Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Kosmette has good taste. Middlesex was definitely one of my favorite books in 2003. I love Sedaris' books - always a good laugh but it seems to be so much better when he reads (eg. audiobooks). Alot of the jokes come across better that way. The absolute best is when he imitates his redneck hip-hop brother. Or when he sings TV commercial jingles in the style of Billie Holiday. :)
via kosmette
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides (Virgin Suicides)
anything by Bill Bryson
Sarah Vowell's stuff
David Sedaris' stuff
Lamb: the Gospel according to Biff;
Everything by A. S. Byatt is always at the top of her list, but it might be a chick thing...
Originally posted by callat703:
I'm reading Michael Chabon's "The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," and thus far its great. Won the Pulitzer - very easy to read and entertaining.
Originally posted by HomesickAlien:
Scott Heim - Mysterious Skin
Donna Tartt - The Secret History
The last one makes you addicted, so I'm warning you. ;-)
Originally posted by callat703:While not being true for all of his works, his new book Haunted certainly fits this description. He seems to have taken astray with his intentions to shock. But I still like him. To brennser I recommend Chuck's novel 'Survivor' about the last living member of a cult who is dictating his life story to a black box in a plane he hijacked. It is Chuck's best novel, with some truly hilarious moments and characters.
And Palahniuk seems to have a need to be shocking for the sake of being shocking, without having any real purpose - he loves extremely violent images that border on sadistic without really making a point for using them.
Originally posted by callat703:I didn't much care for Lullaby either. Chuck shouldn't try to do horror. But check out 'Choke','Survivor', and 'Invisible Monsters'. They're all excellent reads.
It might be that I need to give him another chance; I read Lullaby and was really turned off by it. But perhaps I've spoken too soon, or just read the wrong book.
Originally posted by xcanuck:
For those with a soft spot for the Irish, I would definitely recommend Round Ireland With a Fridge, by Tony Hawks.
It's an extremely funny travelogue. Basically, Tony Hawks makes a drunken bet in a pub one night that he can hitchhike all the way around Ireland in one month....with a refridgerator in tow. He actually pulls it off and the book describes his adventure. It gives people on this side of the pond a great feel for the genuine hospitality and humour of the Irish.
Originally posted by callat703:But keep a dictionary handy; Chabon has a thing for obscure words. His mind probably works such that they come naturally for him but I often had to put down the deckled tome to look up words such as "deckled" (as used in "Wonder Boys," which is wonderful, by the way).
I'm reading Michael Chabon's "The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," and thus far its great. Won the Pulitzer - very easy to read and entertaining.
Originally posted by brennser:I enjoyed that one also.....the fact that nobody thought it weird that someone would be hitchiking round Ireland with a fridge in tow is typical of the all accepting Irish. (Well, apart from the refugees, but that's for another topic)
yup, read it - funny stuff - much better than 'McCarthys bar' which some people say is similar but which I found boring
QuoteOriginally posted by xcanuck:[/b]
For those with a soft spot for the Irish, I would definitely recommend Round Ireland With a Fridge, by Tony Hawks.
It's an extremely funny travelogue. Basically, Tony Hawks makes a drunken bet in a pub one night that he can hitchhike all the way around Ireland in one month....with a refridgerator in tow. He actually pulls it off and the book describes his adventure. It gives people on this side of the pond a great feel for the genuine hospitality and humour of the Irish.
Originally posted by brennser:I too enjoyed that.
ended up with this
Originally posted by vansmack:This is on my short list right now...his columns are great...the kind of stuff that gets me really energized on a morning flight (if i had coffee before getting on the plane).
If you really want to understand the world today (quickly becoming my bible):
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It's not overly technical, but an insightful look at how technology and most importantly global fiber-optic networks are quickly changing the world's economic landscape. [/QB]
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:Samckette's arrived at 8 AM this morning, but she had already left for work. Maybe I should hide it from her and say it hasn't arrived yet.....
would have been reading this if stupid UPS had bothered to try to actually deliver this to me on saturday:
Originally posted by vansmack:perhaps you should direct her here (http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/gobletoffire/index.html), that might buy you some time.
QuoteOriginally posted by Venerable Bede:Samckette's arrived at 8 AM this morning, but she had already left for work. Maybe I should hide it from her and say it hasn't arrived yet..... [/b]
would have been reading this if stupid UPS had bothered to try to actually deliver this to me on saturday:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:I'm going to edit that, and when they show Hermione growing up, I'm going to splice the Old Lindsay Lohan on SNL. Then, and only then, will I go see the movie.
perhaps you should direct her here (http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/gobletoffire/index.html), that might buy you some time.
anybody have any thoughts on George Washington biographies? what is a good one? I'm not talking about a "rah rah rah he was the greatest man ever" type bio either..
anybody have any thoughts on George Washington biographies? what is a good one? I'm not talking about a "rah rah rah he was the greatest man ever" type bio either..
This one (http://www.amazon.com/Being-George-Washington-Indispensable-Youve/dp/145165927X/ref=la_B001IQUMVM_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391194444&sr=1-6) looks good for you.
The Dune series is great. I love the core series, and also the expanded universe stuff his son helped write based off of his notes.
And no, it is not difficult to comprehend. What it is, is one of the greatest Sci-Fi sagas, that takes the reader across space over a span of thousands of years. It is a series about religion (especially as using religion as propaganda/population control), science, Giant sandworms, Messiah...
It is easy to get into if you love sci fi.
It is also one of the only series I will DEFINITELY reread over the next few years.
To be fair, it IS a book and not a graphic novel, and they have been pretty good about keeping their nerdcrap in the nerdcrap thread. Fair play as posted.The Dune series is great. I love the core series, and also the expanded universe stuff his son helped write based off of his notes.
And no, it is not difficult to comprehend. What it is, is one of the greatest Sci-Fi sagas, that takes the reader across space over a span of thousands of years. It is a series about religion (especially as using religion as propaganda/population control), science, Giant sandworms, Messiah...
It is easy to get into if you love sci fi.
It is also one of the only series I will DEFINITELY reread over the next few years.
Doesn't this belong in the geek thread? I mean I come here to discuss books and it is like "No!!!".
My favorite book of last year was The Goldfinch. Loved it. One of the best books I've read in a while.I just finished this two days ago. Hadn't heard of it until it won the Pulitzer. Really good.
Doesn't this belong in the geek thread? I mean I come here to discuss books and it is like "No!!!".Well, it is a book series. If we were talking about the movie, mini-series, or video games; those would have been more appropriate for the nerd thread.
There was a Talk Of The Town piece in this weeks New Yorker about him. It's on my non-fiction pile; let me know how it is when you finish.
