Just finished a re-read of "The Great Gatsby." Still think it's one of the best short novels in English ever....
About to start a book called "Albion" by Peter Ackroyd, about the English "Imagination"--I suppose it's about the "English Aesthetic," really. Will let you know....
Almost halfway through "The Last Dark", which is book 4 of "The Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant". I'm ploughing (as opposed to plowing) my way through it at a fast pace. I first read the original "Chronicles" when I was 16 so it has taken over 30 years to see the story through to its end.
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
I need to pick those up, I loved the first series 20 odd years ago.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Ian, the "Second Chronicles" were the best of the lot. The" Last Chronicles" have also been highly enjoyeable. Donaldson will no longer be writing any books about "The Land" so I am very curious to see how it all plays out.
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
My favorite part of that book is his description of a guy making a hamburger, and also his discussion of apple pie and ice cream. Not sure if he was getting stoned at that point, but he certainly had the munchies part sorted out!Originally Posted by Digital_Man
I did too, but when I tried them again a couple of years back I found them dreadful: Covenant was such an unlikable character that I gave up.
Something in me has obviously changed a lot since I first read them. The books are the same, after all…
I just finished Peter Guralnick's beautiful, heart-breaking 'Careless Love'.
Next, I'm starting to re-read King's 'Dark Tower' series. One of my favourites.
Does it matter that this waste of time is what makes a life for you?
Another series I need to reread.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Count me in as a fan as well. Entertaining and unpredictable. I see his work as a kinship to Elmore Leonard in many ways. I was fortunate enough this past year to work on an adaptation of one of his short stories (The Fat Man) for the Grave Tales comic anthology. It was an honor for sure.
I just finished 'The Beast Within' by Edward Levy, probably the best werewolf novel I've ever read. Currently I'm reading George Romero's 'Dawn of the Dead'. Should be a lot of fun.
"The Bill of Rights says nothing about the freedom of hearing. This, of course, takes a lot of the fun out of the freedom of speech." - Pat Paulsen
My Art- http://www.facebook.com/williamallenrenfro -My Life
The Day of Battle - Volume 2 of Rick Atkinson's "Liberation Trilogy". WWII in Sicily and Italy.
Re-Reading volumes 1 and 2 in the hopes that someone buys me the new volume that just came out for either my birthday or Christmas.
I've just finished another thriller by Daniel Silva: Moscow rules.
And I think I've had my share. They are very well written, works great (ideal for reading when travelling I think), but they are too black&white. The heroes are allways close to perfect physically, morally, etc. and all the crooks & villans are evil russians or arabs. Every time.
Recommended for a flight or train trip.
Once was enough for me...this took a completely awful and shot-in-the-foot repeatedly to boot turn come 5-7...at least it wholly didn't work for me and disappointed to no clear end.
If you like photos from Himalaya and stories about culture and people (and reads danish) the I'll recommed this: Vandringer i Himalaya ("28 years of trekking in Himalaya)
by Ole Ejnar Hansen.
Check out this photo of a 'Sky burial' http://enlighted-yak.dk/?page_id=601 google.translate.com is needed for the text.
Tried to read "Gravities Rainbow" by Pynchon, after failing to get more than half-way through "Bleeding Edge". So I got about 100 pages in and gave up. This is just too dense for me (or maybe I'm too dense) and lacking in storyline and character development. Not easy reads at all.
So I picked up Kim Stanley Robinson's new one called "Shaman", about an ice age coming of age kid becoming a shaman. So far it reads a bit like a Clan of the Cave Bear book. A much more enjoyable read.
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A gentleman is defined as someone who knows how to play the accordion, and doesn't.
Reading a lot of biographies lately.. Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Bruce Springsteen. Also just finished the autobiography from Theoren Fleury (ex-NHL hockey player). Currently also reading "Appetite For Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash Of The Record Industry In The Digital Age", a very good read if you want to really find out to what extent GREED runs the music industry. The Neil Young and Greg Allman autobiographies are next in line.
Oh, and I'm also almost finished the outline to a book that i am writing.
Cool!
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Just finished "Before their time" by Michael Kotlowitz. Brilliant, soft spoken WWII memoir. Tells of the true cost of exposure to unnatural situations. At time laugh out loud; at other times cry. Highly recommended.
Just started "The Yearling" by Marjorie Kennan Rawlings. Another simple yet beautifully told story of a young boy's desire to take care of a fawn.
I've got a bike you can ride it if you like
Finished Lansdale's "The Thicket" and Nash's "Wild Tales." Also read Linda Ronstadt's "Simple Dreams." Enjoyed all three. Even if you don't consider yourself a fan of Linda, you might be surprised at how good her book is.
Now reading:
"Doomed" by Chuck Palahniuk, a sequel to his book "Damned." Entertaining, so far.
"The Star of Istanbul" by Robert Olen Butler, a second novel featuring the character the author introduced in "The Hot Country." I recommend "Hell" by the same author, which came out before Palahniuk's "Damned."
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
I got The Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant out of the way and I'm about 1/3 of the way through Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian". It's a touching story about violence and scalping people...dead or alive!
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
Biocentrism - Bob Berman - cool insights, but a little weird. I felt like the guy isnt all "there". Focuses on the implications of the double slit experiment and makes some very astute observations.
Programming the Universe - Seth Loyd - a very accessible introduction to the future of quantum computing. Not finished with it yet, but wow...
Six Easy Pieces - Richard Feynman - Havent started on this one yet.
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
Just finished Who I Am by Pete Townshend & just started Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Recently I discovered a series of mystery books by Robert J. Randisi called "The Rat Pack Mysteries." I've read a couple already and have taken two more out of the library. They are fictionalized mysteries involving Frankie, Dino, Sammy, and Joey Bishop. (The author has no fondness for Peter Lawford.) The mystery angles themselves are fairly weak, but the characterizations are wonderful. A Sands casino pitboss and his Brooklyn sidekick, a gigantic Jewish leg-breaker named Jerry Epstein who desperately wants to be made, become buddy detectives to find out what is troubling the Rat Pack in each book. The one I'm reading now, Fly Me to the Morgue, involves Bob Hope and Der Bingle. You can hear their voices in the dialogue. Loads of fun.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
Khaled Hosseini - And The Mountains Echoed
Regards,
Duncan
This sounds really cool!
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Some 2013 books about music: http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/b...new-books-2013
Donald Fagen - Eminent Hipsters: I read the whole thing in one day when my flight from L.A. to Chicago got cancelled and I ended up with a 5 hour layover in Las Vegas. Fagen is one dark curmudgeon, but he has a great sense of humor, so it was enjoyable.
Stephen King - Doctor Sleep: that's what I'm currently reading. It's his latest, a sequel to "The Shining."
When I finish that, I'm thinking of reading Homer's "The Illiad," which I've never read. It was a free Kindle download.
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