Beautiful. Did not realize it‘s a sequel to „Brooklyn“ until just now though, despite having seen that one‘s film adaptation. Might go back and read the book now
Looks very interesting, L! I read up a little on the author and noticed she is an "adjunct professor of punk and reggae at NYU". How cool it would be to take her class!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Turning me on to some different music and opening my eyes to how punk was born to different people in different countries. Japan, Russia, England, US. So far checked out 'The Slits' and 'X-Ray Specs'. Plus I always think of punk as more of a bad boy thing and breaking stuff. So I really like the perspective. Each chapter starts with a track list.
Turning me on to some different music and opening my eyes to how punk was born to different people in different countries. Japan, Russia, England, US. So far checked out 'The Slits' and 'X-Ray Specs'. Plus I always think of punk as more of a bad boy thing and breaking stuff. So I really like the perspective. Each chapter starts with a track list.
Been keeping me busy
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Nice, goes on my list! I love Goldman, both as an interesting voice on pop culture and as a musician herself (check out „Private Army“ and „Launderette“, if you haven‘t yet)
Having worked through and been blown away by the enormously heavy, intense, and excellent Charles Bowden book, Blood Orchid, I've now moved on to the brain and soul candy of an excellent music biography, Steve Wynn's, I Wouldn't Say It if It Wasn't True.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I just started reading American Authors Series: Wendell Berry
edited by Paul Merchant. I came across a copy of this book in a used
bookstore in South Lake Tahoe yesterday. Having read a lot of Wendell
Berry, I am certain to enjoy this collection of works by and about
Wendell Berry.
A well regarded bookseller I know from Salt Lake City, Ken Sanders, told
me (and has stated elsewhere), "Wendell Berry is the greatest living
American author". That would be difficult to argue.
As an aside (and one one generally negligible importance), I just
learned that Wendell Berry and I share a birth date: August 5th!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
both upcoming movies + with futuristic beings: Mickey is a human and a renewed version of himself. Each time made to survive the next deadly mission on a distant planet. Klara is a AI being, something that (some?) parents buy for teenage kids but seemingly for a different reason than just for fun. The AI just moved from the shop to a new home and was baffled by the first sunset out there. It’s written from the AI’s point of view and that hightech thing is a thinking being. Unforeseeable where this all leads.
pretty damn interesting. I never gave much thought to what it would have been like to sail from england to cape horn in 1740.
If I had known then what I know now...
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Columbus 10
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Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Well now, here's the thing: I've read piles of what are often referred to as classics,
you know, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Harper Lee,
Dostoevsky, Stein, Cather, Capote, Huxley, London, Kesey, Orwell, and on
and on and on. Great stuff for the most part, though mostly depressing
tragedies, but now and then some comedy, and, of course, tons of great
writing.
But wait! Never A Farewell to Arms? Well, I must do something
about that! I mean, after all, it's considered, as it says on the inside
front dust jacket flap, "...one of the supreme literary achievements of
our time." A must read, right? Right!
OK, well I'm about 120 pages in and so far we've got Frederick hanging
out with Rinaldi, et al, and meets Catherine, whom he swears he will not
fall in love with, and then off to war we go and he gets his legs all
blown up, then suddenly we're in Milan and he's a mess and falls in love
with Catherine anyway, and then its page after page of, "Oh darling
this" and "Oh darling that", and "darling, darling, darling..." and,
"You do love me, don't you?", and "Oh yes, darling, forever," and...
Jiminy Cricket, what all!
Jeez Louise, please, tell me it gets better!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Having quickly finished off the most disappointing Hemingway book I can imagine (A Farewell to Arms), I really wanted to get into a good read. And OH did I find one! Record producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin's The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is a collection of relatively short essays about creativity. I'm only 25 pages in and already feel like this is a treasure trove of great ideas. First off, I love it that Rubin starts off by saying:
Some ideas may resonate,
others may not.
A few may awaken and inner knowing
you forgot you had.
Use what's helpful.
Let go of the rest.
But let's be honest here. For those who read this book, some will love it, some will hate it. But then, maybe a few of the haters might read the little verse above and not be so cynical.
Me? I'm loving it. I read a few of the essays to my wife and she's on board as well.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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Looks very interesting, L! I read up a little on the author and noticed she is an "adjunct professor of punk and reggae at NYU". How cool it would be to take her class!
So far checked out 'The Slits' and 'X-Ray Specs'.
Plus I always think of punk as more of a bad boy thing and breaking stuff. So I really like the perspective.
Each chapter starts with a track list.
Been keeping me busy
Will check them out.
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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Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
A well regarded bookseller I know from Salt Lake City, Ken Sanders, told me (and has stated elsewhere), "Wendell Berry is the greatest living American author". That would be difficult to argue.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
started
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
both upcoming movies + with futuristic beings:
Mickey is a human and a renewed version of himself. Each time made to survive the next deadly mission on a distant planet.
Klara is a AI being, something that (some?) parents buy for teenage kids but seemingly for a different reason than just for fun. The AI just moved from the shop to a new home and was baffled by the first sunset out there.
It’s written from the AI’s point of view and that hightech thing is a thinking being. Unforeseeable where this all leads.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
But wait! Never A Farewell to Arms? Well, I must do something about that! I mean, after all, it's considered, as it says on the inside front dust jacket flap, "...one of the supreme literary achievements of our time." A must read, right? Right!
OK, well I'm about 120 pages in and so far we've got Frederick hanging out with Rinaldi, et al, and meets Catherine, whom he swears he will not fall in love with, and then off to war we go and he gets his legs all blown up, then suddenly we're in Milan and he's a mess and falls in love with Catherine anyway, and then its page after page of, "Oh darling this" and "Oh darling that", and "darling, darling, darling..." and, "You do love me, don't you?", and "Oh yes, darling, forever," and... Jiminy Cricket, what all!
Jeez Louise, please, tell me it gets better!
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..