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Thanks for this, got a vacation coming up in a week and am stockpiling reading material. Just ordered this.My favorite book of last year was The Goldfinch. Loved it. One of the best books I've read in a while.I just finished this two days ago. Hadn't heard of it until it won the Pulitzer. Really good.
Enon by Paul Harding was my fav 2013 work of fiction, but they'll never award consecutive Pulitzers to a fiction author.
reading Moby Dick for the first timefifty pages of great story and three hundred pages of whaling technique minutiae. I have no idea why anyone would read it multiple times.
surprising thing is how many people tell me they have read it multiple times
, Sun Also Rises
reading Moby Dick for the first time
surprising thing is how many people tell me they have read it multiple times
There are certain classics I will read every other year or so, such as Great Gatsby, Sun Also Rises and Motley Crue's The Dirt.
Great Gatsby is good but not my favorite Fitzgerald book.The Beautiful & Damned?
Great Gatsby is good but not my favorite Fitzgerald book.The Beautiful & Damned?
I just finished that along with Zealot. Both great.
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I just finished that along with Zealot. Both great.
Starting this:
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Anyone have any current fiction recommendations?
I just finished that along with Zealot. Both great.
Starting this:
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Anyone have any current fiction recommendations?
If you like Goldfinch, you'll probably like the The Secret History (http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-History-Donna-Tartt/dp/1400031702).Hey, thanks!
I may have preferred Special Topics in Calamity Physics (http://www.amazon.com/Special-Topics-Calamity-Physics-Marisha/dp/0143112120). Same premise as Secret History but a bit younger and hipper.
If you like Goldfinch, you'll probably like the The Secret History (http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-History-Donna-Tartt/dp/1400031702).Hey, thanks!
I may have preferred Special Topics in Calamity Physics (http://www.amazon.com/Special-Topics-Calamity-Physics-Marisha/dp/0143112120). Same premise as Secret History but a bit younger and hipper.
Has anyone read the Chabon book (Telegraph Avenue?) that came out last year? Any good?
Yiddish Policeman level bad? That was the one I discarded halfway thru.If you like Goldfinch, you'll probably like the The Secret History (http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-History-Donna-Tartt/dp/1400031702).Hey, thanks!
I may have preferred Special Topics in Calamity Physics (http://www.amazon.com/Special-Topics-Calamity-Physics-Marisha/dp/0143112120). Same premise as Secret History but a bit younger and hipper.
Has anyone read the Chabon book (Telegraph Avenue?) that came out last year? Any good?
Meh. It's Chabon, but definitely a weaker Chabon.
Yiddish Policeman level bad? That was the one I discarded halfway thru.If you like Goldfinch, you'll probably like the The Secret History (http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-History-Donna-Tartt/dp/1400031702).Hey, thanks!
I may have preferred Special Topics in Calamity Physics (http://www.amazon.com/Special-Topics-Calamity-Physics-Marisha/dp/0143112120). Same premise as Secret History but a bit younger and hipper.
Has anyone read the Chabon book (Telegraph Avenue?) that came out last year? Any good?
Meh. It's Chabon, but definitely a weaker Chabon.
Oh, Lord, scratch that one then!Yiddish Policeman level bad? That was the one I discarded halfway thru.If you like Goldfinch, you'll probably like the The Secret History (http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-History-Donna-Tartt/dp/1400031702).Hey, thanks!
I may have preferred Special Topics in Calamity Physics (http://www.amazon.com/Special-Topics-Calamity-Physics-Marisha/dp/0143112120). Same premise as Secret History but a bit younger and hipper.
Has anyone read the Chabon book (Telegraph Avenue?) that came out last year? Any good?
Meh. It's Chabon, but definitely a weaker Chabon.
Yiddish Policemen's Union is far superior to Telegraph Avenue.
If you like Goldfinch, you'll probably like the The Secret History (http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-History-Donna-Tartt/dp/1400031702).
I may have preferred Special Topics in Calamity Physics (http://www.amazon.com/Special-Topics-Calamity-Physics-Marisha/dp/0143112120). Same premise as Secret History but a bit younger and hipper.
Anyone read any Murakami and enjoyed it? If so, which novel would you suggest I start with? Thanks in advance.
Wind-up Bird Chronicle ... Norwegian WoodThere's a Beatles joke somewhere in there, but I'm too lazy on a de facto Friday to suss it out.
Anyone read any Murakami and enjoyed it? If so, which novel would you suggest I start with? Thanks in advance.
I'm so offended by the title of this article that I can't even bring myself to read it. Books are books. I read Hunger Games, Fault in our Stars, and others, and I"m not ashamed. Who cares about the "intended" audience?I guess to play Devil's advocate, would you draw the same "who cares who it was intended for" for anything else? Should it be perfectly acceptable for adults to only find Pokemon or gi Joe acceptable entertainment, or would you label such a person as in a state of arrested development? What of they still wear bibs or use pacifiers?
People want to wear pacifiers, fine with me. Not hurting anyone there.Ok, fair enough.
Yes, if people want to watch Pokemon, again, who cares?
I'm disappointed in you.
We didn't even get to talk about Bronys.
I read Carl Perkins' autobiography....I'd give it a B
Guralnick's second volume on his Elvis bio..... so sad to read! good lord...
Anxiously awaiting the Murakami new one. Should get it Tuesday.My local indie bookstore is doing a midnight release party at a sushi restaurant. I'm thinking of going.
I tried the Kindle thing, but I need book books.
I bought Wind-Up Bird and Kafka On the Shore over the weekend. Finished Wind-Up Bird already and about halfway thru Kafka (which I think is the better of the two so far). Might try reading 1Q84 before the "new" one comes out next month.
I turned up reading all three of those, Colorless, Hardboiled Wonderland, and Sputnik Sweetheart. I really enjoyed them all.I bought Wind-Up Bird and Kafka On the Shore over the weekend. Finished Wind-Up Bird already and about halfway thru Kafka (which I think is the better of the two so far). Might try reading 1Q84 before the "new" one comes out next month.
I also liked Kafka on the Shore best. 1Q84 is very good as well, although it could have been a tad shorter.
When do you guys who read four hours a day and also watch tv five hours a day have time to cook dinner? Sleep? Have a girlfriend?According to this thread's tracking of it, I've read 7.5 books in 3 months, to the very day. (This is also during the summer which is when most TV programs are on hiatus, and therefore I don't have 5 hours of programming -- apparently -- to watch daily.) I don't know how quickly you read, but for the average person, that doesn't work out to 4 hours per day. Perhaps you have a learning disability?
