This book is so fun. Unlike most books about the band, it's organized by topics instead of in chronological order and covers topics I wouldn't have even thought about. You can pick it up at any point and start reading. Mike Segretto really did his homework and manages to take you through all sorts of minutiae, like cataloging the different mixes and edits of songs or which are the must-have international releases. Plenty of stuff about the members individually and as bandmates and lots of discussion about the albums and many particular songs. Even with so much detail, it's not boring! The writing is witty and even though I'm a loooongtime fan, I'm still picking up new info.
(I also agree with him that not only is Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy their best compilation but the best name EVER for a greatest hits album.)
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
@ Who Princess -- as a devotee of the band, do you consider The Who to be R&B or Rock?
I am a longtime fan but nowhere near the level of PJ so there is so much I do not know...adding this to my list, thanks!
@ MS. Haiku -
Time enough at last
An age made to read, then crack!
That's not fair at all
@ Who Princess -- as a devotee of the band, do you consider The Who to be R&B or Rock?
I am a longtime fan but nowhere near the level of PJ so there is so much I do not know...adding this to my list, thanks!
In spite of the iconic Maximum R&B poster, The Who are a rock band.
Had previously read the standard versions on these but really enjoyed spending a few hours readintg the graphic novel representations....great stuff!
Just started this:
Was given 30+ books over the holidays. My 'to-read pile' was already outrageously long but what a great problem to have!
Question - do you read graphic novels in paper format or on a tablet? I have a nexus 7 I'm looking to get an app to read graphic novels on - but I've never read a graphic novel.
I just read an awesome book called Ransom where the Ransome boys were named after their father's favorite Rock stars... Lennon, Cash, Reed and Daltrey....just thought I would share that little tidbit...
I am now reading Just Add Salt by Jinx Schwartz, the second in the Hetta Coffey series....
Music is my Religion and Pearl Jam, my Savior! Tattooed Dissident!
30+ books! Ah, just thinking about those wonderful gifts almost makes me swoon with joy.
How many of you have walked around bookstores and became sad when you realized you didn't have enough time to read all of those books? I was sad once or twice.
I make an entry on my Amazon wish list every time I note a book I would like to read. (Many have been added from this thread and suggestions of others) I buy some throughout the year out of a compulsive need to buy books even though I have a big pile to read and then my family all picks books from my list for Christmas/Birthday gifts. My favorite thing about Amazon and this is sure to mean that by the time I retire I will be about 500 books behind....which is such an awesome thought to have.
This, btw, is my own personal idea of hell. Saw it as a kid and even then I would dream of reading books for a portion of every afternoon as a retired guy. Bet there are others here who recall this piece and the ultimate horror it made poor Henry Beebus realize.
No kidding. My idea of hell too, esp. now that I have to wear reading glasses.
I don't know if I already posted this, but I just read The Chain by Ted Genoways about the pork industry in the U.S. and Hormel. It's great. Although you'll never eat Spam again.
Question - do you read graphic novels in paper format or on a tablet? I have a nexus 7 I'm looking to get an app to read graphic novels on - but I've never read a graphic novel.
Easy answer, I am one of the "feel of the book" tribe. I know, so 2010, right?
No kidding. My idea of hell too, esp. now that I have to wear reading glasses.
I don't know if I already posted this, but I just read The Chain by Ted Genoways about the pork industry in the U.S. and Hormel. It's great. Although you'll never eat Spam again.
Question - do you read graphic novels in paper format or on a tablet? I have a nexus 7 I'm looking to get an app to read graphic novels on - but I've never read a graphic novel.
Easy answer, I am one of the "feel of the book" tribe. I know, so 2010, right?
Not at all, I'm right there with you. I can't deny the convenience of e-readers while traveling, but at home I'll read a physical book over an ebook if I have it.
I just don't know about graphic novels.
A little over halfway through "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini.
On deck is American Gods by Neil Gaiman
And simultaneously reading some classics; Leaves of Grass and Songs for the Open Road, by Whitman.
I'm now addressing a lacuna in my reading: I'm enjoying for the first time a text that many of you probably read at school. I'm reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Finished The New Watch yesterday; I enjoyed it but the translation from Russian was definitely not as good in this one as the last 4. It really seemed to lose the Russian-ness that came through strongly in the other books.
my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
Loved that book! Heard they are making a TV movie, I think. Not interested.
Right now I am reading the funnies by J Robert Lennon. Quirky, light reading.
