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Post by mossy on Apr 6, 2016 19:26:40 GMT -5
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Post by mkoasis on Apr 6, 2016 19:47:05 GMT -5
Waging Heavy Peace - Neil Young I've read his 2 books. Some people didn't enjoy them, hoping for more of an autobiography - fair enough. The best book for that is Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough, whihc I'm currently reading for the 3rd time I think. I found Neil's own books to be like having a conversation with him and getting to know him casually, which is pretty interesting IMO.
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Post by mossy on May 17, 2016 14:41:31 GMT -5
Herman Hesse - Journey To The East Simon Reynolds - Rip It Up & Start Again. Really recommend this book to anyone who is interested in post-punk. guigsysEstring interested to hear how you get on with it.
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Post by mossy on May 17, 2016 14:45:29 GMT -5
Been meaning to read that for a while, would you recommend it? I read Inherent Vice recently, which people say is a lite version of Pyncher, but I really enjoyed it. Much better than the film where the ambiguity just made the plot senseless. One thing thing that interests me about the book is that the author ; Pynchon , the pompous artist he is, really puts thought into the role of these 400 allegedly "stereotypical people" , often as a first-person narrator. The main character, Slothrop, is very similiar to Doc Sportello in terms of his different layers - and like Sportello, at some point, Paranoia comes over him (his obscene condition, his relationships, the government...) It often reads like a collection of anecdotes. But the psychological subtext is what it keeps it all together. The book was written in the 70's reflecting the 40's and it's also very interesting to see how priorities change during war time ( humor, religion, psychology,...) I think some of it reflects even more in todays life and politics. So if you read Inherent Vice, you should be perfectly prepared. It's a pretty tough read an I'm not through yet as well. I'm German and I'm listening to the original 1200 pages edition on Audible. So it should be actually less complicated for you. I get your criticism for Inherent Vice. Allthough I think it's one of the best movies I've ever seen. It's actually not that complicated(?) -maybe like Boogie Nights a little slow halfway in. Finally picked up Gravity's Rainbow today. It's a monster! Wasn't expecting it to be quite so thick. Think I'll read the first Gormenghast book first but will get into it soon.
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Post by guigsysEstring on May 17, 2016 19:17:31 GMT -5
Herman Hesse - Journey To The East Simon Reynolds - Rip It Up & Start Again. Really recommend this book to anyone who is interested in post-punk. guigsysEstring interested to hear how you get on with it. Should be there when I get back from this trip- Will let you know mossy
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 18, 2016 15:10:06 GMT -5
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 18, 2016 15:11:47 GMT -5
Waging Heavy Peace - Neil Young I've read his 2 books. Some people didn't enjoy them, hoping for more of an autobiography - fair enough. The best book for that is Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough, whihc I'm currently reading for the 3rd time I think. I found Neil's own books to be like having a conversation with him and getting to know him casually, which is pretty interesting IMO. Shakey is a must read for any Neil Young fan. Can't miss stuff in that book.
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Post by davidjay on May 22, 2016 16:33:39 GMT -5
Just started reading F. C. Judd's 1961 book Electronic Music And Musique Concrète. Fascinating stuff so far. I'd not heard of him before, but it seems he was something of an unsung hero in the history of British electronic music.
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Post by The Escapist on May 22, 2016 16:35:09 GMT -5
Of Mice and Men, for GCSE. Quite brilliant, really.
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Post by guigsysEstring on May 23, 2016 0:31:53 GMT -5
Of Mice and Men, for GCSE. Quite brilliant, really.
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Post by sufuking perbley on May 30, 2016 14:46:54 GMT -5
Blood and Ink by Christopher Adam. Elementary spin off. It's just as good as the show, but I can imagine Lucy Liu in a leather catsuit whenever I like.
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Post by matt on May 30, 2016 16:37:26 GMT -5
Of Mice and Men, for GCSE. Quite brilliant, really. Love John Steinbeck.
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Post by mossy on Jun 1, 2016 11:22:17 GMT -5
Of Mice and Men, for GCSE. Quite brilliant, really. One image and one image only stuck with me from that book. The image of a Vaseline glove...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 20:28:40 GMT -5
I wish I could read as much as I used to.
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Post by The Escapist on Jun 8, 2016 14:30:30 GMT -5
The Great Gatsy. Utterly forgettable for me, I think I went in with the wrong expectations though.
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Post by definitelynever on Jun 8, 2016 16:53:08 GMT -5
Catcher in the Rye
Holden was a laugh
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2016 16:56:16 GMT -5
One fish, Two Fish, Red Fish , Blue Fish
I have young children... still a great book!
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Post by sufuking perbley on Jun 9, 2016 4:04:53 GMT -5
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski For the love of me, I don't know why I started a series from the second book...
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Post by matt on Jun 21, 2016 15:18:41 GMT -5
I just finished an epic novel by David Peace on the ex-Liverpool manager Bill Shankly called Red or Dead. Though it's not really about football or Liverpool FC.
The prose is, erm, original and a bit weird in style as it pretty much consists of snappy internal monologues going on inside the mind of Shankly so takes getting used to but the actual themes of the book were hard hitting as it is very aware of the societal context of the time. Mortality, unemployment and a sense of loss and aimlessness (and generally insecurity) are all foreboding senses that ultimately turn out to be reality for Shankly and the city around him as recession and Thatcher kick in. It's not as bleak as Peace's other novels however - it is essentially a book about a great man who bound a sense of community and identity by building up a football club through solidarity, belief and empathy - all for the benefits of supporters. He's the symbol of the working class community mindset in the novel - doing it for the common good through his industrious nature and eager to keep the ties that bind the city together close. Slowly but surely though, the seams begin to unravel in this society - players greed, football riots, destruction of communities, deindustrialisation and mass unemployment and it leaves Shankly in his retirement and wilderness years looking isolated - a feeling that can only have been compounded by communities around industrial towns. I found it quite a sad book that is, after looking into it, very accurate to the man himself and his experiences. Looking into him in a lot more depth after reading this tells you everything about him - as a result, he's one of the most inspiring men I've ever read about.
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Post by mkoasis on Jun 21, 2016 21:44:43 GMT -5
'Where Did It All Go Wrong? Oasis and the Millenium Meltdown 1995-2000' by Nick Amies.
Only 1 chapter in so can't comment yet. Personally I'm most interested in the 99-09 years in the Oasis camp as the up-to-knebworth story has been told quite often.
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Post by draper on Jun 22, 2016 5:28:47 GMT -5
'Where Did It All Go Wrong? Oasis and the Millenium Meltdown 1995-2000' by Nick Amies. Only 1 chapter in so can't comment yet. Personally I'm most interested in the 99-09 years in the Oasis camp as the up-to-knebworth story has been told quite often. Cool, let us know if it's a good book. I was doubting to order it.
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Post by mossy on Jul 10, 2016 17:35:28 GMT -5
Pop Art - Phaidon Colour Press Overview Keith Haring - Biography
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Post by draper on Jul 11, 2016 3:20:10 GMT -5
The Racer by David Millar
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Post by Let It 🩸 on Jul 24, 2016 18:22:35 GMT -5
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Post by mossy on Jan 4, 2017 15:48:46 GMT -5
It's been nearly six months. Wow, you killed this thread man. Anyway...
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