It doesn't compute! :o
I turned up reading all three of those, Colorless, Hardboiled Wonderland, and Sputnik Sweetheart. I really enjoyed them all.I bought Wind-Up Bird and Kafka On the Shore over the weekend. Finished Wind-Up Bird already and about halfway thru Kafka (which I think is the better of the two so far). Might try reading 1Q84 before the "new" one comes out next month.
I also liked Kafka on the Shore best. 1Q84 is very good as well, although it could have been a tad shorter.
The last book I read was the Lord Of The Rings trilogy which I read while I was in the Marine Corps from 77-81. It took me the entire four years to finish.
The last book I read was the Lord Of The Rings trilogy which I read while I was in the Marine Corps from 77-81. It took me the entire four years to finish.
this explains oh so much....
The last book I read was the Lord Of The Rings trilogy which I read while I was in the Marine Corps from 77-81. It took me the entire four years to finish.
this explains oh so much....
Yep it does. It explains that reading disabilities can be overcome! And to think, I did not lean on a gubmint handout to make me better either. :)
The last book I read was the Lord Of The Rings trilogy which I read while I was in the Marine Corps from 77-81. It took me the entire four years to finish.
this explains oh so much....
Yep it does. It explains that reading disabilities can be overcome! And to think, I did not lean on a gubmint handout to make me better either. :)
it explains your ignorance is what it does...
The last book I read was the Lord Of The Rings trilogy which I read while I was in the Marine Corps from 77-81. It took me the entire four years to finish.
this explains oh so much....
Yep it does. It explains that reading disabilities can be overcome! And to think, I did not lean on a gubmint handout to make me better either. :)
it explains your ignorance is what it does...
Me thinks you need to do a bit of research into the meaning of certain words. In actuality though, reading is not the only way to gain knowledge, in fact it could be argued that it is one of the poorest ways depending on the reader. Nighty night.
The last book I read was the Lord Of The Rings trilogy which I read while I was in the Marine Corps from 77-81. It took me the entire four years to finish.
this explains oh so much....
Yep it does. It explains that reading disabilities can be overcome! And to think, I did not lean on a gubmint handout to make me better either. :)
it explains your ignorance is what it does...
Me thinks you need to do a bit of research into the meaning of certain words. In actuality though, reading is not the only way to gain knowledge, in fact it could be argued that it is one of the poorest ways depending on the reader. Nighty night.
you're right man...listening to rush limbaugh is the way..
what are you talking about? Reading is bad now?
I cannot believe you just wrote that you haven't read a book since 1981.....wow...just wow
and Ratbastard..if you haven't read a book since 1981 this is the wrong thread for you man..
how about you start a thread for cruises or something?
I've had copies of this book for years but finally got around to it...Ian McEwan's "Saturday"
boy..its a tour de force....
I've had copies of this book for years but finally got around to it...Ian McEwan's "Saturday"
boy..its a tour de force....
He wrote Atonement? That book made me angry!
Ostensibly about a spliff-smoking pill-popping post-grad poet on a fellowship in Madrid. Really about language and art; the majestic inadequacy of the former and the fugitive profundity of the latter.That's an excellent sentence.
I find it interesting how much I tend to prefer British to American writers....and bands
I was certain the AP announcement on my phone this morning was announcing her passing,That would be horrible. Someone else took her in my death pool.
That would be horrible. Someone else took her in my death pool.
At 88, she can't be worth that many points.You guys have a scoring system that rewards younger deaths? That's cool.
What's the difference?Well, the demos for Psychocandy were, presumably, not marketed as a "new JAMC album." Passing off an early, complete-different, racist depiction of a character as a "sequel" changes the narrative of that character, whether intended or not. And also, right or wrong, the publishing of work against the writer's expressed wishes is viewed quite differently in the literary world as compared to musical demos leaking (which is probably an interesting TAN conversation), and there does seem to be serious misgivings about Lee's ability as an 89-year old blind and mostly deaf person in hospice/eldercare (whose longtime executor just passed away) to articulate her wishes in the matter.
If an unpublished Hemingway book surfaced, would we be having this discussion? I doubt it.This exact issue happened with Nabokov. And Kafka. And is currently occurring with Salinger. The posthumous release of unfinished works by authors -- and especially those who instructed their work to be destroyed/not published -- is literally a huge ethical debate in the literary world.
. . .but I'd like to think that in Mockingbird, Scout visualizes her father as a heroically honorable god among men in the same way children do with their parents, like my own for example. Later, as an adult however, she realizes the reality is that all men are flawed, especially her father who can now be seen as the racist he always was.See, I would argue that's the exact opposite way one should view it. By most accounts, Lee sent Watchman in and was told in a letter from the publisher, "hey, that character doesn't work, make him better and tell us a story through young Scout's eyes." Thinking the character of Atticus was always supposed to get older and espouse racist views (and, if you follow the logic, wasn't really attempting to be an agent of change but was just a lawyer doing his duty) kind of changes what the Mockingbird was trying to say if you ACTUALLY view it as an intended sequel.
The book does not deal or focus nearly as much on the trial as the movie does.Absolutely.
I am about a hundred pages into this:
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Fluency in patois is helpful but not required. A steady soundtrack of Studio One comps is a prerequisite (Trojan will do in a pinch).
I am about a hundred pages into this:
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Fluency in patois is helpful but not required. A steady soundtrack of Studio One comps is a prerequisite (Trojan will do in a pinch).
Definitely fits in with the Booker's move away from "readability" over the last few years. It's an excellent book, but you have to be really invested in it.
You are against slang but use the words gonna and gotta in your sentence?
Just bought new Elvis Costello book. Only read the front cover and so far it is brilliant.
Just bought new Elvis Costello book. Only read the front cover and so far it is brilliant.excellent, as I only buy books for the cover
I finished "Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl" this weekend. It was fantastic.
I finished "Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl" this weekend. It was fantastic.
I have this sitting at the top of my to-read pile. I heard it's a little breezy but ultimately a lot of fun.
Just finished this and like it a lot:
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although his liver went, not his lungsI finished "Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl" this weekend. It was fantastic.
I have this sitting at the top of my to-read pile. I heard it's a little breezy but ultimately a lot of fun.
Just finished this and like it a lot:
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that cover is an ad for not smoking...
Reed was a ?monster? of a man, who used racial slurs, abused women and fought with fellow artists. ?He was a suspicious, cantankerous, bitter, angry man. It was the worst-kept secret in show business,? (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/fashion/who-was-the-real-lou-reed.html)really don't think that was ever a secret
Top of my Holiday List:
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Oh man, I just went to my office's Free Book shelf and this was sitting right in front like a ripe red tomato. ZING!
