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Severian · 08.09.2017, 06:00 PM

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lolyeats

Goddammit

!@#$%! · 08.09.2017, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Severian

Goddammit

ha ha ha ha

!@#$%! · 08.17.2017, 10:04 AM

today im trying to get started on robert burton's anatomy of melancholy

a very readable online edition can be found here: http://www.exclassics.com/anatomy/anatint.htm

the one i found on gutenberg is a mess, all words jumbled on the page, at least the kindle version. this one is better, the pdf version is more than decent.

not sure i'll manage to read it but have to give it a shot...

h8kurdt · 08.17.2017, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Severian

I have this on my shelf, but have never read. Let me know what you think when you're done.

I needs to reads more books.

Honestly, it was brilliant. I suspect Rob might be into this one too.

I'm now on this absolute beast of a book

It's nearly a 1000 pages and only covers the Beatles up to 1962. One for the geeks is putting it lightly! Good read so far, mind.

Also, never has the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover' ever been more apt than in this one. Who the fuck thought that was a decent cover. You can go on microsoft word and come up with a better cover than that.

ilduclo · 08.17.2017, 01:50 PM

wow, you'd reallly have to be into the Beatles to go there (excludes me, for sure, I wouldn't devote 10 minutes to them)

demonrail666 · 08.17.2017, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Honestly, it was brilliant. I suspect Rob might be into this one too.

I'm now on this absolute beast of a book

It's nearly a 1000 pages and only covers the Beatles up to 1962. One for the geeks is putting it lightly! Good read so far, mind.

Also, never has the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover' ever been more apt than in this one. Who the fuck thought that was a decent cover. You can go on microsoft word and come up with a better cover than that.

Do Liverpudlians get a discount on books about The Beatles?

evollove · 08.17.2017, 02:52 PM

I'm almost certain I saw that at the library with a different cover.

Not sure why I didn't pick it up. It was free after all.

Oh yeah. 1000 pages.

dirty bunny · 08.17.2017, 05:01 PM

I just finished a Dick Francis novel. Not sure what I'll read next.

h8kurdt · 08.18.2017, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Do Liverpudlians get a discount on books about The Beatles?

No. They're expected to have all the knowledge about them ingrained before their 5th birthday.

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wow, you'd reallly have to be into the Beatles to go there (excludes me, for sure, I wouldn't devote 10 minutes to them)

Funny thing is there's an extended edition that's 1700 pages. That's taking it a tad too far for me.

Rob Instigator · 08.24.2017, 10:33 AM

Read Neil deGrasse Tyson's new book, Astrophysics for People In a Hurry

https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2017/...rophysics.html

Severian · 08.24.2017, 11:12 AM

I'd read the fuck out of that Beatles book. Never heard of it before. Is there a second volume that covers their pop culture domination? Or, like, the first three years of it?

Been a while since I had a good Beatles read. Love me a Beatles book.

ilduclo · 08.29.2017, 11:36 AM

not reading any Game of Thrones!

just finished Exit Ghost. A bit scattered about, but Roth is sure a commander of the language.

h8kurdt · 08.29.2017, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Severian

I'd read the fuck out of that Beatles book. Never heard of it before. Is there a second volume that covers their pop culture domination? Or, like, the first three years of it?

Been a while since I had a good Beatles read. Love me a Beatles book.

It's part of a trilogy and he's still writing the second one. I was pretty peeved to find that it's "expected" to come out in 2020 -_- He said he reckons he'll take that one from 1963-67

I've nearly finished this one now and honestly, it might as well be seen as the last word on the Beatles. No one is gonna top the amount of depth, research, myth destroying as has gone on in this book.

I've just got past Stuart Sutcliffe's death which was pretty heartbreaking. Paul just comes across as a total cunt over his treatment of Stuart.

LifeDistortion · 09.03.2017, 02:30 PM

Started Joe Hill's The Fireman yesterday. Definitely been on that Joe Hill kick the past few months with Locke & Key, I've been so focused on reading GNs though its been awhile since I've read a novel without the graphics.

Severian · 09.04.2017, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

It's part of a trilogy and he's still writing the second one. I was pretty peeved to find that it's "expected" to come out in 2020 -_- He said he reckons he'll take that one from 1963-67

I've nearly finished this one now and honestly, it might as well be seen as the last word on the Beatles. No one is gonna top the amount of depth, research, myth destroying as has gone on in this book.

I've just got past Stuart Sutcliffe's death which was pretty heartbreaking. Paul just comes across as a total cunt over his treatment of Stuart.

Aw man I really want to read it now but just started two new books that I'm determined to finish. I'm more interested in the next phase, but I enjoy reading about the Beatles period.

