weekend

[alexeye]

had a very good weekend with my father: the highlight was the norton simon museum in pasadena. their collection of hindu & buddhist art from india and southeast asia is the best in north america, and their collection of modern painting & sculpture is fantastic. i discovered my favorite kandinsky to date, and found that i really like henry moore's sculpture.

as my dad and i typically do, we spent about an hour in the gift shop, and i picked up these FANTASTIC children's books from india. they're illustrated versions of the bagvatam, the story of shiva & parvati, and the story of durga. they were about $2.50 each, but they're my newest prized possessions. i find it interesting that a culture that will not permit showing kisses in the movies will put multiple beheadings in their children's books.

i also picked up THREE very different albums of indian music: ravi shankar, bridges, tabla beat science, live in san francisco, and hippo records' new the best of bollywood compilation. plus, dad surprised me with criterion collection's 2-disk edition of down by law, which i've been drooling over for months now, but not willing to shell out $40 for.

Comments

[blue-lotus.livejournal.com]

Have you heard the new Asian Dub Foundation?

Awesome!!

[applehangover.livejournal.com]

tabla beat science, live in san francisco, and hippo records' new the best of bollywood compilation? Oooh!

Hmm, if I could beg you to tape or burn those for me, I'd make it worth your while! Wanna swap stuff? :)

[alexeye.livejournal.com]

i'd be happy to swap with ya! email me at alexeye655@hotmail.com, and we can hash it out . . . they're both really fantastic. and the tabla beat album is a 2-disk!

the new asian dub foundation is good? okay, that's another one for my "check it out" list . . .