Oh man, I just went to my office's Free Book shelfI imagine there have got to be some good finds there
found another copy of PLease Kill Me so Sidehatch can keep the book he apparently has no intention of returning to me..it's not that I don't intend to...just never think about it the 3-4 times a year I actually see you in person
I finished "Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl" this weekend. It was fantastic.This is on my up next
Oh man, I just went to my office's Free Book shelfI imagine there have got to be some good finds there
all of the books Bret Easton Ellis wrote
Rules Of Attraction is the only thing he wrote that I didn't think was total ass.Quoteall of the books Bret Easton Ellis wrote
The Rules of Attraction is one of my favorites and never really got mass appeal
I also liked the informers, but not as much
LtZ is OK,
but American Psycho is so great and disturbing at the same time
the context of the 80s NYC is important to the story
Got to meat him during the Lunar Park book tour
I liked that book, but really 'fans only' book IMO
Also:I listed Informers - and I liked it
The Informers (1994)
Glamorama (1998)
Imperial Bedrooms (2010)
(I plan on reading all of the books this year)
Glamarama (SPOLIER alert)...started off good, but really couldn't buy the idea of super models becoming terrorists. Any story about with models as the main characters is a bad idea to meGlamorama aka "Not Inspiration for Zoolander..."
Got to meat himwhoa...that was quite the Freudian slip
I listed Informers - and I liked itOops. Your punctuation made me think that the Informers mention was part of your Rules of Attraction sentence and I missed it.
That said, has anyone noticed how oral histories are so much more common now with music/sports/entertainment books? They can be really interesting if well-edited but I feel like this is a lazy way to create a book.
I mean, the best rock books are the ones that have a clear, well-written narrative. And creating that is hard! But if you're doing an oral history, you basically just edit the transcripts of your interview and call it a book. It's like an outline with quotations. Feels like the easy way out, kind of a cousin to the 'found footage' film genre. I came up with that simile as I was writing it.
I have yet to finish it myself...I have trouble with novels by russians...I actually love the classic Russians. Prefer Anna Karenin if we're talking Tolstoy specifically.
love how it's 100% ok to give seth shit
and he just rolls with it
de-mock-racy
as a rule-with exceptions- I'm not a fan of novels from the "get paid by the word" (serialized) period of literature....some of these books just go on and on and on and on...it feels like they had to drag them out as long as they could.. kind of like a Latin American soap opera or something.. but I admire anyone who can get through these things....I am embarassed never to have finished some classics even though I seem to recall having passed English without reading themI get that if you're talking Dickens or someone whose work was actually serialized and published in a magazine and paid by the word. That was, however, assuredly not the case with War and Peace. There's a lot of long Russian novels, but unless I am gravely mistaken, none of them were serialized releases; that was a uniquely English thing at that time.
I'm a divorced, bald 45 year old shadow of a man.Divorced? What was all that "my wife never puts out" business you were going on abo-- ohhhhhhhhhhh. . .
as a rule-with exceptions- I'm not a fan of novels from the "get paid by the word" (serialized) period of literature....some of these books just go on and on and on and on...it feels like they had to drag them out as long as they could.. kind of like a Latin American soap opera or something.. but I admire anyone who can get through these things....I am embarassed never to have finished some classics even though I seem to recall having passed English without reading themI get that if you're talking Dickens or someone whose work was actually serialized and published in a magazine and paid by the word. That was, however, assuredly not the case with War and Peace. There's a lot of long Russian novels, but unless I am gravely mistaken, none of them were serialized releases; that was a uniquely English thing at that time.
I'm sure you'd agree there's a difference between, say, Great Expectations where the author was paid by the word and had a financial motivation to keep the story going on as long as possible vs Tolstoy/Dostoyevski giving portions to a periodical for printing (or David Foster Wallace/Franzen doing the same today in The New Yorker) as the book is being written. Great Expectations is long for length's sake. I never got that feeling with the Russians.as a rule-with exceptions- I'm not a fan of novels from the "get paid by the word" (serialized) period of literature....some of these books just go on and on and on and on...it feels like they had to drag them out as long as they could.. kind of like a Latin American soap opera or something.. but I admire anyone who can get through these things....I am embarassed never to have finished some classics even though I seem to recall having passed English without reading themI get that if you're talking Dickens or someone whose work was actually serialized and published in a magazine and paid by the word. That was, however, assuredly not the case with War and Peace. There's a lot of long Russian novels, but unless I am gravely mistaken, none of them were serialized releases; that was a uniquely English thing at that time.
well serializing of works was very popular in the second half of the 19th century.. mademe bovary was serialized, brothers karamazov, anna karenina and even war and peace (in an earlier form) were all serialized..
Harry Potter is back for another round of magic, struggles with the darkness and parents.
This time, Harry's the dad, struggling with his own son.
The eighth installment of the Harry Potter series, the two-part play, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," will be published as a book this summer, author J.K Rowling announced on her Pottermore website Wednesday.
What?? ??She likes money.
She loves the characters and the world she created.Can we kick this over to the nerd alert thread please?
Yes, let us please cater to you. What else do you require?I mean, I could use a gin and tonic if you're in the area. . .
Yes, let us please cater to you. What else do you require?
Plenty of people on here would be interested in Harry Potter, and would never click on the nerd thread, so I do not see any reason to segregate this book from any other.
I'm about 110 pages into Petty, by Warren Zanes, a book my wife got me for Xmas. Tom has just completed the debut album with the Heartbreakers. I now know a whole lot more about Mudcrunch.
I'm about 110 pages into Petty, by Warren Zanes, a book my wife got me for Xmas. Tom has just completed the debut album with the Heartbreakers. I now know a whole lot more about Mudcrunch.
I'm about 110 pages into Petty, by Warren Zanes, a book my wife got me for Xmas. Tom has just completed the debut album with the Heartbreakers. I now know a whole lot more about Mudcrunch.
I read this. I thought it was all right though nothing really stood out about it. Maybe Tom Petty is just kinda boring. But it felt like one of those bios where this happened and then this happened and then this happened and then the end.
You wanna talk slog, how about a 854 page biography on Paul McCartney
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That said, I'm liking this quite a bit and will probably finish it this weekend. I've read every book on the Beatles that I can find, so diving into this seemed a little unnecessary, but I have it a shot and it's really pretty good. Having read a bio on Ringo a few months ago, and a Lennon one before that, I like reading about the Beatles era through the perspective of just one of the members rather than a whole-group view.
I just read Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon. Nice job, Kim. Thurston is an idiot.I'm in the middle of that one. I never knew she had such ties to Hollywood and the art world even before SY existed. I love that she dated Danny Elfman in high school.
