Please let us know what you thought, I am a big fan of Barker's early stuff. (The Great & Secret Show is a book I re-read every year or two; one of my all time favorites...) I am a bit skeptical of this one but if you have a good report I will snap it up!
The Great and Secret show is a great book, but after all this years, Weaveworld is still my fav.. The Scarlet Gospels is sequel to Hellraiser..so you know the motif..i have read about 120 pages so far and this is classic Barker for me..hope i help you.. have you read the Abarat series??
Loved Weaveworld as well but just the awesome/bizzare scope of TG&SS makes it one of my favorites. Have read it 10x at least and every time I find that I forgot some of the crazy details he imagined. Yes, I will add it to my list, thanks!
No, I did not read Abarat, that was young adult and I prefer his "sick & twisted fuck" stories.
What you think about his ''sick and twisted fuck'' paintings??..there is a great book called ''Visions of Heaven and Hell''..very sick..haha..
I like some of them and some of them are beyond me. I have great respect for his whacked out mind and how we can come up with this stuff.
Just finished the new Stephen King. Liked it, didn't knock me out of my socks.
And this is my new book blog - if you haven't seen this movie from 1979, check it out. It's really good. I didn't know it was from a book. Time After Time.
Just finished the new Stephen King. Liked it, didn't knock me out of my socks.
And this is my new book blog - if you haven't seen this movie from 1979, check it out. It's really good. I didn't know it was from a book. Time After Time.
Time After Time (the novel) isn't as good as Time and Again (which I think is brilliant). But the idea is so great - H. G. Wells chasing Jack the Ripper in the future (1979 San Francisco).
The King is Finders Keepers, sort of a sequel to Mr. Mercedes.
Chick lit, didn't really think it was going to be, based on the description...it was a decent read.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction—twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise—before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live.
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
Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction—twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise—before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live.
Scariest, bloodiest pit I've ever seen, and I've been to several Slayer (and other thrash metal/hardcore) shows.
Is there a chapter on Lard? Any good stuff on my former neighbor Gibby Haynes?
Magnus Chase comes out in October and I'm both irritated and super excited. Why they insist on releasing these books in October (right around midterm season) is so fucking far beyond me. They're meant for kids!
Just finished Jeffrey Deavers "Solitude Creek" (A Katherine Dance novel)and Randy Wayne Whites "Cuba Straits"(A Doc Ford Novel). I love Doc Ford as a character.If you haven't looked into this series by RWW your missing out.Ford is a 40 something kinda nerdy Marine Biologist in Sanabel Island Fl,who just so happens to be a former Black ops guy for the CIA.He pals around with a pot head hippie named Tomlinson who lives at a marina and lives like a pauper on a sail boat but has millions of family money.Give the series a go.bery entertaining. Just started a JohnSanford Virgil Flowers story.
Just finished Jeffrey Deavers "Solitude Creek" (A Katherine Dance novel)and Randy Wayne Whites "Cuba Straits"(A Doc Ford Novel). I love Doc Ford as a character.If you haven't looked into this series by RWW your missing out.Ford is a 40 something kinda nerdy Marine Biologist in Sanabel Island Fl,who just so happens to be a former Black ops guy for the CIA.He pals around with a pot head hippie named Tomlinson who lives at a marina and lives like a pauper on a sail boat but has millions of family money.Give the series a go.bery entertaining. Just started a JohnSanford Virgil Flowers story.
RWW's Doc Ford books are fun, but I've gotta go with Tim Dorsey's Serge Storms books FTW on my Florida trash reads. Wacko awesome.
Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction—twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise—before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live.
Scariest, bloodiest pit I've ever seen, and I've been to several Slayer (and other thrash metal/hardcore) shows.
Is there a chapter on Lard? Any good stuff on my former neighbor Gibby Haynes?
there is stuff about Lard and there is lots of stories about Gibby Haynes, holy fuck, blown away with that book, definitely worth a read
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
Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction—twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise—before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live.
Scariest, bloodiest pit I've ever seen, and I've been to several Slayer (and other thrash metal/hardcore) shows.
Is there a chapter on Lard? Any good stuff on my former neighbor Gibby Haynes?
there is stuff about Lard and there is lots of stories about Gibby Haynes, holy fuck, blown away with that book, definitely worth a read
I stood behind Gibby Haynes in a line for pony rides for our kids at a block party last year. It was surreal, considering the fact that I'd seen the man perform nekkid. Good times then, good times now.
