Recently read these, quite the hilarious and absurd stuff, but do check for yourselves.. .
The title story features a man who drinks because of the pain. He drinks because of the squeaky things. He drinks because the moon makes terrible sounds. On a night by the sea, a young girl will show him how to escape the moon and all the other horrors eating him from the inside. The shower-inducing concluding tale,"The Sex Beast of Scurvy Island," is a gory and bizarre horror comedy featuring a group of young pornographers called upon to find and bring to justice the man or creature who has been impregnating all the prostitutes of a tropical island.This collection also features "The Man With the Face Like a Bruise" and "The Photographer."
A pocket guide to the twenty-three most painful things in life, written by the most well-adjusted man in the universe.
Does it make you sad to be alive?
Boo-hoo. You're living all wrong.
My name is Andersen Prunty. I'm happiest while napping. I am a man with tennis shoes. They get older every time I put them on. This is how I deal with the pain of being alive. Now is our chance to deal with our pain together. You'll thank me later.
Lover and euphoria,
Andersen
Homicidal Wendigos!
Limb-lopping samurai!
Ambitionless slackers!
Marijuana!
A redhead!
Robo-Dick!
It’s been a few weeks since Benson returned to his parents’ home in the idyllic gated community of Grand Acres. He hasn’t seen them since. Ever since locking himself in the house with his supply of junk food and pot, he hasn’t seen much of anyone. When he’s finally coerced from the house and joins an ominous neighborhood group know as the Brown Shirts, Benson realizes things in Grand Acres aren’t nearly as tranquil as he thought. Even worse, there’s a samurai on the loose who is settling grudges in very violent ways.
"...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."
Recently read these, quite the hilarious and absurd stuff, but do check for yourselves.. .
The title story features a man who drinks because of the pain. He drinks because of the squeaky things. He drinks because the moon makes terrible sounds. On a night by the sea, a young girl will show him how to escape the moon and all the other horrors eating him from the inside. The shower-inducing concluding tale,"The Sex Beast of Scurvy Island," is a gory and bizarre horror comedy featuring a group of young pornographers called upon to find and bring to justice the man or creature who has been impregnating all the prostitutes of a tropical island.This collection also features "The Man With the Face Like a Bruise" and "The Photographer."
A pocket guide to the twenty-three most painful things in life, written by the most well-adjusted man in the universe.
Does it make you sad to be alive?
Boo-hoo. You're living all wrong.
My name is Andersen Prunty. I'm happiest while napping. I am a man with tennis shoes. They get older every time I put them on. This is how I deal with the pain of being alive. Now is our chance to deal with our pain together. You'll thank me later.
Lover and euphoria,
Andersen
Homicidal Wendigos!
Limb-lopping samurai!
Ambitionless slackers!
Marijuana!
A redhead!
Robo-Dick!
It’s been a few weeks since Benson returned to his parents’ home in the idyllic gated community of Grand Acres. He hasn’t seen them since. Ever since locking himself in the house with his supply of junk food and pot, he hasn’t seen much of anyone. When he’s finally coerced from the house and joins an ominous neighborhood group know as the Brown Shirts, Benson realizes things in Grand Acres aren’t nearly as tranquil as he thought. Even worse, there’s a samurai on the loose who is settling grudges in very violent ways.
I will add to my list, might not be for most but this type of quick read, laugh out loud stuff is fun for me.
Tomorrow, I'm going to dip into my pile of "books I should have already read" and read this:
My #1 book on that same list you have is "Grapes of Wrath." When I told my cousin I never read it before, he said, "You're an English major and haven't read 'Grapes of Wrath?'" Hopefully I can get to "The Sun Also Rises" once the semester ends, but Grapes is going to be the first book I read once the semester ends.
I'm majored in English, too, and still haven't read Grapes either ... :oops: :fp:
Just finished Owen Laukkanen's The Professionals, good book, nice start to a series, didn't realize it was going to turn into a series when I started it. I like how the investigators are not the focus of the story, the criminals actually are, even found myself rooting for them by the end, even though I knew they were wrong. Sort of like Lehane's The Town.
Just started Brian McGilloway's The Rising. It's a series based along the Borderlands of Ireland with Inspector Devlin as the key character. I've liked the previous stories and am enjoying this one so far. If you are into Irish Noir I would recommend checking it out.
"For fans of John Grisham, Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly and for true crime fans. Bill Macumber was imprisoned for nearly 40 years for a crime he denied committing. In a fast-paced, suspenseful style which enhances the intriguing facts of this true story, journalist Barry Siegel recounts Macumber’s long and twisted road to justice." —The Sun Star Courier
Burroughs meets Kerouac...should be interesting...
Let me know how this one is.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Burroughs meets Kerouac...should be interesting...
Let me know how this one is.
I will Only a few chapters in...but it's interesting because Burroughs & Kerouac write alternating chapters from two different characters' point of view..
