re re-re-reading

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

Thanks again, Janos!

Ilves ["lynx" in both Estonian and Finnish] names the same favorite novel
in the Postimees interview from 2007 (the bottom link in my message of
Saturday), but in that interview he says about his musical tastes: "from
punk to Monteverdi, from Terry Riley to Ravi Shankar"...

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, János Széky wrote:

> Name: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
> Year of birth: 1953
> Favourite book: Gravity?s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
> Favourite place: home (farm in Southern Estonia)
> Favourite music: Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly
> Source of inspiration: forest - See more at:
> http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/3329-qpresident-ilves-thoughts-about-europe-and-americaq-korjaamo/#sthash.IaSHtkEt.dpuf
>
>
> 2013/10/29 Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
>
> >
> >
> > Sorry for the belated answer Thomas, been AWOL from the list for
> > a few days...
> >
> > Estonia's political scene is quite peculiar. To begin with, the
> > tensions between the Estonian-speaking and Russian-speaking populations
> > make things more complicated. There are left-center conservatives (largely
> > supported by Russian-speakers), right-wing conservatives and free-market
> > liberalists. Ilves' party, Social Democratic Party, isn't really any of
> > the above. And the party does not have too many blue-collar supporters.
> > Maybe the closest parallel would be the Liberal Party in the UK.
> >
> >
> > Heikki
> >
> > On Sat, 26 Oct 2013, Thomas Eckhardt wrote:
> >
> > > Great! I missed that old posting of yours, Heikki. Do his politics match
> > > his exquisite taste in literature and music? A-and what kind of politics
> > > would that be?
> > >
> > > Ah, I see, he has no executive power...
> > >
> > > Tohomas
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Am 26.10.2013 19:09, schrieb Heikki Raudaskoski:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the President of Estonia, tweeted one hour ago
> > > > (thanks for bringing this to my attention, Janos Szeky!):
> > > >
> > > > "Attn RE-readers of Nabokov, @andreapitzer 's Secret History will make
> > > > you see the canon anew and become a RE-re-reader. #reZemblance (sic!)"
> > > >
> > > > https://twitter.com/IlvesToomas/status/394118263342260225
> > > >
> > > > On Pitzer's Secret History, see e.g.:
> > > > http://www.bookslut.com/nonfiction/2013_05_020065.php
> > > >
> > > > About President Ilves, see e.g.:
> > > >
> > http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0710&msg=122024&keywords=toomas
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Heikki
> > > > -
> > > > Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
> > > >
> > >
> > -
> > Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
> >
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