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. It is quite the tome, only about 200 pages in, but really enjoying it.
Amazon book review: "It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured."
So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear.
Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.
As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power.
Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas---this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.
2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
2015 Central Park
2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. It is quite the tome, only about 200 pages in, but really enjoying it.
Amazon book review: "It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured."
So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear.
Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.
As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power.
Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas---this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.
on my list!
The worst of times..they don't phase me, even if I look and act really crazy.
DOOOON'T! Okay, read them. They literally reinvented fantasy and made it readable for a 40 yr old man. The fourth book is one of the best books I have ever read. The sixth? well...........
The worst of times..they don't phase me, even if I look and act really crazy.
Please let us know what you thought, I am a big fan of Barker's early stuff. (The Great & Secret Show is a book I re-read every year or two; one of my all time favorites...) I am a bit skeptical of this one but if you have a good report I will snap it up!
The Great and Secret show is a great book, but after all this years, Weaveworld is still my fav.. The Scarlet Gospels is sequel to Hellraiser..so you know the motif..i have read about 120 pages so far and this is classic Barker for me..hope i help you.. have you read the Abarat series??
Loved Weaveworld as well but just the awesome/bizzare scope of TG&SS makes it one of my favorites. Have read it 10x at least and every time I find that I forgot some of the crazy details he imagined. Yes, I will add it to my list, thanks!
No, I did not read Abarat, that was young adult and I prefer his "sick & twisted fuck" stories.
Weaveworld was the first Barker book I read, but not the best.
Have you read, The Damnation Game? Excellent book.
Please let us know what you thought, I am a big fan of Barker's early stuff. (The Great & Secret Show is a book I re-read every year or two; one of my all time favorites...) I am a bit skeptical of this one but if you have a good report I will snap it up!
The Great and Secret show is a great book, but after all this years, Weaveworld is still my fav.. The Scarlet Gospels is sequel to Hellraiser..so you know the motif..i have read about 120 pages so far and this is classic Barker for me..hope i help you.. have you read the Abarat series??
Loved Weaveworld as well but just the awesome/bizzare scope of TG&SS makes it one of my favorites. Have read it 10x at least and every time I find that I forgot some of the crazy details he imagined. Yes, I will add it to my list, thanks!
No, I did not read Abarat, that was young adult and I prefer his "sick & twisted fuck" stories.
Weaveworld was the first Barker book I read, but not the best.
Have you read, The Damnation Game? Excellent book.
Excellent..how about, Imajica??
Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015. Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022 EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
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Imajica & Damnation Game, both of them. Very good books -- Still couldn't touch The Great & Secret Show in my opinion.
Please let us know what you thought, I am a big fan of Barker's early stuff. (The Great & Secret Show is a book I re-read every year or two; one of my all time favorites...) I am a bit skeptical of this one but if you have a good report I will snap it up!
The Great and Secret show is a great book, but after all this years, Weaveworld is still my fav.. The Scarlet Gospels is sequel to Hellraiser..so you know the motif..i have read about 120 pages so far and this is classic Barker for me..hope i help you.. have you read the Abarat series??
Loved Weaveworld as well but just the awesome/bizzare scope of TG&SS makes it one of my favorites. Have read it 10x at least and every time I find that I forgot some of the crazy details he imagined. Yes, I will add it to my list, thanks!
No, I did not read Abarat, that was young adult and I prefer his "sick & twisted fuck" stories.
Weaveworld was the first Barker book I read, but not the best.
Have you read, The Damnation Game? Excellent book.
Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches through the ruins for clues to its fate, his family’s, and his own. Detroit is where his mother’s flower shop was firebombed in the pre-Halloween orgy of arson known as Devil’s Night; where his sister lost herself to the west side streets; where his brother, who once sold subprime mortgages with skill and silk, now works in a factory cleaning Chinese-manufactured screws so they can be repackaged as “May Be Made in United States.”
Having led us on the way up, Detroit now seems to be leading us on the way down. Once the richest city in America, Detroit is now the nation’s poorest. Once the vanguard of America’s machine age—mass production, blue-collar jobs, and automobiles—Detroit is now America’s capital for unemployment, illiteracy, dropouts, and foreclosures. It is an eerie and angry place of deserted factories and abandoned homes and forgotten people. Trees and switchgrass and wild animals have come back to reclaim their right¬ful places. Coyotes are here. The pigeons have left. A city the size of San Francisco and Manhattan could neatly fit into Detroit’s vacant lots. After revealing that the city’s murder rate is higher than the official police number—making it the highest in the country—a weary old detective tells LeDuff, “In this city two plus two equals three.”
