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Originally posted by Jeff I just finished reading Jarvo's book again...I don't really read that much...I really should find more time for it...now that I won't have all those crap manuals to read for Target, I'm sure I can start reading more stimulating material!!!
Mr. Al has a book out?
Mr. Al has a book out?
Oh yes, If Ricardo's about maybe he will search out the threads for you.
Just finished truecrime by Jake Arnott, highly recommended
Originally posted by SPone How long does it take to read a book? Where do people find the time to read?
Funnily enough I just read an article in a newspaper today saying that the number of readers of fiction in America has steadily declined since 1992. I do not have the numbers handy but it was quite a decrease. However, the interesting bit was that those who regularly read for pleasure are also most likely to get involved in voluntary work, take part in clubs and associations of all kinds and in a word go out more.
Question should be then what do non readers do? Do they stay at home playing with their pleasure zone?
Originally posted by The Haçienda must be (re)Built Mr. Al has a book out? Oh yes, If Ricardo's about maybe he will search out the threads for you.
I'm currently more than halfway through "Our Band Could Be Your Life", by the same guy who did the one and only book I'll ever read about Nirvana. It's all about the American "indie" scene in the Eighties and, while I'm not gonna suddenly turn hardcore on y'all, I will admit it inspired me to pick up a Husker Du ep which I'm warming up to once the initial shock wore off. 
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Quite a good book that one, Trevor, Husker Du were the loudest band I ever heard.
Only drawback for me is that I read most of the sources that Azzerard cites for the stories back then, so quite a lot of the book was a rehash, but he does an excellent job of putting things together.
Wish he would've found some space for the Meat Puppets story, and how they confounded punk audiences at the time with their hippie-ish attitudes.
I just started a book about the 1986 New York Mets, called The Bad Guys Won, reliving all of the crazy stories about Darryl, Doc, Keith, Lenny, etc. Necessary purchase if you're a big Red Sox hater like myself, I love the behind the scenes stories about Game Six, with the Bosox once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. 
Originally posted by Taboo # 7 I'm currently more than halfway through "Our Band Could Be Your Life", by the same guy who did the one and only book I'll ever read about Nirvana. It's all about the American "indie" scene in the Eighties and, while I'm not gonna suddenly turn hardcore on y'all, I will admit it inspired me to pick up a Husker Du ep which I'm warming up to once the initial shock wore off.
Trevor...nothing wrong with Husker Du...at least it wasn't Michael Jackson you were converted to!!!:p
Necessary purchase if you're a big Red Sox hater like myself, I love the behind the scenes stories about Game Six, with the Bosox once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Fuck the '86 Mets. How can you be a "Red Sox hater"? What did they ever do to anyone? Except maybe Donnie Moore.
Originally posted by robin > Necessary purchase if you're a big Red Sox hater like myself, I love the behind the scenes stories about Game Six, with the Bosox once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Fuck the '86 Mets. How can you be a "Red Sox hater"? What did they ever do to anyone? Except maybe Donnie Moore.
Ahh, I work with an obnoxious fan of theirs, each spring he keeps calling Nomar God, we should vote Theo Epstein for President, Pedro will win 25 games and strike out 300, the Sox will win 110 games, etc. Plus, I've seen shows about their fans on things like The Travel Channel, it seems to me they almost enjoy the legendary suffering they've had since 1918.
Seriously, I've been a Mets fan since I got into baseball, Giants and Mariners too. On the bright side, I did root for Boston in 1975, when I didn't care so much, against the Reds, who I could not stand at all.
Originally posted by Jeff > Originally posted by Taboo # 7> I'm currently more than halfway through "Our Band Could Be Your Life", by the same guy who did the one and only book I'll ever read about Nirvana. It's all about the American "indie" scene in the Eighties and, while I'm not gonna suddenly turn hardcore on y'all, I will admit it inspired me to pick up a Husker Du ep which I'm warming up to once the initial shock wore off.
Trevor...nothing wrong with Husker Du...at least it wasn't Michael Jackson you were converted to!!!:p
Hmm, perhaps now would be a good time to mention I'm on his defense team
Yes, I got my law degree from hours of online courses and endless reruns of "Matlock", and I feel I can show beyond a shadow of a doubt that he had nothing to do with the Laci Peterson murder :D
I'm an idiot 
just blaazed through 'the count of monte cristo' by alexandre dumas. top-notch reading. i'm now working on 'cold mountain' by charles frazier, before i see the film.
I just picked up Celine's Castle to Castle and North
I think I should be able to finish these before school starts up again in late Sept.
Originally posted by Tristan I just picked up Celine's Castle to Castle and NorthI think I should be able to finish these before school starts up again in late Sept.
Speaking of Celine, you want me to send back the book you sent me?
Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope > Originally posted by Tristan> I just picked up Celine's Castle to Castle and North> > I think I should be able to finish these before school starts up again in late Sept.
Speaking of Celine, you want me to send back the book you sent me?
If you feel like it, sure, but I really don't need it. Already read it. The only reason I'd like it back would be because of the cool-looking cover.
Just finished reading Michael Moore's "Dude, Where's My Country", funny and terrifying at the same time.
"Disgrace" by Coetzee. I did not know it was possiblle to write so tersely. The story is good but it is Coetzee's writing that counts. I would give 10 years of my life (Say from 100 on) to be able to write like that.
Also a book on the origins and later developments of Indie Music. Not bad but the authors show off too much and they pay undue attention to all the tedious variations of Hardcore. They devote a whole chapter to the obscure and negligible "riot grrls" (I had always though those were the Spice Girls!) and Happy Mondays and the whole Madchester scene are mentioned almost in passim as an afterthought. New Order get red carpet treatment, though.
Originally posted by Green Quite a good book that one, Trevor, Husker Du were the loudest band I ever heard.
About time we had a Husker Du appreciation thread. I may even pitch up some classic bootlegs if the demand is there.
Originally posted by Detweiler 3.63 > Originally posted by Green Quite a good book that one, Trevor, Husker Du were the loudest band I ever heard.
About time we had a Husker Du appreciation thread. I may even pitch up some classic bootlegs if the demand is there.
There is a demand.
Originally posted by Detweiler 3.63 > Originally posted by Green Quite a good book that one, Trevor, Husker Du were the loudest band I ever heard.
About time we had a Husker Du appreciation thread. I may even pitch up some classic bootlegs if the demand is there.
Didn't CTB start a thread about them on the music forum? Think there were about 10 replies all together.
As for a book, I checked one out from the library about chess wizard Bobby Fischer, Bobby Fischer Goes To War, and the crazy days when he was challenging for the world championship with Spassky.
Weirdly enough, our small city library also had a Sun Ra CD and Quills on DVD, which I also borrowed. Love Geoffrey Rush in that one.
just finished
Hey Nostradamus by Coupland....decent read...make sure you take lots of antidepressants...beautiful imgagery but very little sense of humor.
Now reading
Checkpoint...great so far...a dialog between two friends..one of whom is determined to kill the president of the united states...and one who tries to talk sense to him.
Next up:
Norweigan Wood by Murakami...I've really enjoyed everything I've read from him so far (laughed out loud several times in fact).
Finished "About Town", which is a history of The New Yorker magazine. Good read overall.
Still trying to finish "Lipstick Traces" by Greil Marcus. Bit of a humdinger that one, but I like it. Makes me look askew at pop culture...
Kraftwerk:I Was A Robot by Wolfgang Flur - great insight into Kraftwerk if youre a big fan .If you are youve probably already read it.
I was quite shocked by the revelations that Wolfgang makes about his former band mates (or rather, employers) Florian Schneider and Ralph Hutter.They appear to have been complete wankers at times.Wolfgangs (sometimes wonderfully naive) observations on life and things that have happened to him are a great read.Theres great resons to be cheerful about life in these pages and Wolfgangs attitude that you should cherish every day and enjoy the simple things like clouds in the sky and the birds singing really strikes a chord.He left Kraftwerk because he wanted to be a human again and not a robot.
No more reading for me. I got a 802.11g network installed in my house, so now I'm fiddling around with that.
Originally posted by Tristan No more reading for me. I got a 802.11g network installed in my house, so now I'm fiddling around with that.
Instant porn then :D
Originally posted by The Haçienda must be (re)Built > Originally posted by Tristan> No more reading for me. I got a 802.11g network installed in my house, so now I'm fiddling around with that.
Instant porn then :D
Porn in the backyard, bathroom, the kitchen, the laundry room, and in the front yard at 4 in the morning even. 
Originally posted by Tristan > Originally posted by The Haçienda must be (re)Built > Originally posted by Tristan> No more reading for me. I got a 802.11g network installed in my house, so now I'm fiddling around with that.
Instant porn then :D
Porn in the backyard, bathroom, the kitchen, the laundry room, and in the front yard at 4 in the morning even.
Won't you get tired of looking at it after a while? Can't you just use all that speed to do something more wholesome, like downloading music videos from K-lite, instead?
Originally posted by This blue-eyed boy that wants to be > Originally posted by Tristan> > > > Originally posted by The Haçienda must be (re)Built> > Originally posted by Tristan> No more reading for me. I got a 802.11g network installed in my house, so now I'm fiddling around with that.
Instant porn then :D
Porn in the backyard, bathroom, the kitchen, the laundry room, and in the front yard at 4 in the morning even.
Won't you get tired of looking at it after a while? Can't you just use all that speed to do something more wholesome, like downloading music videos from K-lite, instead?
porn videos have music ;)
