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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    HughFreakingDillon said:
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    Not a fan of the cover, but I hear this is a pretty good read?  Liking it so far?
    i read it on our trip to dominican in 2005 and i couldn't put it down. amazing read. wish i didn't give it away. give it away. give it away now. 

    i'd love to read it again. and i had the hard cover too! 
    Flea’s book was great! I never read this one. I don’t really care about lead singers. Don’t we hear enough of their shit?
    depends on the lead singer i suppose. i knew basically nothing about AK prior to reading this book. i doubt i'd need a book about vince neil or axl rose, however, but his was great. 

    i also read flea's. it was pretty good, if you want to read about a musician's completely normal life prior to being in a band. 
    That is exactly what I like to read. It's one reason why Patti Smith's books are so compelling to me.

    I just figured Anthony's book would be a catalog of sexual conquests, beginning at, (what?) like, age 7.
    i also like it, but to be honest, flea's pre-musician life wasn't all that compelling. it was a completely normal divorced family who moved around a bit story. it was honestly only interesting to me because i obviously knew who he was. beyond that, it was kind of just....normal. 
    During those kind of just normal times, though, those passages recounting his reactions to music (physical, emotional, spiritual), recognizing his calling, sensing the divine, if you will. All that was just so sublimely rendered, I thought. One could almost experience his rapture.

    As for Kiedis, he has written some of the greatest lyrics of our generation, but he also wrote "The Zephyr Song" and "Give It Away." 

    I think my wife has Scar Tissue. I've heard enough good reviews at this point to give it try at some point.

    Undertaking Proust right now, so it'll be a good, long while, methinks.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    Poncier said:


    Not a fan of the cover, but I hear this is a pretty good read?  Liking it so far?
    i read it on our trip to dominican in 2005 and i couldn't put it down. amazing read. wish i didn't give it away. give it away. give it away now. 

    i'd love to read it again. and i had the hard cover too! 
    Flea’s book was great! I never read this one. I don’t really care about lead singers. Don’t we hear enough of their shit?
    depends on the lead singer i suppose. i knew basically nothing about AK prior to reading this book. i doubt i'd need a book about vince neil or axl rose, however, but his was great. 

    i also read flea's. it was pretty good, if you want to read about a musician's completely normal life prior to being in a band. 
    That is exactly what I like to read. It's one reason why Patti Smith's books are so compelling to me.

    I just figured Anthony's book would be a catalog of sexual conquests, beginning at, (what?) like, age 7.
    i also like it, but to be honest, flea's pre-musician life wasn't all that compelling. it was a completely normal divorced family who moved around a bit story. it was honestly only interesting to me because i obviously knew who he was. beyond that, it was kind of just....normal. 
    During those kind of just normal times, though, those passages recounting his reactions to music (physical, emotional, spiritual), recognizing his calling, sensing the divine, if you will. All that was just so sublimely rendered, I thought. One could almost experience his rapture.

    As for Kiedis, he has written some of the greatest lyrics of our generation, but he also wrote "The Zephyr Song" and "Give It Away." 

    I think my wife has Scar Tissue. I've heard enough good reviews at this point to give it try at some point.

    Undertaking Proust right now, so it'll be a good, long while, methinks.
    What I've got I've got you've to get it put it in you


    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,852
    I have a bunch of unread books......gonna try to dive into the Alex Trebek auto-biography next.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,201

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  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    Poncier said:


    Not a fan of the cover, but I hear this is a pretty good read?  Liking it so far?
    i read it on our trip to dominican in 2005 and i couldn't put it down. amazing read. wish i didn't give it away. give it away. give it away now. 

    i'd love to read it again. and i had the hard cover too! 
    Flea’s book was great! I never read this one. I don’t really care about lead singers. Don’t we hear enough of their shit?
    depends on the lead singer i suppose. i knew basically nothing about AK prior to reading this book. i doubt i'd need a book about vince neil or axl rose, however, but his was great. 

    i also read flea's. it was pretty good, if you want to read about a musician's completely normal life prior to being in a band. 
    That is exactly what I like to read. It's one reason why Patti Smith's books are so compelling to me.

    I just figured Anthony's book would be a catalog of sexual conquests, beginning at, (what?) like, age 7.
    i also like it, but to be honest, flea's pre-musician life wasn't all that compelling. it was a completely normal divorced family who moved around a bit story. it was honestly only interesting to me because i obviously knew who he was. beyond that, it was kind of just....normal. 
    I just read Anthony's book and thought it was atrocious.  Absolutely, nothing for the first half of the book except his sexual exploits and prodigious drug use.  By the time he got to the musicianship, I was stunned that he was ever able to write or perform at all.  I definitely would not recommend it because it doesn't read well.  It is written as musings and can feel a bit disjointed.  
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    Finally finished!

