What book are you currently reading?

Troublezone · Subject: What book are you currently reading? Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:43 pm

I currently started on the Rudy Sarzo book "Off the Rails".

**detuned** · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:33 am

America On Record: A History Of Recorded Sound by Andre Millard

Great book!

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Schbopo · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:56 am

The Great Gatsby

Troublezone · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:32 am

detuned wrote:

America On Record: A History Of Recorded Sound by Andre Millard

Great book!

Sounds like a book i was issued when i took music appreciation class.

Troublezone · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:35 am

Schbopo wrote:

The Great Gatsby

Are you joking or just into "classics"?

Schbopo · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:40 am

Troublezone wrote:

Are you joking or just into "classics"?

The latter.

manny · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:58 am

F.Scott Fitzgerald is one of my favorite writers, Tender is the Night is another classic.

Currently reading:

The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose

**detuned** · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:17 am

Troublezone wrote:

detuned wrote:

America On Record: A History Of Recorded Sound by Andre Millard

Great book!

Sounds like a book i was issued when i took music appreciation class.

This book focuses on the technical aspect of sound recording and reproduction, from Edison's cylinder, the era of acoustic recording during the 20's, the change to electrical recording in the 30's, film sound, introduction of stereo (which actually started as early as 1940 in films), etc. It also covers the evolution of home music players, radio and film production. Alot of this information I knew already but it's nice to have it all collected in one text.

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Leatherface · Metal master Number of posts: 666 Age: 38 Registration date: 2007-05-08

A Lion's Tale:Around the World in Spandex by Chris Jericho.

Stender · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:31 am

Schbopo wrote:

The Great Gatsby

You seriously rule dude. That book is one of my favorates, the symbology in that book is great...another stunning book by Fitzgerald is "the beautiful and the damned". Check it sometime.

I've been reading My "Bedford reader" textbook for my english compostion course + loads of Bukowski...mostly "Ham on rye" and "Last night of the earth poems".

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SAHB Healer · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:46 am

"Bases Loaded" by Kurt Radomski. Another book about steroids in baseball.

Troublezone · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:28 am

SAHB Healer wrote:

"Bases Loaded" by Kurt Radomski. Another book about steroids in baseball.

Did you see that documentary about Jose Conseco?

rattpoison · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:26 am

Stender wrote:

....loads of Bukowski...mostly "Ham on rye" and "Last night of the earth poems".

Stender gets it.......you ever read Henry Miller?

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akeldama · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:16 pm

Falling In Love With Prayer-Mike Macintosh

Stender · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:22 pm

rattpoison wrote:

Stender wrote:

....loads of Bukowski...mostly "Ham on rye" and "Last night of the earth poems".

Stender gets it.......you ever read Henry Miller?

No, is he like Bukowski?

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manny · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:35 pm

Stender wrote:

rattpoison wrote:

Stender wrote:

....loads of Bukowski...mostly "Ham on rye" and "Last night of the earth poems".

Stender gets it.......you ever read Henry Miller?

No, is he like Bukowski?

No not really, he is more like Jack Kerouac, not in terms of writing style but in terms of how he uses his personal experiences to create his books, his most famous and his best book IMO is 'Tropic of Cancer" very good book talks about his life in Paris and his sexual emotional triangle with his wife and another woman that is suppose to be based on Anais Nin.

**kmorg** · Administrator Number of posts: 7899 Age: 34 Registration date: 2007-01-02

I don't know if it has been translated to English, but I'm currently reading the 3rd book in the Millennium series from Swedish writer, Stig Larsson.

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**detuned** · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:41 pm

manny wrote:

No not really, he is more like Jack Kerouac, not in terms of writing style but in terms of how he uses his personal experiences to create his books, his most famous and his best book IMO is 'Tropic of Cancer" very good book talks about his life in Paris and his sexual emotional triangle with his wife and another woman that is suppose to be based on Anais Nin.

Which was made into a movie: Henry & June

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manny · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:46 pm

detuned wrote:

manny wrote:

No not really, he is more like Jack Kerouac, not in terms of writing style but in terms of how he uses his personal experiences to create his books, his most famous and his best book IMO is 'Tropic of Cancer" very good book talks about his life in Paris and his sexual emotional triangle with his wife and another woman that is suppose to be based on Anais Nin.

Which was made into a movie: Henry & June

That isn't a bad movie but the screenplay was based more on Anais Nin's diaries that she published like 12 volumes of, of course the events the diary chronicle some of the events that made its way into Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' so everything comes full circle I suppose.

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That's my wife's favorite movie

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Stender · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:12 pm

manny wrote:

Stender wrote:

rattpoison wrote:

Stender wrote:

....loads of Bukowski...mostly "Ham on rye" and "Last night of the earth poems".

Stender gets it.......you ever read Henry Miller?

No, is he like Bukowski?

No not really, he is more like Jack Kerouac, not in terms of writing style but in terms of how he uses his personal experiences to create his books, his most famous and his best book IMO is 'Tropic of Cancer" very good book talks about his life in Paris and his sexual emotional triangle with his wife and another woman that is suppose to be based on Anais Nin.

I'll check him out sometime. Have you seen the Bukowski documentary "Born into this"?

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manny · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:22 pm

Stender wrote:

manny wrote:

Stender wrote:

rattpoison wrote:

Stender wrote:

....loads of Bukowski...mostly "Ham on rye" and "Last night of the earth poems".

Stender gets it.......you ever read Henry Miller?

No, is he like Bukowski?

No not really, he is more like Jack Kerouac, not in terms of writing style but in terms of how he uses his personal experiences to create his books, his most famous and his best book IMO is 'Tropic of Cancer" very good book talks about his life in Paris and his sexual emotional triangle with his wife and another woman that is suppose to be based on Anais Nin.

I'll check him out sometime. Have you seen the Bukowski documentary "Born into this"?

Yes I watched it last year, rented from the local library excellent documentary and interesting insight into his art and life, sad, funny, and runs the whole range of emotions like his poetry.

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Just finished Fletch Won, so now I'm starting Fletch Too by Gregory MacDonald.

Also putting time in on The Marvel Chronicle when I can.

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Metal Misfit wrote:

Just finished Fletch Won, so now I'm starting Fletch Too by Gregory MacDonald.

Any thing to do with the Movies ???

I'm currently trying to decode "the A-Z of Google translation for dummies"

rattpoison · Subject: Re: What book are you currently reading? Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:16 am

manny wrote:

Stender wrote:

manny wrote:

Stender wrote:

rattpoison wrote:

Stender wrote:

....loads of Bukowski...mostly "Ham on rye" and "Last night of the earth poems".

Stender gets it.......you ever read Henry Miller?

No, is he like Bukowski?

No not really, he is more like Jack Kerouac, not in terms of writing style but in terms of how he uses his personal experiences to create his books, his most famous and his best book IMO is 'Tropic of Cancer" very good book talks about his life in Paris and his sexual emotional triangle with his wife and another woman that is suppose to be based on Anais Nin.

I'll check him out sometime. Have you seen the Bukowski documentary "Born into this"?

Yes I watched it last year, rented from the local library excellent documentary and interesting insight into his art and life, sad, funny, and runs the whole range of emotions like his poetry.

I see Manny's done the job......yeah Tropic Of Cancer is a must.

I liked Born Into This......but trust Bono to get his head in it, he's been in that great Leonard Cohen film I'm Your Man and a documentary on the Pixies. I'm sorry the man is annoying.......good taste though.

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