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!
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
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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.
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)
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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.
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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!
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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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
pretty damn interesting. I never gave much thought to what it would have been like to sail from england to cape horn in 1740.
I got this on my list..film adaptation is coming..
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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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!
Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
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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.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
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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edited September 2024
I'm back into reading Charles Bowden (bow like ribbon and bow). This one is called Mezcal and unlike much of his other work which is basically creatively and intensely wrought journalism (though Bowden did not particularly care to be referred to as a journalist), this little gem fits nicely into what we might today described as a "road trip" book. Were it not for the obvious fact that Jack Kerouac's work basically invented that genre, or that my saying this might come across as offensive, I would say I am finding that Mezcal makes On the Road read like a rough draft of a good idea. (I'm not the only one who feels this way- check out some of the better written critical reviews on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70401.On_the_Road ).
But now I have made the unseemly transgression of implying one thing is "better" than another, and we all know that kind of comparison is at the least unfair, if not risky business. So let's just say this: If you like Kerouac, or other road trip literature, or are even mildly interested in being taking to fascinating places, Mezcal might just be the ticket. I'm digging the ride, myself.
Trying to finish this before I watch the final season of My Brilliant Friend
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I'm reading this 500+ page book about my father and uncle. They were one of three pioneers of the Jamaican Sound System they created starting back in the early 50's through the 60's. I can recall when I was 6-10 when my father would tour the island playing some concerts, dances and any gathering that required superior sound for entertainment. I spent the summers in the country with him and I was popular with my friends because I could get in even though we were very young.
They had a huge record shop in Kingston, with thousands and thousands of records mostly 45s. There, musicians who wanted their music to be heard came to get their music distributed to the public. THIS, was b4 major radio stations came about in the 50s. The likes of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff would visit his record shop searching for a chance to get their music out. THIS was the era of SKA, ROCK STEADY then REGGAE music.
My father and uncle are both alive today. My father 96, my uncle at 93.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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Signed by Lisette when I met her at the Barrett Martin's gig in London, UK last May
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..
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..
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
I'm reading this 500+ page book about my father and uncle. They were one of three pioneers of the Jamaican Sound System they created starting back in the early 50's through the 60's. I can recall when I was 6-10 when my father would tour the island playing some concerts, dances and any gathering that required superior sound for entertainment. I spent the summers in the country with him and I was popular with my friends because I could get in even though we were very young.
They had a huge record shop in Kingston, with thousands and thousands of records mostly 45s. There, musicians who wanted their music to be heard came to get their music distributed to the public. THIS, was b4 major radio stations came about in the 50s. The likes of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff would visit his record shop searching for a chance to get their music out. THIS was the era of SKA, ROCK STEADY then REGGAE music.
My father and uncle are both alive today. My father 96, my uncle at 93.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)