commonwealth games. These events lose their all their shine and polish and it eventually reaches a point when I just really don't care. Indeed at this moment my sanguine nature for summer has all but eroded and I already have high hopes for winter (clearly come winter my opinion will be starkly opposite).
