Yura Viruchai!

A few appraisals...

Cidade de Deus / City of God (Film) - This 2hr piece of fine Brazilian art and social comment would be one of the most barbarically shocking and visceral portrayals of life in the Rio de Janeiro slum known as the 'city of God', if it was not for the oversaturation of fantasy violence which has desensitised our generation. Subtitled, somatic and cathartic. It tells the story of a boy known as 'Rocket' as he grows up amongst the drug-dealing, rape, poverty and wanton murder of the barrio. His ambition is to become a photographer, which will be his only window of opportunity out of this hellish, claustrophobic and strangely beautiful place. 8/10.

Margave of the Marshes (John Peel & Sheila Ravenscroft) (Book) - The semi-autobiography of the late legendary disc jockey John Peel, written by himself and his wife. (If you're wondering about the names, Ravenscroft was his real name). Fascinating, even for anyone not interested in the music he patronised, I would imagine, as large sections of the book deal with situations/thoughts unrelated to this. Writing styles are witty in a drily amusing fashion. Easily readable. 7/10.

The Thing on the Doorstep (H.P. Lovecraft) (Book) - You can read this in an hour, and download it from here. A short story of supernatural fiction. Deals with the subject of immortality and deeper orders to the universe. 7/10

That's all for now (folks),

KIR