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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
8:57 pm	I didn't finish any of those things I last mentioned. I read the last Harry Potter book, and... something else I think but I can't quite recall. I'm almost done with Hey Rube by Hunter S Thompson. It has given me some slight appreciation of sports. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
2:18 pm	stuff Lately I've been going through Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth books and right now I'm reading Naked Empire. Also been reading this book Herzog by Saul Bellow. Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe. Caligula and three other plays by Camus. still need to finish People's History of the USA... (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 4th, 2007
5:41 pm	free culture, about the ownership of creative media. A Book I want to read. Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
9:16 am	B and Quitter finished The Quitter by Harvey Pekar The Story of B by Daniel Quinn. It was totally awesome, and refreshed me very satisfactorily on the content of Ishmael, while expanding the material and taking it in daring new directions. A superb job, Mr. Quinn. currently reading Thud! by Terry Pratchett. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. It's completely awesome so far and I love it. to read soon The Shipping News Notes from Underground and other short stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Cruel and Unusual and some other stuff I can't remember right now because my pile is not in front of my face. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
10:35 am	a lot of books Okay, I'm going to try to list everything I've finished lately. finished What God Wants Days of War, Nights of Love Sandman vol. 1-4 Spider-Girl vol 1 Return of the Dark Knight Books of Magic: Life During Wartime vol 1 Stuff I'm reading Cryptonomicon Main lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: a Lester Bangs Reader Lunar Park Current Mood: overwhelmed Current Music: Meat Loaf - Lost Boys and Golden Girls (Comment on this)
Monday, October 17th, 2005
5:09 pm	a trifle. Finished Handbook for Young Boys by Walter Dean Myers It was pretty good. Young Adult book, but it was really worthwhile. Anyway, I was in the mood for an easy read, and this really fit the bill. Now I'm looking at a book called "What God Wants" and its pretty interesting. It isn't like what it sounds. Current Music: OMD - So In Love (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
7:42 pm	box office poison. and others. I read a very good graphic novel called "Box Office Poison" by Alex Robinson recently. I just found out it has a sequel called "BOP!" and I want to read it badly, but the library doesn't have it. CURSES! I've read some other stuff that must not be too remarkable. LOL. Oh wait I'm rereading the more recent Harry Potter books. Also I picked up a book called "Content" which is awesome. And also I am still reading Howard Zinn's People's History. And lots of other things. Current Music: Elton John - Rocket Man (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 14th, 2005
7:08 pm	Read Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. It was totally fucking awesome. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
2:27 pm	read Dungeon Vol. 1: Duck Heart by Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. It was cute but not as bitingly satirical as I expected. Read David Boring by Daniel Clowes. It was awesome. (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 7th, 2005
3:56 pm	also. Also I have recently read Powers vol 3 "Little Deaths" by Brian Michael Bendis, Buddha vols 1-2 by Osamu Tezuka, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware, and Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind vol 1 by Hayao Miyazaki. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 6th, 2005
3:08 pm	Dick and Zinn picked up Radio Free Albemuth by Phillip K Dick, and A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. They are both super good. Esp. the Zinn book which fucking r0xx0rs. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
3:56 pm	finished Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley. Totally fucking awesome. Lent it to Jake. currently reading What is the Grand Design? another totally great book which I picked up and it's good. Beezlebub's Tales to his Grandson, Gurdjief very dense and hard to read. A challenge. the library has lots of good books on electronic music and also some recordings on CD and vinyl. woot. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005
9:51 pm	update and month breakdown Picked up a copy of The Shipping News at Annie's Book Stop in P-land. Been reading that mostly. I was reading a lot of Demian before that. Also saw a great book at the library, Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste : A Lester Bangs Reader and the first few chapters of that were totally awesome. Lester Bangs is the shit. I have to read that again sometime. Currently reading The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx Demian, Hermann Hesse Monthly breakdown The only book I finished in May was The Giver. This is really just because my focus was pretty scattered and I didn't focus on any one thing enough. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
2:03 am	acquisitions Ancient and Oriental Music, Romain Goldron The Four Ages of Music, Walter Wiora got these books at the library Saturday. I've read some of the first one and it's pretty good, and I expect the same from the other one, because the author in this first book referred to the author of the other book by name, in a positive way. cool. I've also been reading a variety of articles written by Noam Chomsky or written about him, which I saved from the internet. That's cool. The other day I read through issue 58 of Adbusters, because I never really went through the whole thing, and I read about half of the newest issue, number 59. I really want to get my hands on issue 51, which is the issue that got me interested in Adbusters. Current Music: Dust Brothers - Fight Club (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 14th, 2005