Also, Paul was a major cunt a lot of the time, it seems. Don't you think? John gets the cunt treatment most, but Paul was not all sunshine and puppy songs. He was a bit of a precious little shit, and control freak.

Remember in the Anthology film? There's one scene where Paul and George are under a tree, and Paul is regaling the interviewer with some tales from this period or that, and kind of being passive aggressive, and George just sits there and quietly strums his guitar and doesn't say a Fucking word. Tension is palpable. Harrison had spent a lifetime putting up with the guy's shit, and was just not even Fucking around anymore. What an uncomfortable series that was. Haha.

tesla69 · 09.04.2017, 07:05 PM

The Goldseekers - W. R. Burnett

adult story of men going to look for gold in the Yukon

Rob Instigator · 09.14.2017, 10:18 AM

Finished Terence McKenna's Food Of The Gods. read it back in 1992, and read it again.

http://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2017/0...expansion.html

!@#$%! · 09.14.2017, 10:29 AM

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Finished Terence McKenna's Food Of The Gods. read it back in 1992, and read it again.

http://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2017/0...expansion.html

ha ha, me too! (not now, but then)

coffee and sugar ruined us all, eh?

ps- great review!

Rob Instigator · 09.14.2017, 10:49 AM

thnx!

I am myself a caffeine addict (in the AM). used to be a sugar addict. used to be tobacco addict.

!@#$%! · 09.14.2017, 11:01 AM

me too with the tobaccker. it actually helps with ADD/concentration/coffee business. lets your park yourself in front of a dull task the whole day! but not no more...

btw did you know (learned this from ken burns) the drink of choice of the civil war was coffee? every soldier drank something like 1/2 a gallon a day (this precision im not certain about... would have to rewatch). but explains a lot, huh?

i still drink coffee mornings and post-lunch. with great suspicion though.

08.17.2017, 10:04 AM	#4703
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	today im trying to get started on robert burton's anatomy of melancholy a very readable online edition can be found here: http://www.exclassics.com/anatomy/anatint.htm the one i found on gutenberg is a mess, all words jumbled on the page, at least the kindle version. this one is better, the pdf version is more than decent. not sure i'll manage to read it but have to give it a shot...
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08.17.2017, 01:50 PM	#4705
ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	wow, you'd reallly have to be into the Beatles to go there (excludes me, for sure, I wouldn't devote 10 minutes to them)
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08.17.2017, 02:52 PM	#4707
evollove invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,879	I'm almost certain I saw that at the library with a different cover. Not sure why I didn't pick it up. It was free after all. Oh yeah. 1000 pages.
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08.17.2017, 05:01 PM	#4708
dirty bunny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oh, why Texas actually Posts: 1,680	I just finished a Dick Francis novel. Not sure what I'll read next. __________________ kiss me kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
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08.24.2017, 10:33 AM	#4710
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	Read Neil deGrasse Tyson's new book, Astrophysics for People In a Hurry https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2017/...rophysics.html __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.24.2017, 11:12 AM	#4711
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,798	I'd read the fuck out of that Beatles book. Never heard of it before. Is there a second volume that covers their pop culture domination? Or, like, the first three years of it? Been a while since I had a good Beatles read. Love me a Beatles book.
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08.29.2017, 11:36 AM	#4712
ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	not reading any Game of Thrones! just finished Exit Ghost. A bit scattered about, but Roth is sure a commander of the language.
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09.03.2017, 02:30 PM	#4714
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Started Joe Hill's The Fireman yesterday. Definitely been on that Joe Hill kick the past few months with Locke & Key, I've been so focused on reading GNs though its been awhile since I've read a novel without the graphics.
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09.04.2017, 07:05 PM	#4716
tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	The Goldseekers - W. R. Burnett adult story of men going to look for gold in the Yukon
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09.14.2017, 10:18 AM	#4717
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	Finished Terence McKenna's Food Of The Gods. read it back in 1992, and read it again. http://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2017/0...expansion.html __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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09.14.2017, 10:49 AM	#4719
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	thnx! I am myself a caffeine addict (in the AM). used to be a sugar addict. used to be tobacco addict. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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09.14.2017, 11:01 AM	#4720
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	me too with the tobaccker. it actually helps with ADD/concentration/coffee business. lets your park yourself in front of a dull task the whole day! but not no more... btw did you know (learned this from ken burns) the drink of choice of the civil war was coffee? every soldier drank something like 1/2 a gallon a day (this precision im not certain about... would have to rewatch). but explains a lot, huh? i still drink coffee mornings and post-lunch. with great suspicion though.
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