I just read Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon. Nice job, Kim. Thurston is an idiot.I imagine this is pretty biased. ::)
I just read Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon. Nice job, Kim. Thurston is an idiot.I imagine this is pretty biased. ::)
Again, you are only hearing one person's side of the story.
Anybody read The Sympathizer or All The Light We Cannot See? Trying to figure which to read first.Went with All The Light first and it was fantastic. Highly recommended.
Has anyone read Paul Beatty's The Sellout or Emma Cline's The Girls and have thoughts/recommendations on either?
This Little Life (which was great, but tore me apart and put me into a bit of a depression)This one has been on my radar for a bit with the Man Booker nomination. Might need to add this to my forthcoming amazon order.
This Little Life (which was great, but tore me apart and put me into a bit of a depression)This one has been on my radar for a bit with the Man Booker nomination. Might need to add this to my forthcoming amazon order.
Cool. Thanks for the feedback (and the feedback on The Girls too).This Little Life (which was great, but tore me apart and put me into a bit of a depression)This one has been on my radar for a bit with the Man Booker nomination. Might need to add this to my forthcoming amazon order.
Just be in a really great mood when you begin. That books literally will tear you down and then stomp on you.
Has anyone read Paul Beatty's The Sellout or Emma Cline's The Girls and have thoughts/recommendations on either?
Thanks for the recommendation!Has anyone read Paul Beatty's The Sellout or Emma Cline's The Girls and have thoughts/recommendations on either?
I highly recommend The Sellout. Brilliant satire!
I really liked The Girls. Loved her language and the description of the friendship. A little on the nose, but still an enjoyable read. I would be interested to know if men enjoy this book, or if it's more for women.Finished this on Saturday. I'm sort of of two minds about the book. She's obviously an immensely talented writer. She has a talent for layering short descriptive sentences about something one after another and weaving this really well-written tapestry. But on the other hand, I sort of found the overriding story not that great. She's someone who I think will put out an amazing book at 36, but probably she isn't full cooked at 26. I did not think it was only for women although I think women will probably more immediately relate to the "Suzanne-obsession" element more than men.
I really liked The Girls. Loved her language and the description of the friendship. A little on the nose, but still an enjoyable read. I would be interested to know if men enjoy this book, or if it's more for women.Finished this on Saturday. I'm sort of of two minds about the book. She's obviously an immensely talented writer. She has a talent for layering short descriptive sentences about something one after another and weaving this really well-written tapestry. But on the other hand, I sort of found the overriding story not that great. She's someone who I think will put out an amazing book at 36, but probably she isn't full cooked at 26. I did not think it was only for women although I think women will probably more immediately relate to the "Suzanne-obsession" element more than men.
Started A Little Life and obviously that's going to take me a few weeks at 720 pages of very, very small font. It hasn't gotten brutal yet but several people have warned me its just gratuitously awful to the main character so I'm bracing myself.
Started A Little Life and obviously that's going to take me a few weeks at 720 pages of very, very small font. It hasn't gotten brutal yet but several people have warned me its just gratuitously awful to the main character so I'm bracing myself.This book is just fucking brutal.
Just got on the Man Booker shortlist. It's up next if I ever can bring myself to finish the literary torture porn that is A Little Life.Has anyone read Paul Beatty's The Sellout or Emma Cline's The Girls and have thoughts/recommendations on either?
I highly recommend The Sellout. Brilliant satire!
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8 out of 10. Great writing. Almost all character development with the plot a conscious afterthought. Some find it pretentious, but I get the sense it is a purposeful pretension that speaks to the characters.
david lynch
catching the big fish
read it, bitch
Infinite Jest might stand alone as the most controversial book of all time. Controversial, in that no one can figure out whether it sucks or not.Its near-universal acclaim would disagree. Where is this Infinite Jest sucks movement you're citing?
City on Fire...not pretentious at all?
Infinite Jest might stand alone as the most controversial book of all time. Controversial, in that no one can figure out whether it sucks or not.
A well deserved Man Booker winnerI'm halfway through this and its uproarious. It's The Director: The Book. I told him that the other day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/business/media/paul-beatty-wins-man-booker-prize-with-the-sellout.html
A well deserved Man Booker winner
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/business/media/paul-beatty-wins-man-booker-prize-with-the-sellout.html
See, I disliked that a lot. The satire Beatty uses makes it a lot more palletable, imho.A well deserved Man Booker winner
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/business/media/paul-beatty-wins-man-booker-prize-with-the-sellout.html
I should be read side-by-side with Ta Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me
I'm struggling through Marlon James' A Brief History of Seven Killings.
Its a good book but each chapter comes from a different 1st person perspective narrator and the Jamaican patois/lack of proper punctuation makes it a very slow read.
Wanting to get into Mahajan's The Association of Small Bombs next.
I quit it...just way too confusingIts gotten easier once I got past the first of the five days. Once you know who the characters are and don't have to flip back to the character list every paragraph it speeds up slightly.
It all makes complete sense if you're totally blazed when you read it.Hush, Bam Bam.
.. Next time I see Peter Hook he is going to sign this puppy.. and I will not lend it to sidehatch cause he still owes me the two books I lent him years ago.. I think he thinks I have forgotten but I do not forget..have not forgotten...but they just look so nice in my book case
this looks like it might be an interesting read
TOTAL CHAOS: The Story of The Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop (Third Man Books) The first time the story of this seminal band has been told entirely in Pop?s own words
Decided to take a walk to the Free Book Shelf in our office and lo and behold, there's 'Substance' by Peter Hook. Man, I grabbed that shit so fast. Looking forward to it.
And also, I read books on subjects that I'm really interested in,Chlamydia: An Oral History
One of my resolutions that I'm currently failing at was trying to read more books in 2017... When do you all find the majority of your time to read?
Do you have children?
What time do you go to bed?
If I'm lucky I have one, maybe two free hours a day and unfortunately reading typically falls down the priority list during that free time.
I'm reading James Brown's autobiography.. very good so far...it really is his voice...
One of my resolutions that I'm currently failing at was trying to read more books in 2017... When do you all find the majority of your time to read?
Do you have children?
What time do you go to bed?
If I'm lucky I have one, maybe two free hours a day and unfortunately reading typically falls down the priority list during that free time.
Just pulled these too off of the free book shelf. I'll definitely get into the Steve Jones one soon.
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How so?
In the end, I liked it but damn it got to be a slog the last few hundred pages.
makes him look like a total asshole who has accomplished next to nothing during the past 30 plus years.my only wish in life is to not have this epitath
makes him look like a total asshole who has accomplished next to nothing during the past 30 plus years.my only wish in life is to not have this epitath
with that said, saw hooky twice in the last decade and those were some of the best shows I've seen durring that time
well that is interesting to think about.. one's epitaph..."This 9.27sq ft plot of Earth contains (insert Hutch's real name). Please don't pee here."