After I finish Gaiman's American Gods, I'm starting The Martian by Andy Weir
Good choice - an excellent book.
I just started The Shell Collector by Hugh Howey (who by the way is an interesting writer, originally self-published on Amazon but made the leap to best-seller lists). A couple of pages in is this little paragraph made me smile:
"My mother was from Antigua, a small island in the Caribbean. She used to say her greatest find was my father, this crazy white shell who washed up on the beach one day. She said if you put your ear up to him you could hear traffic and car horns and people from Boston talking funny."
my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
book had a cute story, thought it was poorly written. So I was enjoying it up until the last 2-3 chapters. Then it seemed to floor it right over a cliff. And it turns out it's the first in a series!
I need to get back into my comfort zone. Probably going to read Percy Jackson or HHGTTG again.
Re-reading Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore so I can finish the trilogy. Just finished up Redeployment - that is a great damn collection of short stories!!!
Nashville-00
Nashville-03
Chicago-07
E.V. Milwaukee-08
Chicago 1 & 2-09
Alpine Valley 1 & 2-11
Wrigley-13
St. Paul-14
Milwaukee-14 Denver-22 St. Paul 1 & 2 - 23
Just finished, "All the Light We Can Not See, " by Anthony Doerr. I would recommend it.
Started, "The Dew Breakers," by Edwidge Danticat
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Comments
This book is so fun. Unlike most books about the band, it's organized by topics instead of in chronological order and covers topics I wouldn't have even thought about. You can pick it up at any point and start reading. Mike Segretto really did his homework and manages to take you through all sorts of minutiae, like cataloging the different mixes and edits of songs or which are the must-have international releases. Plenty of stuff about the members individually and as bandmates and lots of discussion about the albums and many particular songs. Even with so much detail, it's not boring! The writing is witty and even though I'm a loooongtime fan, I'm still picking up new info.
(I also agree with him that not only is Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy their best compilation but the best name EVER for a greatest hits album.)
\m/
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I am a longtime fan but nowhere near the level of PJ so there is so much I do not know...adding this to my list, thanks!
@ MS. Haiku -
Time enough at last
An age made to read, then crack!
That's not fair at all
In spite of the iconic Maximum R&B poster, The Who are a rock band.
OTOH this is my license plate:
I look forward to reading the book!
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
Question - do you read graphic novels in paper format or on a tablet? I have a nexus 7 I'm looking to get an app to read graphic novels on - but I've never read a graphic novel.
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Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
I am now reading Just Add Salt by Jinx Schwartz, the second in the Hetta Coffey series....
Tattooed Dissident!
No kidding. My idea of hell too, esp. now that I have to wear reading glasses.
I don't know if I already posted this, but I just read The Chain by Ted Genoways about the pork industry in the U.S. and Hormel. It's great. Although you'll never eat Spam again.
Easy answer, I am one of the "feel of the book" tribe. I know, so 2010, right?
Added to my list, thanks!
Not at all, I'm right there with you. I can't deny the convenience of e-readers while traveling, but at home I'll read a physical book over an ebook if I have it.
I just don't know about graphic novels.
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Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
On deck is American Gods by Neil Gaiman
And simultaneously reading some classics; Leaves of Grass and Songs for the Open Road, by Whitman.
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Loved that book! Heard they are making a TV movie, I think. Not interested.
Right now I am reading the funnies by J Robert Lennon. Quirky, light reading.
I just started The Shell Collector by Hugh Howey (who by the way is an interesting writer, originally self-published on Amazon but made the leap to best-seller lists). A couple of pages in is this little paragraph made me smile:
"My mother was from Antigua, a small island in the Caribbean. She used to say her greatest find was my father, this crazy white shell who washed up on the beach one day. She said if you put your ear up to him you could hear traffic and car horns and people from Boston talking funny."
book had a cute story, thought it was poorly written. So I was enjoying it up until the last 2-3 chapters. Then it seemed to floor it right over a cliff. And it turns out it's the first in a series!
I need to get back into my comfort zone. Probably going to read Percy Jackson or HHGTTG again.
LIVEFOOTSTEPS.ORG/USER/?USR=435
Nashville-03
Chicago-07
E.V. Milwaukee-08
Chicago 1 & 2-09
Alpine Valley 1 & 2-11
Wrigley-13
St. Paul-14
Milwaukee-14
Denver-22
St. Paul 1 & 2 - 23
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
thats nice..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Started, "The Dew Breakers," by Edwidge Danticat
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird