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Post by mookie on Jan 10, 2019 13:18:13 GMT -6
"huh, I wonder why the books thread is active today" *checks thread*  |
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Post by thebosma on Jan 10, 2019 13:23:10 GMT -6
Thank you for this! do you have any favorites from the list? hitting the library after work. It’s already been covered but Fun Home is fantastic and a really great read and I may have cried when I read it. The Persepolis books are really great as well, on the graphic novel front. Dr. Roxane Gay is in that list and pretty much everything she touches is gold. The New Jim Crowe by Dr. Michelle Alexander is not on the list I think but it’s super interesting |
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Post by sthubbins on Jan 10, 2019 13:23:40 GMT -6
"huh, I wonder why the books thread is active today" *checks thread* come on, goodson's pynchon ranking isn't that bad |
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Post by wanny on Jan 10, 2019 13:50:40 GMT -6
That was a fun four pages
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 20:24:07 GMT -6
welp. at the peril of reviving this thread today...
i've been working on my 27th drafts of all the shitty novels i've been working on for a hot minute. if anyone wants to tear them apart and tell me to get a new hobby, hmu
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Post by thebosma on Jan 10, 2019 20:40:00 GMT -6
welp. at the peril of reviving this thread today... i've been working on my 27th drafts of all the shitty novels i've been working on for a hot minute. if anyone wants to tear them apart and tell me to get a new hobby, hmu Send the new drafts to me! I only have the old ones |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 21:28:07 GMT -6
I've got a lot of unfinished fun ones if you want something to collaborate on that are less serialized and pretentious lol
honestly with all the terrible shit lately that keeps me up at night, at least I've been able to use the insomnia to work on something productive
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 11, 2019 8:50:10 GMT -6
Ok the Beastie Boys book really takes off once Licensed to Ill officially happens in "the timeline" (p.217)
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Post by facts on Jan 11, 2019 9:41:52 GMT -6
The whole book is essential but the best parts are when they move to LA so keep reading
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 11, 2019 10:26:14 GMT -6
The whole book is essential but the best parts are when they move to LA so keep reading Pretty sure they're there already - I'm at like 330 or so, read a lot last night (and there's so many pictures). I think Check Your Head is out now and they're just talking about learning more instruments to actually be able to play instead of sample, so obviously Ill Communication is around the corner. The scatter-brained way its told actually helps it make sense later. You can really see how all of these random points of their life intersected so they could find their voice. The Capitol Records drama is also great from their perspective. |
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Post by Tweet on Jan 11, 2019 10:34:15 GMT -6
Gonna start this one between today and the end of the weekend  I'm not sure how I feel about humanizing actual white nationalist Don Black in the first chapter but I'm all in on this |
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Post by irvred on Jan 11, 2019 10:45:20 GMT -6
chvrchbarrel you should try Gravity’s Rainbow. It takes about 100 pages to get in a rhythm and program your brain to follow, and then 2/3rds of the way through you’ll lose it again. But in a fun way
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 10:47:57 GMT -6
chvrchbarrel you should try Gravity’s Rainbow. It takes about 100 pages to get in a rhythm and program your brain to follow, and then 2/3rds of the way through you’ll lose it again. But in a fun way this book hurt my head too much for me to finish |
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Post by sthubbins on Jan 11, 2019 13:12:01 GMT -6
i too bailed on Gravity's Rainbow pretty quick but it's been some years, maybe i'll try again
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Post by facts on Jan 11, 2019 13:41:45 GMT -6
The whole book is essential but the best parts are when they move to LA so keep reading Pretty sure they're there already - I'm at like 330 or so, read a lot last night (and there's so many pictures). I think Check Your Head is out now and they're just talking about learning more instruments to actually be able to play instead of sample, so obviously Ill Communication is around the corner. The scatter-brained way its told actually helps it make sense later. You can really see how all of these random points of their life intersected so they could find their voice. The Capitol Records drama is also great from their perspective. And it's a really obvious (albeit a little too on the nose) link that the storytelling in the book is on brand Beasties in terms of the non-linear flow. The thing I came away with the greatest appreciation for was the later projects. I thought a lot of the stuff they did from the mid 90s on was goofy and aggressively unfunny, but it's pretty clear that they found most of the rap and rock from that era to be super corny, and they were doing things mostly to entertain themselves. Lots of bands get breathless accolades on this board for being seminal influences, but the Beastie legacy on music and culture is underratedly incalculable. |
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Post by teekoh on Jan 11, 2019 13:50:30 GMT -6
Nirvana wasn't that big, facts.
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Post by Xamnam on Jan 11, 2019 13:53:56 GMT -6
Nirvana wasn't that big, facts. You know, there are days when it'd be nice to get some actual work done, and people just toss fireworks everywhere. |
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Post by thebosma on Jan 11, 2019 13:56:52 GMT -6
This isn’t your full time job?
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Post by Xamnam on Jan 11, 2019 13:57:57 GMT -6
Step up the donations and we'll talk.
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Post by thebosma on Jan 11, 2019 13:59:42 GMT -6
You get paid in exposure, silly.
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Post by Xamnam on Jan 11, 2019 14:00:12 GMT -6
Step up the freely offered festival press passes and we'll talk.
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Post by teekoh on Jan 11, 2019 14:00:26 GMT -6
Nirvana wasn't that big, facts. You know, there are days when it'd be nice to get some actual work done, and people just toss fireworks everywhere. |
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Post by thebosma on Jan 11, 2019 14:03:40 GMT -6
You know, there are days when it'd be nice to get some actual work done, and people just toss fireworks everywhere. You'd probably make it up to him if you ranked Radiohead albums |
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Post by Tweet on Jan 15, 2019 20:53:54 GMT -6
Gonna start this one between today and the end of the weekend I'm not sure how I feel about humanizing actual white nationalist Don Black in the first chapter but I'm all in on this This is very much worth a read and everyone should do so I think I'm gonna read Tweedy's autobiography next |
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Post by Tweet on Jan 28, 2019 8:15:30 GMT -6
I read tweedy’s book and it was very good. Very story-teller like. The stories with mavis staples cracked me up, the stuff with jay Bennett made me have depression. Y’all should read it
I started the same Lou Reed book MMC read and I can already tell it’s going to be a sense as hell read
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Post by dij22 on Jan 28, 2019 8:17:56 GMT -6
I'm about 50 pages into the Tweedy book and I'll probably finish it on one of these inevitable snow days.
He's a fun writer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 8:20:33 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Jan 28, 2019 8:28:07 GMT -6
This and Malcom X autobiography are things i should’ve read years ago |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 8:35:05 GMT -6
It's free right now if you have Amazon Prime and a Kindle app (which is also free).
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Post by Tweet on Jan 28, 2019 8:36:10 GMT -6
I have neither of those, but I do have a library card
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