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
^^^^ Saw this at the bookstore and almost picked it up. I'd love to hear what you think of it.
2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
2015 Central Park
2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1
fantastic book, definitely worth the read, he is a great writer and he talks about the history of the city, its importance to America then and now and involves himself and writes about the city government, the police force and the firefighters. Sad and poignant though, I would high recommend it, I really enjoyed it and read it very quick
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
Please let us know what you thought, I am a big fan of Barker's early stuff. (The Great & Secret Show is a book I re-read every year or two; one of my all time favorites...) I am a bit skeptical of this one but if you have a good report I will snap it up!
The Great and Secret show is a great book, but after all this years, Weaveworld is still my fav.. The Scarlet Gospels is sequel to Hellraiser..so you know the motif..i have read about 120 pages so far and this is classic Barker for me..hope i help you.. have you read the Abarat series??
Loved Weaveworld as well but just the awesome/bizzare scope of TG&SS makes it one of my favorites. Have read it 10x at least and every time I find that I forgot some of the crazy details he imagined. Yes, I will add it to my list, thanks!
No, I did not read Abarat, that was young adult and I prefer his "sick & twisted fuck" stories.
Weaveworld was the first Barker book I read, but not the best.
Have you read, The Damnation Game? Excellent book.
Excellent..how about, Imajica??
Have not read. You say I should?
IMO..
Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015. Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022 EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Breezing right though Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis' autobiography. This guy has led one HELL of a life...can't put down the book. Enthralling! Gonna be sad when it's over.
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
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And this is my new book blog - if you haven't seen this movie from 1979, check it out. It's really good. I didn't know it was from a book. Time After Time.
http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/2015/06/who-knew-there-was-book.html
Added Time after Time to my list. Sucker for time travel.
The King is Finders Keepers, sort of a sequel to Mr. Mercedes.
Chick lit, didn't really think it was going to be, based on the description...it was a decent read.
- Christopher McCandless
Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction—twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise—before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live.
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
Is there a chapter on Lard? Any good stuff on my former neighbor Gibby Haynes?
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I love Doc Ford as a character.If you haven't looked into this series by RWW your missing out.Ford is a 40 something kinda nerdy Marine Biologist in Sanabel Island Fl,who just so happens to be a former Black ops guy for the CIA.He pals around with a pot head hippie named Tomlinson who lives at a marina and lives like a pauper on a sail boat but has millions of family money.Give the series a go.bery entertaining.
Just started a JohnSanford Virgil Flowers story.
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
Amazon book review:
"It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured."
So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear.
Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.
As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power.
Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas---this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.
2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
2015 Central Park
2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1
even if I look and act really crazy.
Okay, read them. They literally reinvented fantasy and made it readable for a 40 yr old man. The fourth book is one of the best books I have ever read. The sixth? well...........
even if I look and act really crazy.
Have you read, The Damnation Game? Excellent book.
Let me run into the rain . . . .to shine a human light today . . .
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Black-Jacobins-Louverture-Revolution/dp/0140299815
Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches through the ruins for clues to its fate, his family’s, and his own. Detroit is where his mother’s flower shop was firebombed in the pre-Halloween orgy of arson known as Devil’s Night; where his sister lost herself to the west side streets; where his brother, who once sold subprime mortgages with skill and silk, now works in a factory cleaning Chinese-manufactured screws so they can be repackaged as “May Be Made in United States.”
Having led us on the way up, Detroit now seems to be leading us on the way down. Once the richest city in America, Detroit is now the nation’s poorest. Once the vanguard of America’s machine age—mass production, blue-collar jobs, and automobiles—Detroit is now America’s capital for unemployment, illiteracy, dropouts, and foreclosures. It is an eerie and angry place of deserted factories and abandoned homes and forgotten people. Trees and switchgrass and wild animals have come back to reclaim their right¬ful places. Coyotes are here. The pigeons have left. A city the size of San Francisco and Manhattan could neatly fit into Detroit’s vacant lots. After revealing that the city’s murder rate is higher than the official police number—making it the highest in the country—a weary old detective tells LeDuff, “In this city two plus two equals three.”
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
Saw this at the bookstore and almost picked it up. I'd love to hear what you think of it.
2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
2015 Central Park
2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1
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
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Heartbreaking (so far).