I did just enjoy this bookIts rare a book make you laugh out loud repeatedly but that one did. Really enjoyed it.
Sellout by Paul Beatty
Has anyone read the Johnny Marr autobiography Set the Boy Free?
Have not yet read Lincoln in the Bardo, but my husband did and said it's one of the best books he's read since The Road.He's correct. Its excellent.
Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel
Thank you for this review. LOVED goon squad. Perhaps will skip this one.
Thank you for this review. LOVED goon squad. Perhaps will skip this one.
One tepid review from a random guy on an internet message board makes you want to skip a book?
Short list entries are out for the Man Booker Prize. Loved the Auster book. Anyone read the others? http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2017-shortlist
Short list entries are out for the Man Booker Prize. Loved the Auster book. Anyone read the others? http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2017-shortlist
Just finished Exit West. I liked it a great deal - 8.5/10. I am a fan of Hamid's writing style. He's got this sort of sparse but elegant stream-of-consciousness thing going on. Just like he did in the Reluctant Fundamentalist, he's able to take a really heavy topic and spin a very intimate, relatable yarn around it. I think magical realism has become an overused device in recent years, but it works in this book.
Short list entries are out for the Man Booker Prize. Loved the Auster book. Anyone read the others? http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2017-shortlist
Just finished Exit West. I liked it a great deal - 8.5/10. I am a fan of Hamid's writing style. He's got this sort of sparse but elegant stream-of-consciousness thing going on. Just like he did in the Reluctant Fundamentalist, he's able to take a really heavy topic and spin a very intimate, relatable yarn around it. I think magical realism has become an overused device in recent years, but it works in this book.
Thanks, I'll check my local library for that one
Short list entries are out for the Man Booker Prize. Loved the Auster book. Anyone read the others? http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2017-shortlist
music is my favorite thing.. so i go through periods where I read a lot of music bios but i have to say the industry has changed.. now they seem to be publishing a lot more of these books..its become a huge market (rock star memoirs)....
i think it has been said that most of them aren't that great...the worst one EVER is the Eric Crapton one... dude, he is one horrible man and I did not need to know that... of course i think he is the most overrated musician ever but his book is all about his drug use and alcoholism sobriety with a lot of stuff about how he screwed everybody over..
anthony kiedis' book is also a lot about his battle for sobriety but that one i liked.. i had no idea what an interesting childhood he had.. slash's was also interesting (his mom knew bowie really well!)...
i also liked to get the signed editions of course.. i have the bernard sumner and david j signed ones!
dean wareham's is also good...
Beastie Boys Book Hardcover – October 30, 2018about 5 chapters in and I love it
by Michael Diamond (Author), Adam Horovitz (Author)
Ok I know I've blathered enough about the awesomeness of this audio book...but in chapter 42 Kosmo Vinyl is name dropped!Beastie Boys Book Hardcover – October 30, 2018about 5 chapters in and I love it
by Michael Diamond (Author), Adam Horovitz (Author)
love letter to the early 80s NYC. But also drives me mad this insane world was a 90min train ride away and I only checked it out a few times the entirety of the 80s
Ok I know I've blathered enough about the awesomeness of this audio book...but in chapter 42 Kosmo Vinyl is name dropped!Beastie Boys Book Hardcover – October 30, 2018about 5 chapters in and I love it
by Michael Diamond (Author), Adam Horovitz (Author)
love letter to the early 80s NYC. But also drives me mad this insane world was a 90min train ride away and I only checked it out a few times the entirety of the 80s
I had no idea Kosmo was in his 60s and was a longtime associate and sometime manager for The Clash, as well as being associated with Ian Dury & the Blockheads and The Jam, three seminal English bands of the 1970s and 1980s.
wait a minute...seems like we have an imposter as I recall tales of being from Michigan
If we're sharing our boardie identity conspiracy theories, I'm starting to suspect GGW might not actually be Joe Francis.
wait a minute...seems like we have an imposter as I recall tales of being from Michigan
Just showed up in my Audible queue
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)
Written by Jeff Tweedy
Narrated by Jeff Tweedy
I love when the author reads the book!
Possibly final blab about the BB book...I'm going to say it now...best audio book EVER
...Kate Schellenbach's chapter (and read by her) is great and I didn't realize how big a dick Rick Rubin was
Spike Jonze (read by him)chapter in the audio book is also hysterical as I assume in the real book most of that chapter is just photos he took, but in the audio book he describes the photos and his delivery is on point
My only gripe with this audio book is they chose all these comedians like Tim Meadows, Ben Stiller, John C Riley and Mya Rudolf...all people I love, but don't really see the logic in having them read...I mean the ones by Elvis, Jarvis and other musicians are great, but I don't feel it when Chloe Sevgnie or John Stewart reads a chapter as much as when the actual LL Cool J tells tales of 80s NYC
There must have been thousands of hours of Adam Yauch doing interviews that were recorded or for magazines, not sure why they couldn't have incorporated more chapters in his voice? I know it wasn't written for the book, but the book is just a bunch of individual and unconnected stories anyways. I have believe there are a bunch of documents where some one asked him 'how's you meed Ad-Rock" or "what were you thinking after Paul's B bombed" "what was it like hanging with the Dali Lama"
Not a chapter goes by where they don't acknowledge how important he was with everything they did and accomplished. Personally, I never knew how important he was in the scheme of things and his lack of contribution to this is a giant void.
Also, I'm determined to take the time to create a spotify mix of all the bands/songs that have been name dropped in this book easily over 1000
at numerous times the narrator goes "drop what you doing right now ans listen to XX, it will blow your mind"
Although, I'm sure some music nerd has already done this...
edit..I was right...a few (none complete tho) are out there
https://open.spotify.com/user/5u840qddkko08usf96xpy8nf0/playlist/5L6rgCfrfxRZ6KBETnEFaY?si=MGUOSf_GQAyeODRyKBWIEQ
https://open.spotify.com/user/jonford/playlist/376jr76ynnjlFnlP7hFoSt?si=G9NVsF3ZQHaKGCFpgosCiw
https://open.spotify.com/user/avczoso/playlist/3twbXPWqiMLHWKmybrWizx?si=BP94zWRBRNeX1I4gPNNkzQ
https://open.spotify.com/user/carolinepahl/playlist/5o9aHytg9PNUKqlwaBSZEV?si=qTUO9xx_QGqjM1kDb20dfA
some share the same songs...but possibly 400 that don't over lap
Just found this guys too (dave Blevins on spotify)
Playlists from the Book (Spotify & Youtube)
Oh man, I’ve been working on these playlists since the day the book came out, should just looked here but here’s what I’ve come up with trying to decipher the writing on Adrock’s mixtapes....I subbed songs I couldn’t find on Spotify. I’ve also entered Mike & Adams songs into an Excel database.
