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    Car Talk (USA), Painting & Personal Problems, May 21, 2011, Hörbuch, Digital, 54min
    This week on Car Talk, we dive head first into the four P's of automotive advice. And where better to start than pranks! Faye in New York wants to know how her youthful looking daughter can ward off unnecessary car repairs. Tom and Ray have a few sneaky suggestions to thwart unethical knuckle-scrapers looking to make a buck. In Minnesota, Todd's looking for the cheapest way to paint his Honda and escape the ridicule of his neighbors. Apparently, Todd's a snob when it comes to the old contact paper solution. And rounding up the automotive P's.... personal problems! Ben's wife wants to break him of an addictive automotive habit. Can Tom and Ray rescue Ben before he commits vehicular suicide? All that, plus a new puzzler about Tommy's "newish" car this week on Car Talk. [Broadcast Date: May 21, 2011] Language: English. Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/cart/110521/rt_cart_110521_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Heads of Cerberus: The Book that Created Dystopian Sci Fi : The Illustrated Original Masters of Modern Dark Fantasy, Book 11 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 443min
    This book, set in a dystopian Philadelphia in 2118, invented a new, creepier kind of dystopian sci-fi.Perhaps the first science fantasy to use the alternate time-track, or parallel worlds, idea. (Groff Conklin)A pioneering variation on the parallel worlds theme. (Boucher and McComas)A highly imaginative work, one of the classics of early pulp fantastic fiction (Everett F. Bleiler)Stevens, to her credit, manages to keep her story taut and suspenseful, at the same time that she injects pleasing snippets of humor here and there, mainly thanks to the character of Arnold Bertram, a portly thief who had tried to rifle Trenmore’s safe back home and had also been thrown into the year 2118 as a result. The author presciently posits the coming of a second World War, and yet her Philadelphia of two centuries hence still somehow contains “clanging street cars,” shooting galleries, and “movie” theaters. (I love that fact that Stevens puts the word “movie” in quotes; first used around 1911, it must have still seemed a newish, slangy word by 1918!) A pseudo-scientific explanation, at the novel’s end, for all the mishegas that had come before goes far in claiming for the book its place of pride in the early sci-fi field...a most entertaining and atmospheric read.” (Sandy Ferber, fantasyliterature.com) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/209900/bk_acx0_209900_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Polar Vortex: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 482min
    A novel reminiscent of the works of Herman Koch and Rachel Cusk, in which a lesbian couple attempts to escape the secrets of their pasts. Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize! "A tantalizing mix of psychological thriller and literary fiction.... Mootoo brilliantly explores white discourse about queer sexuality and identity, refugee experiences, the triple effects of sexism, racism, and homophobia on queer women of color, and more." (Autostraddle, included in 65 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way in Fall 2020) "A slow-burning examination of identity, gender, desire, and immigration.... Mootoo's subtle, thought-provoking tale stands out among stories of characters gripped by the past." (Publishers Weekly)"Compellingly charts the complexity of human relationships, the illusions of memory, and the corrosive power of denial." (Kirkus Reviews) Polar Vortex is a seductive and tension-filled novel about Priya and Alex, a lesbian couple who left the big city to relocate to a bucolic countryside community. It seemed like a good way to leave their past behind and cement their newish, later-in-life relationship. But there's leaving the past behind - and then there's running away from awkward histories. Priya has a secret - a long-standing, on-again, off-again relationship with a man, Prakash. In Priya's mind, Prakash is little more than an old friend, but in reality things are a bit complicated. Why has she never told Alex about him? Prakash has tracked Priya down in her new life, and before she realizes what she's doing, she invites him to visit. Alex is not pleased, and soon the existing cracks in their relationship widen, revealing secrets Alex herself would have preferred to keep. Into the fissure walks Prakash, whose own agenda forces all three to face the inevitable consequences of their choices. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lewis Sharon, Iris Quinn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/056827/bk_adbl_056827_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Like This Forever
    Anyone remotely familiar with aQ knows we've long had a soft spot for earthy, psych-tinged music that weaves it's way along beautiful shadowy paths through the dewy glimmers and murky sludge. Well, here's something new that fits the bill and has been pleasing many an ear around here! We actually put a call out to these Portland, OR folks back in October to send some of their music down the coast. A few months have passed and here we are finally with cds in hand, and we think it was worth the wait! Heck, in the short time we've had Like This Forever in stock, in-store play has already been stirring up many many queries with at least one purchased each time it's spun. Stormy waves of electric guitar distortion and reedy woodwinds crash upon one another, then melt into clear smooth bell chimes. Horns and piano also enter the fray that ebbs and flows around mainman Eric Crespo's emotive vocals... As you listen you get