1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
98: St. Louis. 2000: Alpine. 2003: Chicago. 2006: Chicago Night 2, Milwaukee Night 1. 2007: Chicago (Lolla). 2009: Chicago 1 & 2. 2011: Alpine 1 & 2. 2013: Chicago & LA Night 1. 2016: Chicago 1 & 2. 2018: Chicago 1 & 2.
Burroughs meets Kerouac...should be interesting...
Let me know how this one is.
I will Only a few chapters in...but it's interesting because Burroughs & Kerouac write alternating chapters from two different characters' point of view..
Already sounds good!
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Had this one in my pile for a long time and wanted to get to it before the mini-series starts. Used to be an SK freak but relaxed some on him. This started off pretty strong:
Had this one in my pile for a long time and wanted to get to it before the mini-series starts. Used to be an SK freak but relaxed some on him. This started off pretty strong:
It's a great book! Really reminds me of some of his earlier work. Hope you enjoy it!
Had this one in my pile for a long time and wanted to get to it before the mini-series starts. Used to be an SK freak but relaxed some on him. This started off pretty strong:
It's a great book! Really reminds me of some of his earlier work. Hope you enjoy it!
That is very encouraging, thanks! I loved his earlier stuff. I have to give props to 11/22/63, I felt that was his best work in a while. Hopefully this will be just as good or better.
Been reading the Autumn series by David Moody on and off. About halfway through the third book in a series of six, and I hope to stick with it till the end this time around.
"...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."
Been reading the Autumn series by David Moody on and off. About halfway through the third book in a series of six, and I hope to stick with it till the end this time around.
I still need to get the 2nd book in the Hater series... This is one book where the cover would push me towards a kindle... I might get listed on the watch list by our company security while reading that in the cafeteria! :twisted:
Going old school with my next book... Starting Ed McBain's "Cop Hater" from the 87th Precinct series... This will be a different series for me as their are multiple main characters throughout the series and the city it is based in is completely made up by the author. Hoping I find the story as interesting as the concept.
1998-06-30 Minneapolis
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2 2018-06-18 London 1 2018-08-18 Wrigley 1 2018-08-20 Wrigley 2 2022-09-16 Nashville 2023-08-31 St. Paul 2023-09-02 St. Paul 2023-09-05 Chicago 1 2023-08-31 Wrigley 2 2023-09-15 Fenway 1
Entertain Us! The Rise and Fall of Alternative Rock in The Nineties by Craig Schuftan
Excellent read - reliving alot, learning alot... currently immersed in 1997 'Flux and Chaos'
I love shuftans books. if you havent already read them have a look at his the culture club and hey nietzsche leave those kids alone. actually I have a spare copy of nietzsche if youre interested.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Entertain Us! The Rise and Fall of Alternative Rock in The Nineties by Craig Schuftan
Excellent read - reliving alot, learning alot... currently immersed in 1997 'Flux and Chaos'
I love shuftans books. if you havent already read them have a look at his the culture club and hey nietzsche leave those kids alone. actually I have a spare copy of nietzsche if youre interested.
I'd love to read those too. I really enjoyed his writing style - academic but engaging and entertaining. He showed incredible restraint at times, but didn't shy away from the grotty depths of Durst and Woodstock '99 (WTFF?!). EV came out with clean hands and Thom Yorke came out beautifully . Cate, Please PM me the details of your spare copy of 'Nietzsche, Leave Those Kids Alone' - thanks!
Honestly the afterword was more intriguing than the actual book. It was cool that the book was written by 2 different perspectives, but it was just very "matter of factly" written....the true story that the book is based on and why it wasn't published until relatively recently is kind of crazy. I also tried to remember that the book was basically the first work for either Burroughs or Kerouac.
not sure how much reading I'll get to do this weekend...but this is up next...
The story of how, in the darkest days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met over Christmas in Washington and launched their grand strategy to defeat the Axis powers.
By Christmas Eve, 1941, the war could hardly have been worse for Britain or the United States. Barely three weeks earlier the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor and a week before Christmas the Italian navy penetrated Alexandria harbour in Egypt and sank the British battleships Queen Elizabeth and Valiant.
The full story of how Churchill and Roosevelt spent three weeks charting the future strategy of the Allies has now been pieced together for the first time. One Christmas in Washington shows how two very different nations learned to work together and how two super-egos were joined by a common purpose - to win the war.
1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
im reading
THE WORLD WITHOUT US ......its like it says its about how and wot the world will be like when we are gone and its quite mad ..
its mad how much damage we have done to the planet and its mad that apart from a few things nature will end up rebuilding the planet ....tis a good read that makes you think
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The title story features a man who drinks because of the pain. He drinks because of the squeaky things. He drinks because the moon makes terrible sounds. On a night by the sea, a young girl will show him how to escape the moon and all the other horrors eating him from the inside. The shower-inducing concluding tale,"The Sex Beast of Scurvy Island," is a gory and bizarre horror comedy featuring a group of young pornographers called upon to find and bring to justice the man or creature who has been impregnating all the prostitutes of a tropical island.This collection also features "The Man With the Face Like a Bruise" and "The Photographer."
