Scanner is awesome. I've never read Valis.
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502Just finished reading Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, having never read any of his writings previously, and generally not being a person interested in reading books or cooking. Read it quickly and kept my interest all of the way through. Good book.
Never met the guy but given what I read and having watched some of his TV shows, I think I would have thoroughly enjoyed sitting down with him at some point to listen to some tunes and drink some beer.
A shame he's no longer with us. RIP
Never met the guy but given what I read and having watched some of his TV shows, I think I would have thoroughly enjoyed sitting down with him at some point to listen to some tunes and drink some beer.
A shame he's no longer with us. RIP
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
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503I liked him as a personality, saw him live once and he was great, but could never read that book, tried a couple of times, too.jfv wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:45 pm Just finished reading Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, having never read any of his writings previously, and generally not being a person interested in reading books or cooking. Read it quickly and kept my interest all of the way through. Good book.
Never met the guy but given what I read and having watched some of his TV shows, I think I would have thoroughly enjoyed sitting down with him at some point to listen to some tunes and drink some beer.
A shame he's no longer with us. RIP
The biography about him is really great, one of the few films that makes me cry every time I watch it.
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504Oh i get it. i get it now.enframed wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:56 pmI liked him as a personality, saw him live once and he was great, but could never read that book, tried a couple of times, too.jfv wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:45 pm Just finished reading Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, having never read any of his writings previously, and generally not being a person interested in reading books or cooking. Read it quickly and kept my interest all of the way through. Good book.
Never met the guy but given what I read and having watched some of his TV shows, I think I would have thoroughly enjoyed sitting down with him at some point to listen to some tunes and drink some beer.
A shame he's no longer with us. RIP
The biography about him is really great, one of the few films that makes me cry every time I watch it.
Your eyes were not seeing a performance. You were seeing the real person behind the persona.
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505Trying to remember what possessed me to read the book.. was a few days ago and I breezed through it. My browser search history that day seems to indicate it was one of those happenstance things.. like a YouTube or Facebook recommendation.. (damn you, ads!) that sent me on a tangent.enframed wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:56 pmI liked him as a personality, saw him live once and he was great, but could never read that book, tried a couple of times, too.jfv wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:45 pm Just finished reading Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, having never read any of his writings previously, and generally not being a person interested in reading books or cooking. Read it quickly and kept my interest all of the way through. Good book.
Never met the guy but given what I read and having watched some of his TV shows, I think I would have thoroughly enjoyed sitting down with him at some point to listen to some tunes and drink some beer.
A shame he's no longer with us. RIP
The biography about him is really great, one of the few films that makes me cry every time I watch it.
Yeah, books and cooking are not two things that normally interest me, so I started reading it thinking I might not finish it. But my first job (when I was in high school) was as a busboy, so many of his anecdotes were intriguing and reminded me of that job ~ 30 years ago.
It's been a minute since I watched that biography and I recall it being excellent. Will add it to the "watch soon" list.
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
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506Making a stronger attempt at reading more this year, starting with All The White Friends I Couldn't Keep by Andre Henry. Will report back...if there is anyone left to report back to
Are either of you familiar with The Library of Babel? I will soon start A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck, an existential horror novella based on the Borges short. Not being remotely familiar with either I'm excited to take this journey and hopefully get inspired to discover more Borges.jimmy spako wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 5:01 amI read and loved the Labyrinths collection 30 years ago, and have Collected Fiction here.andyman wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:26 am Jim, have you read much Borges? Interested to hear what you thought of Invisible Cities in comparison, if so.
Man, it is hard to beat those stories. I still think of Funes the Memorious or Pierre Menard in some connection pretty often, contemporary or otherwise.
I did have the feeling that much of the general feel of Invisible Cities was deeply indebted to Borges throughout the book and caught myself early on thinking roughly "Maybe I'd rather be re-reading Labyrinths", but started to appreciate it much more as its own thing about half-way in. I would like to go back and chew on it again. Making music, I often think of trying to make a sort of abstract dream city or space in a way, to make something abstract and ephemeral, conjure something up in the air that somehow evokes feelings of trajectories through a city, or exploring some sort of hyper-object, it's difficult to put into words. But the book also has a lot to offer there too, as inspiration.
Justice for Dexter Wade and Nakari Campbell
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507Doppleganger by Naomi Klein. The author of The Shock Doctrine confronts the intellectual journey that Naomi Wolf (whom she's frequently confused with), took from being a respected third wave feminist writer, to being a bat-shit crazy, cloud truther, conspiracy theorist.
I think beyond the 'which Naomi are you again?' hook, the idea is that seemingly reasonable people go down the rabbit hole, so we'd better look hard at it. It could happen to any of us.
I think beyond the 'which Naomi are you again?' hook, the idea is that seemingly reasonable people go down the rabbit hole, so we'd better look hard at it. It could happen to any of us.
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508Goddamn Lord of the Rings.
It’s like spending time with an old friend. Years since I’d read it. I’m amazed what the films got away with but get the decisions.
It’s like spending time with an old friend. Years since I’d read it. I’m amazed what the films got away with but get the decisions.
clocker bob may 30, 2006 wrote:I think the possibility of interbreeding between an earthly species and an extraterrestrial species is as believable as any other explanation for the existence of George W. Bush.
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509That last bit is something I think about, because, after all, none of these people thought they were going crazy. Wolf’s decline began well before the infamous “death recorded” error/radio interview; her earlier book Vagina received lacerating reviews that all highlighted the book’s pseudo-science. Same goes for Joe Rogan—the signs have been there for ages. But what about, say, Jordan Peterson? He may have been a shitty guy, but he declined from shitty-but-normal to lunacy in about five minutes.losthighway wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:18 pm Doppleganger by Naomi Klein. The author of The Shock Doctrine confronts the intellectual journey that Naomi Wolf (whom she's frequently confused with), took from being a respected third wave feminist writer, to being a bat-shit crazy, cloud truther, conspiracy theorist.
I think beyond the 'which Naomi are you again?' hook, the idea is that seemingly reasonable people go down the rabbit hole, so we'd better look hard at it. It could happen to any of us.
As for what I’m reading, I got Thurston Moore’s book from the library. He’s a bit of a golden retriever—everything is the greatest, most mind-evaporating thing ever—but I’m enjoying the hell out of it. He tries to capture the experience of playing and (especially) seeing music, is very gracious in sharing what inspired him and what other people contributed to SY, and largely eschews gossip.
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510I'm currently reading this, too. Thurston is a great writer. I am still at the early stages of his life but am excited to get to read about the making of SY albums. I want to read Kim Gordons book too. I never got around to reading that one.Wood Goblin wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:59 am
As for what I’m reading, I got Thurston Moore’s book from the library. He’s a bit of a golden retriever—everything is the greatest, most mind-evaporating thing ever—but I’m enjoying the hell out of it. He tries to capture the experience of playing and (especially) seeing music, is very gracious in sharing what inspired him and what other people contributed to SY, and largely eschews gossip.