Adrock’s mix I’m assuming is “Go New York Go!” With John Starks on the cover, subbed in songs that weren’t available:
https://open.spotify.com/user/daveblev/playlist/16hDNR8ftcZDPyHC2VaIn1?si=xpYN3B_uQTS1BApBVPGdNw
Adrock - Treats mixtape?
https://open.spotify.com/user/daveblev/playlist/6knwoZ2hSyhHkZQCpAen05?si=fjF7d2hVS5ykm9h8FjjH9w
Danceteria
https://open.spotify.com/user/daveblev/playlist/5t1dRPl2KbPiLNFBdUfNVE?si=HbNS68LAQjqgo-mtb5oYDg
Yauch Mixtape (not finished)
https://open.spotify.com/user/daveblev/playlist/7aRTa3YUxfthGJnZaHeKkp?si=dp70f9agReCkFSQeKPQDEw
Toyota Coralla mixtape
https://open.spotify.com/user/daveblev/playlist/45L0gbl9ZHQL7kP2CKXevZ?si=GOe3UdTvTiaAbSvJAnXhrQ
AD rock's playlist from the back of the bookthis one on google play has 489! (said he's missing like 50)
https://play.google.com/music/listen#/pl/AMaBXylKUWOeNAtj-5Ju6NZnlOI0asEUM26biR2V0MbwBqCNoR3NZJvQRo1G0d3oUAcbHind7jZas5-q6mdUMsxBxAUzHnZdIw%3D%3D
here is an apple music one with 180 songs
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/playlist/beastieboysbookplaylist/pl.u-vxWX5CE5916
what Is Tweedy’s book about?The singer, guitarist, and songwriter—best known for his work with Wilco—opens up about his past, his songs, the music, and the people that have inspired him.
Reading TweedyI just got back into it after the holidays and loving it too
Excellente
Reading TweedyI just got back into it after the holidays and loving it too
Excellente
I know I'm not old school...but listening to the Audio-book and actually having Jeff tell these stories is just great, his delivery is hysterical. found my self laughing out loud in public spaces a few times from some of the passages
looks interesting....Looks can be deceiving...got the Audio book because he narrates...not sure I can finish (1/3 way through) as it is just him whining about everything with a few cool stories inbetween
White
By Bret Easton Ellis
how you folks aren't talking about Don Jr's forthcoming book is beyond me...some good stuff out there
how you folks aren't talking about Don Jr's forthcoming book is beyond me...some good stuff out there
@jeremynewberger Donald Trump Jr.'s book is going to be the top selling book in the Beyond-Help section of Barnes & Noble.
@leexhemming
Plenty of copyright-expired classics to repurpose. Pride and Prejudice? The Idiot? Heart of Darkness? #donjrbooktitles
If I admit that I'm currently reading a David Sedaris book, will I get publicly flogged by members of this board?Probably just me. And honestly, a few seconds in, all the vitrol will be off of you and onto that milquetoast bore. He's the literary equivalent of Modern Family on downers. He only exists so our bigoted septuagenarian aunts can claim cover for their evangelic hate by going, "but I am reading a book by a gay man!" Fuck David Sedaris.
If I admit that I'm currently reading a David Sedaris book, will I get publicly flogged by members of this board?Probably just me. And honestly, a few seconds in, all the vitrol will be off of you and onto that milquetoast bore. He's the literary equivalent of Modern Family on downers. He only exists so our bigoted septuagenarian aunts can claim cover for their evangelic hate by going, "but I am reading a book by a gay man!" Fuck David Sedaris.
No. Hate him because he's a humorist that has never been funny or amusing.If I admit that I'm currently reading a David Sedaris book, will I get publicly flogged by members of this board?Probably just me. And honestly, a few seconds in, all the vitrol will be off of you and onto that milquetoast bore. He's the literary equivalent of Modern Family on downers. He only exists so our bigoted septuagenarian aunts can claim cover for their evangelic hate by going, "but I am reading a book by a gay man!" Fuck David Sedaris.
Wait, David Sedaris is gay? And that's why we're supposed to hate him?
there is this thing he keeps going to that DS is the way for people who are 'bigoted septuagenarians' to say 'hey who are you calling homophobic...I read Sedaris"This is absolutely true. I maintain that is a large reason for his (and Modern Familys) popularity. They are not-in-your-face examples of homosexuality that’s palatable for people who don’t like homosexuality.
I know plenty of people who like Sedaris or Modern Family and have zero issues with homosexuality
I happen to like neither but unlike you do not ascribe for myself the power to read the minds and motives of tens of millions of people I don’t know
Moby Reads the Room and Cancels His Book Tour (https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/moby-reads-cancels-book-tour-following-natalie-portman-drama.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=vulture)
Moby Reads the Room and Cancels His Book Tour (https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/moby-reads-cancels-book-tour-following-natalie-portman-drama.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=vulture)
upon first read, i assumed that "reads the room" was a reference to a book based on the movie "The Room". at which point i asked myself, "why the hell would anyone write a book version of the worse movie ever?"
then i clicked, and i learned.
this is a good readThe Julian's America thread is over there.
The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s' Most Decadent College (https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a27434009/bennington-college-oral-history-bret-easton-ellis)
been meaning to ask...your screen name...assuming it's lifted from LTZ...which was lifted from American Gigolothis is a good readThe Julian's America thread is over there.
The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s' Most Decadent College (https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a27434009/bennington-college-oral-history-bret-easton-ellis)
Its better if no one knows how the sausage is made, man.been meaning to ask...your screen name...assuming it's lifted from LTZ...which was lifted from American Gigolothis is a good readThe Julian's America thread is over there.
The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s' Most Decadent College (https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a27434009/bennington-college-oral-history-bret-easton-ellis)
I'm enjoying this very much
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I love unabridged books read by the author on Audible
although the jury is out on his corny impressions of some of his subjects
verdict is the corny impressions are in fact a little too corny (but in all honesty, not sure what would have been the best way to do it, as if he had just read their lines, I don't think it would have worked as well)I'm enjoying this very much
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I love unabridged books read by the author on Audible
although the jury is out on his corny impressions of some of his subjects
Is the jury still deliberating?
going to the beach next week, need a good beach book: recs?
Yucatan - Chicxulub, where the meteor hit 66 million years ago and killed the dinos.going to the beach next week, need a good beach book: recs?