6:57 am	given and received Finished The Giver, Lois Lowry. my immediate reaction... ha. Any society with no music, you can count me out with no hesitation. A life without Close to the Edge? Not worth living. One could quickly say I was barely alive before I heard it, indeed. So, yeah, I just sort of sat down with the book around 3:30am I think. Maybe 4. I'm not sure. Ended up reading it whole in one sitting. It's categorized as young adult fiction. Eh. I read Animal Farm when I was 13 or something, too, you know? I remember watching the cartoon for that when I was very young, too, come to think of it. My point is just that. Anyway, The Giver is written in a deceptively plain style that is very effective. Really suspends that disbelief. There was a wonderful moment when I realized how well the author had pulled me into the world, when the main character receives instructions which allows him to disobey several essential tenets of the society. I experienced surprise and elation with the character, and then delight as I became aware of how completely the author had succeeded as a world-maker. Certainly a great work of philosophical literature, addressing the ever-present concern as to the balance of Safety & Freedom. And evoking a very interesting world and view, esp. in regards to the Giving and Receiving in the book. Memories and such. SCORE: 5 out of 5. My thanks surely goes to Robyn for telling me just enough about this book to arouse my interest, and nothing more. Currently reading Electronic Music: A Listener's Guide, Elliott Schwartz The Dissenting Academy, edited by Theodore Roszack Understanding Power, Noam Chomsky Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley Current Music: Yes - Close to the Edge (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 11th, 2005
5:25 am	elektronique Was reading some more of Electronic Music today. I'm up to around page 57 or something. The book is fucking awesome, and I just wanted to say that. It's probably the best and most important book written about the development of electronics in music during the first 70 years of the 20th century. Reading this section about 1900-1960 has changed my whole musical world. I listened to Dark Side of the Moon and I was hearing it in a completely different way than I had before. With things like "found sounds" and magnetic tape splicing in my mind. Just knowing where these techniques come from, the pioneers who thought these things up. It's incredible. It has made me appreciate this one album so much more, having brought these incredible avant garde artsy techniques into the pop realm so throughly. Dark Side of the Moon is indelible now. Amazing. The book is just fantastic and it's really inspiring for me. Definitely having read The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music has been very helpful for me in reading this now. frikken sweet. I like it when things happen in that weird way. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 10th, 2005
5:04 am	inactive Sorry. Haven't been reading really lately. :( Headaches lately, and just not in the mood, even though I sort of want to at the same time. It's how I am. Just wanted to update and say that. I never mentioned that I ended up returning Servant of the Dragon to the library because it was due and I couldn't extend it. So now I have. I did like how much I had read, so I definitely will read it sometime. Found a very interesting book today at the library. Called something like "When I was Five I Killed Myself" or maybe "I Killed Myself When I Was Five". I can't remember. I know where I saw it though. I read the first short chapter and it was very catching. I will read it sometime. Also, Robyn wanted to take out "The Giver" novel, and she read it tonight and kept singing its praises evermore. haha. I guess I will read it sometime. Maybe soon. (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 1st, 2005
12:00 am	April in review. Here's the monthly wrap-up. This month was pretty good. I read some really good books, and five isn't too bad a number. I do shoot to read one book a week as a base minimum, so that's good. Finished this Month 4/21/05- Nausea, Jean-Paul Sartre 4/17/05- The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music, Tim Smith 4/14/05- Kingdom of Fear, Hunter S Thompson The End of the Novel, Michael Kruger Only Begotten Daughter, James Morrow Currently reading Servant of the Dragon, David Drake The Dissenting Academy, edited by Theodore Roszack Understanding Power, Noam Chomsky Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley ( the big stack of books I need to read ) Books I will read someday Cliffs' Notes - Nausea (does it exist? It should.) Immortalis, R. A. Salvatore Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky the Lord of the Isles series, books 5+, David Drake Cliffs' Notes - Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 22nd, 2005
4:38 am	nauseation purge Finished Nausea, Jean-Paul Sartre. 178 pgs. It took me a while to finish. I found myself only reading 15-30 pages in a sitting. Not boring at all, just very dense material, things that deserve a lot of thought and reflection. A superb novel in every respect. Immaculate structure in terms of story development and the development of the main character. Nigh trangsressive in content, slightly disturbing. SCORE: 5 out of 5. I started to read Servant of the Dragon, but found myself completely unable to concentrate. Very different from what I had just been reading, both in style and content. Looks good, though. I like that series by David Drake, you know. My dad actually got me started on it. Horror afficianados, check out http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/ for free HP Lovecraft stories online. Yes, you too can read the work of the man who inspired everything good in horror today. Do I look like I'm kidding? He's fucking awesome. Lovecraft is god. Cthulhu ftagn! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
10:28 am	Holo-graphic a short note Acquisitions Picked up The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot at the library today. felisarcanum was so kind to remind me of it again, so I'm giving him some more props. The book looks really really slick, and I'm very excited about it. I've seen references to the holographic universe theory in many and varied places, and it's very compelling. More info once I finish the thing. I swear, I really really will finish Nausea very soon. Life's been sort of interrupting. I only have twenty pages. LOL. The scene with Anny was really good. (2 Comments |Comment on this)