Found this about that one. Pretty interesting!Originally Posted by tom unbound
Found this about that one. Pretty interesting!
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Maybe only for Dutch readers: just finished reading Kroniek van Oderan from Peter Swart.
A nice, short SF/Fantasy novel, written by someone who also makes intimate symphonic rock, like early Genesis/Anthony Phillips/Steve Hackett.
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Thanks for the link ! Most amazing to me is that was his first try at Sci-Fi !
https://archive.org/stream/edisonsco...ut/pg21670.txt
Here's a short bio of the author followed by the story.
Power, Passion and Beauty: The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra. Fairly interesting read, though the author's gushing gets hard to take at times. Fortunately, much of the book is interviews with the members, people who were involved and various musicians commenting on the impact the band had on them.
Power, Passion and Beauty was a fun read, but I recommend Bathed in Lightening--though it focuses a bit more on John's Pre-MO time, it's great and not quite as.....fanboyish. Though definitely positive and admiring...
Actually read "Bathed In Lightning" about a half year ago, Cone. I enjoyed much of it, but it was too long and detailed for me; I found myself skimming sometimes. YMMV.
Stephen King - Mr Mercedes
Not horror, but a pretty well written thriller.
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
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I read "Finders Keepers" since I posted that and enjoyed that one too. It was a little slow at times, but the ending was pretty riveting and made up for it.I'm almost but not quite ashamed to admit that I just finished yet another Stephen King book, "Mr. Mercedes." Another winner, it was great! Even had a good ending!
Part of me wishes to branch out and read novelists I'm not familiar with, the other part wants to stick with writers I have a lot of faith in (and there's not a ton of them). Some (like Baldacci and Hiaasen) really pulled me in at first, but after a while, their stories got too similar. King is really good at changing it up and switching genres imo; Mr. Mercedes had no supernatural elements, for example. Mostly, I think he just writes great, convincing characters and this last one was no exception. Apparently, it's the first of a trilogy; the second one, "Finders Keepers" is next and the third has yet to be. I liked the protagonists in this last one so much that I'll probably continue on.
I had no idea that there was a follow up to this. Thanks for the heads up!
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
Kevin Holm-Hudson: "Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"
It's hard getting into the book, especially Holm-Hudson first tries to situate the album in the musical context as well as describing the position of progressive rock. A lot of quotes from Macan's "Rocking The Classics" and others. Still, curious what analyses he comes up with. And it's nice to listen to the live-version of the Archive 1-box at the same moment.
Currently reading Stephen King’s “11/22/63”, about the guy traveling back in time to stop the Kennedy assassination. I have not read anything from King in a while (since “Under The Dome”), but have been curious about this one so decided to get it on my kindle. I am about half way through it. The first 3rd was pretty good, but it is really bogging down where I am at now with minutia about the main characters life in Texas in the 60’s and his shadowing of Oswald. Way more detailed than it needs to be IMO. I hope it picks up towards the end.
Yeah, it does get slow and too detailed, but I'm starting to think that this is often part of how King builds the suspense. Besides, a lot of the details in that particular book were factual; I realized that when I saw a documentary about Oswald after reading the book. I also liked the reminisces about the early '60s, having been born in '53, a lot of that was familiar to me. Stick with it, it DOES pick up... it always does! By the end, I was glad that I read it.
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Now reading John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let The Old Dreams Die. On deck, Chuck Palahniuk's Make Something Up.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Just wrapped up Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
Just finished reading "Remembered For A While", the new book on Nick Drake. If you're already a fan, this is a serious in-depth look at Drake from people that knew him well, traveled with him etc. It also includes his letters to parents and diaries etc as well as fascinating articles and dissections of his lyrics, writings and psyche. Thumbs way up to his sister Gabrielle for bringing to fruition such a great read!
We are the grandchildren of apes, not angels
But only we are gifted with the eyes to see
On days without FEAR, when our heads are clear
That angels, we could be
(Marillion 2016)
I've had this for a while, and have read nothing but very good reviews of it. I'll get to it, one of these days. I'm just intimidated by the sheer size of it (that's what she said). Time for reading is just in short supply these days.
How was that? I've been wanting to read Gaiman for a while now but don't even know where to start.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I pre-ordered this one in the deluxe-edition, so with the John Peel-EP. But it's all so beautiful I dare not read it.... thus far.
I saw that version. Looks awesome. It's a great read.
We are the grandchildren of apes, not angels
But only we are gifted with the eyes to see
On days without FEAR, when our heads are clear
That angels, we could be
(Marillion 2016)
Norman Prentiss' The Fleshless Man. I have a number of books of his (I subscribe to Cemetery Dance books), but this is the first of his I've started, mostly because it's short. This one seems mighty good so far.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
More info: https://www.rememberedforawhile.com/
I'm reading "The Looming Tower" about Al Queda and bin Laden. Pretty interesting, actually.
The Apes among us by John Green
Zadie Smith: White Teeth.
This book got my attention when I read that the lyrics for Beady Belle's "Criclewood Broadway" were based on and inspired by this novel.
Beady Belle and their singer/songwriter Beate S. Lech are one of my secret pleasures.
The author mentioned the band 310, who did a remix from a couple of Genesis-tracks for their EP "Prague Rock" (1999). Maybe it was posted here in the past, but here's the youtube:
The white promo-version of this EP contains, according to de discogs-page: "Matrix / Runout (Side B): "JUDGE NOT THIS RACE BY ITS REMAINS""
The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes by Lawrence Block. His latest. Interesting plot, though I'm guessing it's been used before including in noir films of the 40s. Cops get wind of a young wife wanting a hit man to kill the aging, rich hubby. Cops send retired cop, now two-bit insurance investigator, to pose as the hit man and get her to make the deal while he's wearing a wire. Instead, he falls for her and they conspire that hubby have an "accident." Think I know where this is going. Very much like an old pulp novel and loaded with not just suggestive language but just about porn.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
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