on my coffee table this week ( unfortunately )

you know ( i hope ) that i usually only ever put things that i like on my coffee table.

i like to recommend dvds books and cds to you, and i hope that some of you have

followed some of my choices and been glad that you did ?

did anybody out there go and buy 'fish story' on dvd and enjoy it ?

well the other day i started watching a dvd and it was so terrible that i 

thought i'd put it on my table to warn you this week and then i thought i'd

better make the whole post 'the coffee table of shame'

so... here it is...

grrr !

book ( or rather magazine / comic )

er... i'm not sure what it's called or who it's by.

i'll be honest with you... this isn't bad. it's just that i don't have any books that 

i don't like. most of the books i buy i really enjoy and if i don't like them, i get rid.

this is a comic i bought in koh samui. i love thai writing, as i love japanese

and chinese writing too. it was only 5 baht which is about 10p isn't it ?

i can't recommend you buy this or a similar comic if you're looking for something

good to read... but it's quite a nice souvenir to bring home and to leave on a table.

cd: 48 hours in transit by subscript

this isn't horrendous, it's just not as good as the packaging.

i bought this from anewyorkthing in hester street mnhattan.

the cd comes in a silk pouch / envelope kind of thing with a velcro fastener.

the music... well, it's just a bit forgettable.

dvd: norwegian wood

this is the big one... what a load of rubbish !

i have read quite a few murakami books and i can highly recommend them.

i mistakenly thought i'd read 'norwegian wood' and it turns out that i hadn't.

schoolboy error buying this film. no ghosts, no talking cats or time travel.

no parallel universe, just a few japanese teenagers.

angst filled teenagers at that.

if only i'd read some of the dialogue on the dvd cover...

to recap...

if you're looking for a dvd to enjoy and you wander into the world cinema section 

of say hmv or amazon even... go straight past 'norwegian wood' and treat yourself

to a copy of 'fish story' or 'turtles are surprisingly fast swimmers'

back to the good stuff next week !