What book are you currently reading?

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

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

Great book!

The Great Gatsby

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.

Schbopo wrote:

The Great Gatsby

Are you joking or just into "classics"?

Troublezone wrote:

Are you joking or just into "classics"?

The latter.

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

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.

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

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".

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

SAHB Healer wrote:

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

Did you see that documentary about Jose Conseco?

Stender wrote:

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

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

Falling In Love With Prayer-Mike Macintosh

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?

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 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.

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

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.

That's my wife's favorite movie

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"?

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.

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.

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"

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.