The High Heat Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Just finished this...thing. Complete effing lunacy! Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Entertaining lunacy? Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Entertaining lunacy?Oh yes! Quite yes! Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I don't really listen to Croce all that much, but grew up hearing his music and always respected him as a songwriter. I spotted this one at the library and couldn't resist picking it up. I'm about 2/3 of the way through, fairly interesting read so far. I think I may have to pull out my old Croce records tomorrow for a little refresher course. Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I was always fond of Croce. I may have to pick that up. It'd be quite a contrast to the James Ellroy I'm immersed in now, "American Tabloid".(Which is being a terrific read!) Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I have the Croce 2 disc anthology. So many good tunes (including songs that weren't hits) from an artist with such a short career and life. I'll have to find that book and read it. I know Jim never got paid for his work and it took a lawsuit for his family to receive their rightful royalties almost ten years after his fateful plane crash. Shameful what record companies do to some artists. Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I know Jim never got paid for his work and it took a lawsuit for his family to receive their rightful royalties almost ten years after his fateful plane crash. Shameful what record companies do to some artists.Yeah, his deal was pretty bad. According to Jim's wife he hated confrontation so a lot of the stuff the record company did went unchallenged. They were never even given a copy of the contract they signed, that's how bad things were. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 "Lonesome Animals" Bruce Holbert. Rather philosophical for a novel that falls in the Western genre, excellent read so far. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I've always thought Jim Croce Laws would have been a nice album title. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Big Chabon fan but this isn't doing it for me. I will plow through (because I have a hard time not finishing books) but this is really sprawling and all over the place and I'm having trouble keeping track of what's going on. There is some great writing but there is also lots of writing that to me seems like he is trying too hard. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 "The Twelve" by J. Cronin. Action packed schlock! Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 "The Twelve" by J. Cronin. Action packed schlock! It sure is. And I couldn't put it down! Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I'm moving through this slowly but quite enjoying it. Reading a young Kerouac's journal where he maps out a future career as a novelist, not so much with hope and planning, but with foresight, absolute knowledge and certainty that the only thing he will do with his life will be to write. It's quite startling. Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Just finished Mystic River and then picked up and started Rod. They are quite different. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 "The Terror of Living" by U. Waite Its about a coke smugglin' cowboy.......whats not to like? Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I love Pillars of the Earth and World w/o End. The thickest "light reads" I've ever tackled. Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Strange book but I'm enjoying it. Kind of cyberpunky: Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 This has been on my shelf for a while. I must say I'm hooked: Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" by G. Higgins. Saw the film a few times, finally getting to the book.... Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes. Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Strayed was pretty good. I followed that book by reading AWOL on the AT How was "AWOL?" I'm on a bit of a hiking-memoir tear right now, reading "Walking North" by Mic Lowther. The writing isn't great but it's an interesting read anyway. Next I'm on to "Appalachian Trials." I think 2013 may hold a little backpacking for me. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 AWOL was good; worth reading if you're interested in the AT or backpacking in general. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher-The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis" by T. Egan Pretty cool! Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I am absolutely loving this book right now. Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I am absolutely loving this book right now.Just finished it! Loved it! As a nerd growing up in the 1980s, this hit home for me quite a bit. Link to post Share on other sites
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