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pro·cliv·i·ty (prō-klĭv'ĭ-tē): A natural propensity or inclination; predisposition. See Synonyms at predilection. [Latin prōclīvitās, from prōclīvis, inclined : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + clīvus, slope; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Knowing...

Knowing: On Being Aware: Less than 24 weeks left...
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Music - Eclectic Selection Alert (Tried & Tested)

  • Ali Farka Toure (with Ry Cooder) - Talking Timbuktu
  • Bach - Magnificat in D Major BWV 243
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor, Op.27 nr.2 "Moonlight"
  • Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
  • Casals: Bach Cello Suites
  • Chopin: Etude Op 10, No.3 "Tristesse"
  • David Oistrakh - Debussy's Claire de Lune
  • Dido - Safe Trip Home
  • Feist - The Reminder
  • Fiona Apple - Tidal
  • Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
  • Furtwangler conducts Brahms: Symphony No.1
  • Gomez - Five Men In A Hut
  • Gomez - How We Operate
  • Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts - Temporary People
  • Keith Jarrett - The Melody At Night, With You
  • Keith Jarrett Trio (KJT) - Always Let Me Go
  • Keith Jarrett Trio (KJT) - Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions
  • Lama Tashi - Tibetan Master Chants
  • Menomena - Friend and Foe
  • Nightmares On Wax - Car Boot Soul
  • Nightmares On Wax - Smoker's Delight
  • Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Dust To Gold
  • Radiohead - In Rainbows
  • Radiohead - OK Computer
  • Saint Etienne - Tales from Turnpike House
  • Seu Jorge - Cru
  • Sting - All This Time
  • The Waterboys - A Rock in the Weary Land
  • Thievery Corporation - Outernational Sound
  • Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
  • Thievery Corporation - The Mirror Conspiracy
  • Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon
  • U2 - No Line On The Horizon
  • Velvet Revolver - Libertad
  • Zero 7 - Simple Things
  • Zero 7 - The Garden
  • Zero 7 - When It Falls

Movie Reccos: Some lesser-known, but all must-see!

  • 12 Angry Men
  • 84 Charing Cross Road
  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • About A Boy
  • Agantuk (The Stranger)
  • Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (What Makes Albert Pinto Angry?)
  • Alfie
  • Amelie
  • American Beauty
  • American Psycho
  • An Affair of Love
  • Anything Else
  • Aparajito (The Undefeated)
  • Apur Sansar (World of Apu)
  • Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (The Strange Fate of Arvind Desai)
  • Author! Author!
  • Awakenings
  • Bee Season
  • Before Sunrise
  • Before Sunset
  • Being Cyrus
  • Borat
  • Breaking and Entering
  • Broken Flowers
  • Cache (Hidden)
  • Cape Fear
  • Cet obscur objet du désir (That Obscure Object of Desire)
  • Chariots of Fire
  • Chocolat
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Clerks (1 & 2)
  • Closer
  • Company
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Equilibrium
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Fanny And Alexander
  • Fargo
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Finding Forrester
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • Ganashatru (Enemy of the People)
  • Gattaca
  • Ghare Baire (Home and the World)
  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
  • Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
  • Grand Prix
  • Happily Ever After
  • High Fidelity
  • High Plains Drifter
  • Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
  • Hostsonaten (Autumn Sonata)
  • Il Postino (The Postman)
  • In Good Company
  • Into Great Silence
  • Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron
  • Jules and Jim
  • Junoon (A Flight of Pigeons)
  • Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
  • Kill Bill (1 & 2)
  • Kissing Jessica Stein
  • Layer Cake
  • Le Divorce
  • Le Mans
  • Lila Says
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Little Voice
  • Lost In Translation
  • Man Of The Year
  • Matchpoint
  • Memento
  • Minority Report
  • Mirrormask
  • Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!
  • Mrs Brown
  • Nine Songs
  • Ordinary People
  • Pale Rider
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Pather Panchali (Song of the Road)
  • Paycheck
  • Pelle erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror)
  • Pestonjee
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Pulse
  • Ran
  • Rashomon
  • Run Lola Run
  • Rushmore
  • Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro
  • Screamers
  • Secretary
  • Sexy Beast
  • Shakha Proshakha (Branches of a Tree)
  • Shatranj Ke Khilari
  • Shopgirl
  • Sideways
  • Spirited Away
  • Spy Game
  • Swimming Pool
  • Syriana
  • The 400 Blows
  • The Bridge
  • The Constant Gardener
  • The Departed
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • The Double Life of Veronique
  • The Godfather Trilogy
  • The Italian Job
  • The Last Castle
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  • The Lives of Others
  • The Man Who Wasn't There
  • The Matador
  • The Piano
  • The Prestige
  • The Remains of the Day
  • The Russia House
  • The Science of Sleep
  • Three Colours: Blue
  • Three Colours: Red
  • Three Colours: White
  • Trainspotting
  • Trikal (Past, Present, Future)
  • Unfaithful
  • Wimbledon

Interesting Books I've Yet To Read

  • A Corner of a Foreign Field, Ramachandra Guha
  • Authority and the Individual, Bertrand Russell
  • Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes
  • Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
  • Norwegian Woods, Haruki Murakami
  • Portrait of a Director, Marie Seton
  • Riding With Rilke, Ted Bishop
  • The Chessmaster and His Moves, Raja Rao
  • The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai
  • The Romance of the State and the Fate of Dissent in the Tropics, Ashis Nandy
  • To The Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
  • Weight Loss, Upamanyu Chatterjee

Paths to Parts Known (Interesting/ Friendly/ Curious)

  • Anything But iPod
  • Cabspotting
  • Cool Hunting
  • La Vie Quotidienne
  • Lost At E Minor
  • Make Ideas Happen
  • Newsmap
  • The Morning News
  • The Sartorialist

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  • Ardbeg 10 years (Islay) - Very distinctive, some hate it - others find it sublime!
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  • Glenkinchie 12 years (Lowland)
  • Glenlivet 12 years
  • Glenlivet 12 years (French Oak Finish)
  • Glenlivet 15 years (French Oak Reserve)
  • Johnnie Walker Black Label (12 years) - blended
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  • Scapa 12 years (Orkney)
  • Talisker (Skye)