a sense that Crespo and co. May have been raised on a balanced diet of Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac as well as Pavement and Slint. Yes, all the most nutritious and tastiest food groups! Recommended. -Aquarius Records (speaking of 'like this forever') __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Review of 'like this forever' from Belgian blog Derives: I've been very impressed by the debut release of Ghost to Falco, the solo project of Eric Crespo. I was then very curious to discover his first full length and a little bit anxious about the fact he recorded it with a full set of guest musicians. Turning a solo project into a full band can corrode a sensitivity completely. There are differences, this album is less intimate and more intense, there is less space for layers of sounds from synths, organ or guitars and more attention towards a more rock-oriented approach. But while I'm talking about that he doesn't lose a single part of his authenticity as other artists like Unwound, Slint, Kickball, Three Mile Pilot, Victory at Sea, Bellafea, Lowercase or For Carnation easily come to mind when i listen to his new songs and band instrumentation. There is more room for tension ot this record, and for harsher sounds, even if it never falls into complete noisy explorations. He makes also a step towards a more conventional songwriting, following the archetypes of usual indie rock formula inherited from post-hardcore sources. I do like this new record quite a lot, even if I miss the unity once featured on the debut release. Eric Crespo is a true and clever songwriter and a brilliant interpreter of his own songs. There is no place for circus, you will taste the dust but ask for more of this. This is not a recommended record, this is a necessary one. I don't like it as much as I am obsessed by it. If once in your life records such as Spiderland, Repetition, The Dark is Just the Night, The Going-Away Present or Another Desert Another Sea have meant something for you, it is the next one on the list. --DERIVES.NET __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ '...Have you heard how good Eric Crespo's lyrics are? Have you heard their newish art-noise-gone-pop songs?' -The Portland Mercury __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 'Swooping bass lines, feedback at odd intervals, slo-mo percussive riffs when the drums are playing, and the rare touch of horns--put like that, you might think it sounds like a bunch of gibbons loose in the studio, but Portland-based troubadour Eric Crespo manages to blend it all into a batch of sludge folk that alternately soothes and rattles the ears.' -Boise Weekly (from an album review of 'like this forever') __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 'Eric Crespo is the constant member of Ghost to Falco, a Portland band-a trio on this tour -specializing in morose beauty and curious emotion. From lush analog synth sounds to looped and minimal drones, the sounds on the new disc 'Like This Forever' complement Crespo's pointed lyrics well.' -The Flagpole (Athens, GA)(Dec. 6, 2006 issue) __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 'If the rock and indie camps have been increasingly segregated as of late, then this album could be the much needed catalyst to bring the two back together. Ghost to Falco singer/songwriter Eric Crespo seems comfortable in the role of composer of introspective lyrics, but also knows that heavy, cathartic rock 'n' roll is an important part of the emotional dynamic. Crespo's rock is Neil Young circa After The Gold Rush, with huge choruses and guitar chords that transition into textured and delicate sections with layers of organ, xylophone, brass and wind instruments. It's a recipe that is continuously intriguing throughout. The first songs on the album, "Light in the Wind" and "Maupin," gently ease the listener into Crespo's world, giving a false sense that it will be a quiet, introverted album in the vein of Pinback or The Shins. Subtly, cymbal crashes build into a fit of noise joined by staccato acoustic guitar and human wailing that sounds like a painful exorcism. The song ends with Crespo's bitter, scorned singing, "If there's an escape then it begins with beliefs," and a frustrated punk beat over open chords. The strongest track is "The End," which begins with a riff constructed of what sounds like a guitar being played backwards and punctuated with a stirring Young-esque harmonica lead. The drums are hard-hitting and aggressive and the cooing background vocals of the chorus make the lyrics, "When light will you come here," all the more haunting and beautiful. The ghostly chorus appears louder over military drums on the next track, "Feared and Known." The seventeen guest musicians that appear throughout add much depth and spontaneity to Crespo's powerful folk-influenced compositions.' -Jake Rose -West Coast Performer Magazine (Album review for 'like this forever') __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Though Eric Crespo is, as he says, the one constant in Ghost to Falco, he's webbed in quite a cast these past few years, including Nick Delffs of Shaky Hands and Mike McKinnon of Wet Confetti. Not surprisingly, GTF's sound is just as expansive as it's collection of band members. Expect a night of noisy art rock, clatters of nu jazz, and tangents into trancy and symphonically stormy experiments, all wrapped around grounded but ghostly whispers that catch Crespo in moments of peace and bitterness.-ANIKA SABIN --The Willamette Week __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Portland's Ghost to Falco incorporates some lo-fi electronics into his unpredictable mix of post-folk and loopy experimentalism. -The Seattle Stranger.
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