A pocket guide to the twenty-three most painful things in life, written by the most well-adjusted man in the universe.
Does it make you sad to be alive?
Boo-hoo. You're living all wrong.
My name is Andersen Prunty. I'm happiest while napping. I am a man with tennis shoes. They get older every time I put them on. This is how I deal with the pain of being alive. Now is our chance to deal with our pain together. You'll thank me later.
Lover and euphoria,
Andersen
Homicidal Wendigos!
Limb-lopping samurai!
Ambitionless slackers!
Marijuana!
A redhead!
Robo-Dick!
It’s been a few weeks since Benson returned to his parents’ home in the idyllic gated community of Grand Acres. He hasn’t seen them since. Ever since locking himself in the house with his supply of junk food and pot, he hasn’t seen much of anyone. When he’s finally coerced from the house and joins an ominous neighborhood group know as the Brown Shirts, Benson realizes things in Grand Acres aren’t nearly as tranquil as he thought. Even worse, there’s a samurai on the loose who is settling grudges in very violent ways.
My Fugazi Live Series ramblings and blog: anothersievefistedfind.tumblr.com
I will add to my list, might not be for most but this type of quick read, laugh out loud stuff is fun for me.
I'm majored in English, too, and still haven't read Grapes either ... :oops: :fp:
It's on the list.
"Let's check Idaho."
I feel the same way about work. Only 32.5 more years until retirement and being able to read all the books I want!
"Let's check Idaho."
Next up...
Burroughs meets Kerouac...should be interesting...
Just started Brian McGilloway's The Rising. It's a series based along the Borderlands of Ireland with Inspector Devlin as the key character. I've liked the previous stories and am enjoying this one so far. If you are into Irish Noir I would recommend checking it out.
"For fans of John Grisham, Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly and for true crime fans. Bill Macumber was imprisoned for nearly 40 years for a crime he denied committing. In a fast-paced, suspenseful style which enhances the intriguing facts of this true story, journalist Barry Siegel recounts Macumber’s long and twisted road to justice." —The Sun Star Courier
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
I will
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Finished this up last night. Now I'm going to continue my "books I should have already read" series with:
I actually read about half of this in high school; I just never got around to finishing it. Here's hoping for a better result this time!
"Let's check Idaho."
It's a great book! Really reminds me of some of his earlier work. Hope you enjoy it!
"Let's check Idaho."
That is very encouraging, thanks! I loved his earlier stuff. I have to give props to 11/22/63, I felt that was his best work in a while. Hopefully this will be just as good or better.
My Fugazi Live Series ramblings and blog: anothersievefistedfind.tumblr.com
Excellent read - reliving alot, learning alot... currently immersed in 1997 'Flux and Chaos'
I still need to get the 2nd book in the Hater series... This is one book where the cover would push me towards a kindle... I might get listed on the watch list by our company security while reading that in the cafeteria! :twisted:
Fascinating so far.
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
2023-08-31 Wrigley 2
2023-09-15 Fenway 1
I love shuftans books. if you havent already read them have a look at his the culture club and hey nietzsche leave those kids alone. actually I have a spare copy of nietzsche if youre interested.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I'd love to read those too. I really enjoyed his writing style - academic but engaging and entertaining. He showed incredible restraint at times, but didn't shy away from the grotty depths of Durst and Woodstock '99 (WTFF?!). EV came out with clean hands and Thom Yorke came out beautifully
No Ordinary Moments
Honestly the afterword was more intriguing than the actual book. It was cool that the book was written by 2 different perspectives, but it was just very "matter of factly" written....the true story that the book is based on and why it wasn't published until relatively recently is kind of crazy. I also tried to remember that the book was basically the first work for either Burroughs or Kerouac.
not sure how much reading I'll get to do this weekend...but this is up next...
I haven't even cracked this book open yet. Too much crap to take care of this week. :evil:
"Let's check Idaho."
The story of how, in the darkest days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met over Christmas in Washington and launched their grand strategy to defeat the Axis powers.
By Christmas Eve, 1941, the war could hardly have been worse for Britain or the United States. Barely three weeks earlier the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor and a week before Christmas the Italian navy penetrated Alexandria harbour in Egypt and sank the British battleships Queen Elizabeth and Valiant.
The full story of how Churchill and Roosevelt spent three weeks charting the future strategy of the Allies has now been pieced together for the first time. One Christmas in Washington shows how two very different nations learned to work together and how two super-egos were joined by a common purpose - to win the war.
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
THE WORLD WITHOUT US ......its like it says its about how and wot the world will be like when we are gone and its quite mad ..
its mad how much damage we have done to the planet and its mad that apart from a few things nature will end up rebuilding the planet ....tis a good read that makes you think