bjorn_skurj Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 "Let's Dance" is a pretty good record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Try "True Hallucinations" by T. McKenna. An epic inner-naut adventure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 "Let's Dance" is a pretty good record.It's got some great music. Inglorious Basterds was a good reminder of how great Cat People is. Never Let Me Down (1987), however, is a steaming pile of shite exceeded in shittiness only by the Glass Spider Tour that supported that LP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Yeah, Let's Dance might have been his last quality record. Plus, it introduced many to the guitar stylings of Stevie Ray Vaughn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Today marks the day SRV went down in the helicopter outside of Alpine.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Oh man. That sucked - what a loss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I was barely able to finish "A Simple Plan". Cripes, what a horror story. Started "Alas, Babylon" by P. Frank this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Looking for something lighter so I thought I'd finally get to this ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I've decided to go on a classics bender. I'm loving this: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 ^ I went thru a period where I read a ton of Dickens. Very enjoyable stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 "The Killer Inside Me" by J. Thompson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 City of Darkness: Life In Kowloon Walled City. An amazing book of stories and photographs of this massive, mostly ungoverned settlement in Hong Kong which was demolished in the 1990s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I finished "A Killer Inside Me" in one day. Holy crap, what a great book. Sure, one could say its pulpy trash and I wouldn't argue but still, Thompson caught the vernacular of west Texas wonderfully, the plot was tight and some of the local yokel phrases he used were just perfect. He brought me into the mind of a flawed man who was spinning out of control. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 City of Darkness: Life In Kowloon Walled City. An amazing book of stories and photographs of this massive, mostly ungoverned settlement in Hong Kong which was demolished in the 1990s. This looks worth the effort. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 This looks worth the effort.It is but unfortunately it is hard to find. I borrowed this from a friend. It is out of print and used copies tend be be in the hundreds of dollars. They are reprinting it so I plan to buy the updated version when it comes out this fall. There is a lot of great stuff on-line about the Walled City, including a bunch of video taken on the inside. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Started "Under the Dome" by S. King this morning. I have "The Ruins" by S Smith for a back up if Dome doesnt warrant lugging the thing around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 . I have "The Ruins" by S Smith for a back up if Dome doesnt warrant lugging the thing around.Stephen A. Smith's account of his ESPN summer of 2014? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 ^It better not be^ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Peace Like a River, Leif Enger.Am deep in the throes of loving this book. Great recommendation, thanks again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Sure! I really like how he writes, the language usage. Story is excellent, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Continuing along the Dickens road... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Well, I finally finished The Song of Ice and Fire books (at least the published ones). Whew. Took a while, but really really worth it. It is so good on so many different levels. Clever writing, unconventional structure, the world building, part mystery, part political thriller, part adventure, part fantasy/sci-fi, the monster in the margins, the cliche/trope smashing, the dynamic characters, both familiar and foreign at the same time, ... very very good. For those who have only seen the HBO show, let me recommend the books. You won't be disappointed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 "The Beach" by A. Garland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Working my way through a bag of books I got at the library sale. Just finished: Cyrano de Bergerac Starting: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Bill Bryson - One Summer It's about 1927. Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, Calvin Coolidge, the seeds of the Great Depression. Good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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