From my notebooks

06 December 2007 en route to Manila from Amsterdam—
Listening to Trinje Oosterhuis’ rendition of Burt Bacharach’s The Look of Love on the console of this KLM flight…Burt Bacharach’s songs really make me feel sentimental despite the kids of varying ages on the plane, some crying, some whining, some fucking stealing chocolates and biscuits, depriving [...]