What beach?
I recently read this, but wasn't at the beach. Mixed bag, but at least it's waterproof.
https://www.amazon.com/Beach-Book-Melcher-Media/dp/1595910034 (https://www.amazon.com/Beach-Book-Melcher-Media/dp/1595910034)
2. Julio Cortázar - Rayuela
allegedly....news reports from that era have a very high pro-meteor bias :)What beach?Yucatan - Chicxulub, where the meteor hit 66 million years ago and killed the dinos.
I am sure you have read Roberto Bolaños “The Savage Detectives”....my favorite read from past 15 yearsagreed...excellent book
Just finished The Golden CompassHis dark materials on HBO now is SOO good. I'm not sure how it fits in the trilogy or if it's a new story
you're argument is starting to look flimsyallegedly....news reports from that era have a very high pro-meteor bias :)What beach?Yucatan - Chicxulub, where the meteor hit 66 million years ago and killed the dinos.
I am sure you have read Roberto Bolaños “The Savage Detectives”....my favorite read from past 15 years
His short stories are more digestible
I am afraid I am reading some pretty low brow stuff
Carl Hiaasen
Just finished Bad Monkey and am now on Razor Girl which has a few of the same characters
Not my usual bag but it’s funny as shit and the depiction of South Florida and it’s people is what really hooks me
I would classify this kind of stuff as good beach reading
Oh the Viv Albertine is supposed to be great..I want to read it sometimeit's not Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys (2014)
Oh...well that ain’t readingit's not, but ultimately is one not consuming the same content?
Are people interested in reading these masochists?likely. Although some authors have a lot more credibility than others.
A pretty good list, a bunch I didn't even know existed
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/books-greatest-rock-memoirs-of-all-time-161198/bob-dylan-chronicles-volume-one-2004-230842/
really got to read that Viv one, the universe has been telling me for years
reading the harry potter books for the first time. I don't care that the author hates trans people. And I eat at chickfila too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO-msplukrw
Lordy this is deliciousInteresting...here is the origin of the book title
I paid a scalper $18 to see Rory Gallagher open for Rush in 82. Rory was great. Rush was a bore.wow...that was some prime era rush IMO
I paid a scalper $18 to see Rory Gallagher open for Rush in 82. Rory was great. Rush was a bore.wow...that was some prime era rush IMO
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/rush/1982/capital-centre-landover-md-53d31fe5.html
Although ended the show with a drum solo?!
New black and white hard cover book about the dc punk scene
https://wtop.com/gallery/dc/first-look-at-photos-from-early-dc-punk-scene-in-jim-saahs-new-book/
I still Enjoy Paul’s Boutique, Check your head and Licensed to ill…86-96
I maintain no band has aged quite as poorly as the Beastie Boys.
I still Enjoy Paul’s Boutique, Check your head and Licensed to ill…86-96
things before and after this period...meh
you're never going to win Jules over on this one, I think they gave him a wedgie in junior high and he's still holding that grudge
but you missed The In Sound from Way Out! (yes just a compilation, but a great listen nonetheless) and Ill Communication
I'm a broken record on this...but this Audio book was top 5 I've listened to
hard to say, they definitely had a whole decade of mediocre music after 96
One wonders if Yauch had lived would they have managed to reinvent themselves… seems unlikely but not impossible…
I maintain no band has aged quite as poorly as the Beastie Boys.
Aged poorly implies it wasn’t gauche from day one but is now. Not the case with … whatever that is.I maintain no band has aged quite as poorly as the Beastie Boys.
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Check.
Though very tenderUnlike the chicken, am I right!?
Michelle Zauner's (aka Japanese Breakfast) memoir Crying in H Mart is well worth the read, especially if you're into Korean food. It's a beautifully written homage to her late mother as she remembers the food they shared together over the years. The descriptions are so vivid you can taste the dishes. Though very tender and sad at times, she interjects references to Maangchi videos to lighten the tone.
Zauner does cover the progression of her music career, but it's not the main focus.
Is ob la di there?
Half Man Half Biscuit.I'm still amazed at their legacy, up there with the Starland Vocal Band
I don’t go to that many concerts really…..I really pick my spots. Many shows I talk about going to I never make it….I doubt I will break 15-20 shows this year…when I work a show it’s not the same as attending
yes, but there are 365 days in the year, so plenty of time for reading on those 345 daysI don’t go to that many concerts really…..I really pick my spots. Many shows I talk about going to I never make it….I doubt I will break 15-20 shows this year…when I work a show it’s not the same as attending
Huh. I may actually come close to 20 shows this year which will be the most in a loooong time!
My issue with this community isn't that they don't read enough -- its that its all books about musicians. Some of you need to learn "liking music" isn't a personality.
Wait. That's your issue? The book thing? All this time I thought it was integers, GWAR!, fat acceptance, mockery of Sonos....(https://seinfeldmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1A57F577-F2F8-4A8F-B7D8-FC13EC431B67.gif)
My issue with this community isn't that they don't read enough -- its that its all books about musicians. Some of you need to learn "liking music" isn't a personality.
I do feel lately that seeing as I ain’t getting younger and time might be limited I really need to pick up the pace reading wise or not going to get to a lot of books I want to read.
never, I fully intend to take advantage of the prime seating handicapped people get when I'm in my 80s!I do feel lately that seeing as I ain’t getting younger and time might be limited I really need to pick up the pace reading wise or not going to get to a lot of books I want to read.
interesting... i would pick up my concert-going. there will be plenty of time to read once we're too old to go to shows.
Have a guard next to him while event was happening.It was his wish to not be flanked by guards, there were police officers very close. It happened so quick that I think most were in shock as it was happening
Not yet….definitely on my list but sort of saving it for a time of real suffering. Maybe it will give me some comfort then….
Flea is so great. I just love his enthusiasm.
My favorite book. Always blows my mind.
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My favorite book. Always blows my mind.
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One of my favorite authors, not sure which book is my favorite, read most of his
A Walk in the Woods
Thanks
Thanks
This. This is what the board is all about.
this one's getting a lot of attention:he narrates the audio version, hell yeah this is going in my queue
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Harold/Steven-Wright/9781668022696
burned through this quickly and was quite a ridethis one's getting a lot of attention:he narrates the audio version, hell yeah this is going in my queue
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Harold/Steven-Wright/9781668022696
https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Harold/dp/B0BS81LZB1
I liked the last 2 albums. But I don't have a hard time believing Bob and Tommy were assholes. And then add drugs/alcohol to the mix.
I liked the last 2 albums. But I don't have a hard time believing Bob and Tommy were assholes. And then add drugs/alcohol to the mix.
Finally picked this up….
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