    And these...
                    

    Now reading....
       
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    James Baldwin....I need to pick some of that up again.  So good 
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • PJ1973
    PJ1973 Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 421
    Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. Interesting to read a book about computer programmers written in 1997, pre smart-phone days.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,118
    riotgrl said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    Poncier said:


    Not a fan of the cover, but I hear this is a pretty good read?  Liking it so far?
    i read it on our trip to dominican in 2005 and i couldn't put it down. amazing read. wish i didn't give it away. give it away. give it away now. 

    i'd love to read it again. and i had the hard cover too! 
    Flea’s book was great! I never read this one. I don’t really care about lead singers. Don’t we hear enough of their shit?
    depends on the lead singer i suppose. i knew basically nothing about AK prior to reading this book. i doubt i'd need a book about vince neil or axl rose, however, but his was great. 

    i also read flea's. it was pretty good, if you want to read about a musician's completely normal life prior to being in a band. 
    That is exactly what I like to read. It's one reason why Patti Smith's books are so compelling to me.

    I just figured Anthony's book would be a catalog of sexual conquests, beginning at, (what?) like, age 7.
    i also like it, but to be honest, flea's pre-musician life wasn't all that compelling. it was a completely normal divorced family who moved around a bit story. it was honestly only interesting to me because i obviously knew who he was. beyond that, it was kind of just....normal. 
    I just read Anthony's book and thought it was atrocious.  Absolutely, nothing for the first half of the book except his sexual exploits and prodigious drug use.  By the time he got to the musicianship, I was stunned that he was ever able to write or perform at all.  I definitely would not recommend it because it doesn't read well.  It is written as musings and can feel a bit disjointed.  
    interesting. i couldn't put it down. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,118
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    dankind said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    Poncier said:


    Not a fan of the cover, but I hear this is a pretty good read?  Liking it so far?
    i read it on our trip to dominican in 2005 and i couldn't put it down. amazing read. wish i didn't give it away. give it away. give it away now. 

    i'd love to read it again. and i had the hard cover too! 
    Flea’s book was great! I never read this one. I don’t really care about lead singers. Don’t we hear enough of their shit?
    depends on the lead singer i suppose. i knew basically nothing about AK prior to reading this book. i doubt i'd need a book about vince neil or axl rose, however, but his was great. 

    i also read flea's. it was pretty good, if you want to read about a musician's completely normal life prior to being in a band. 
    That is exactly what I like to read. It's one reason why Patti Smith's books are so compelling to me.

    I just figured Anthony's book would be a catalog of sexual conquests, beginning at, (what?) like, age 7.
    i also like it, but to be honest, flea's pre-musician life wasn't all that compelling. it was a completely normal divorced family who moved around a bit story. it was honestly only interesting to me because i obviously knew who he was. beyond that, it was kind of just....normal. 
    During those kind of just normal times, though, those passages recounting his reactions to music (physical, emotional, spiritual), recognizing his calling, sensing the divine, if you will. All that was just so sublimely rendered, I thought. One could almost experience his rapture.

    As for Kiedis, he has written some of the greatest lyrics of our generation, but he also wrote "The Zephyr Song" and "Give It Away." 

    I think my wife has Scar Tissue. I've heard enough good reviews at this point to give it try at some point.

    Undertaking Proust right now, so it'll be a good, long while, methinks.
    yeah, his spirituality definitely was a big part of the book and his life. i did enjoy that part of it. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,201

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  • Purple Fairy Tree
    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055
    Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,810
    Will hopefully be reading this come October. And I'm not a reader. The preview looks interesting 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,118
    Pap said:

    just ordered. thanks for the recommendation!
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,308


    So far, I like it.


  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,308
    West Coast Dreamgirl said:
    Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
    I read that a few months ago. Pretty interesting.

  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,201
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Pap said:

    just ordered. thanks for the recommendation!
    This one is really good so far. Do yourself a favour and order his first book too. It's called The Singing Earth and also comes with a perfect soundtrack. :wink:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,118
    Pap said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Pap said:

    just ordered. thanks for the recommendation!
    This one is really good so far. Do yourself a favour and order his first book too. It's called The Singing Earth and also comes with a perfect soundtrack. :wink:
    right, i forgot about that one. thanks!
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,471
    I recently finished the new Willie Mays book which was very good.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,804
    Jon Krakauer, Classic Krakauer.
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    This is such an excellent book! As much as I really like Krakauer's Into... books and the longer ones, I'm a huge fan of his essays and outdoor stories. This one along with Eiger Dreams are two BIG favorites.


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