what are you reading? - Page 31

nomadicfollower · 03.10.2007, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

Its a bit of a local issue. Our city finds it more important to fund things like pedestrian bridges over rivers, to the middle of nowhere, or building new and improved sporting arenas (which does serve a role in the city, I realize) rather than paying library workers, or buying new books for inner city libraries. Its upsetting.

It's exactly the same here in Alabama. A proposal was made about a month ago for a new library to be built in an empty Kroger building, but this isn't going to happen. The city's money is going to increase the size of the Sportsplex. Which isn't at all necessary.

Katy · 03.11.2007, 03:23 AM

"New Habits: Today's Women Who Chose To Become Nuns" by Isabel Losada

demonrail666 · 03.11.2007, 09:32 AM

I'm reading Greil Marcus' Mystery Train for the millionth time.

Hip Priest · 03.11.2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Katy

"New Habits: Today's Women Who Chose To Become Nuns" by Isabel Losada

That's a decent book.

On a related note, I'm reading Carla Ricci's Mary Magdalene and Many Others: Women Who Followed Jesus (1991).

Katy · 03.13.2007, 02:04 AM

"Haunted Weather: Music, Silence, and Memory" by David Toop

Cantankerous · 03.13.2007, 02:11 AM

for probably the 8th time. i just go about reading bits and pieces since it's not really in a novel/linear format.

gmku · 03.13.2007, 02:13 AM

Holy crap, what edition is that! I've never seen that cover, and it's called "The Naked Lunch" not "Naked Lunch."

One of my favorites, it gets funnier each read.

Cantankerous · 03.13.2007, 02:16 AM

i don't know, i googled it looking for the cover. the one i have is a really obnoxious bright yellow.

it is pretty hilarious.
dig the signature by the way. love that album. one of the best parts of Fear and Loathing in las vegas is when they're playing the album in the vegas airport and hunter thompson is describing it...the part where mick goes "i think i busted a button on my trousers, hope they don't fall down. you don't want my trousers to fall down, now, do ya?"...you'd have to read it, unless i can dig up the paragraph.

gmku · 03.13.2007, 02:22 AM

Ah, yeah, I've got the yellow edition, too. It's so people three blocks away can see you're reading the dirty book with all the male homosexual graphic passages and shit about drugs.

I don't remember that in Fear and Loathing but it's been a long time since I picked that up. I'll have to check it out. I'm currently obsessed with the Gimme Shelter movie, too, but I can't stand the Altamont footage anymore. But the stuff from the American tour before that and the Mussell Shoals scenes are priceless.

Cantankerous · 03.13.2007, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Ah, yeah, I've got the yellow edition, too. It's so people three blocks away can see you're reading the dirty book with all the male homosexual graphic passages and shit about drugs.

I don't remember that in Fear and Loathing but it's been a long time since I picked that up. I'll have to check it out. I'm currently obsessed with the Gimme Shelter movie, too, but I can't stand the Altamont footage anymore. But the stuff from the American tour before that and the Mussell Shoals scenes are priceless.

well, FUCK ME! HAH!
i love how keith tunes his guitar AFTER he's done playing prodigal son. and if you ask me he jacked that top with the sparkles he had on at altamont and at madison square garden from anita.

gmku · 03.13.2007, 02:32 AM

Yeah, that is a pretty bizarre top. I love the shirt he wears in the studio, too. And I lust after that see-through guitar, whatever the hell it is. A gibson of some kind.

Cantankerous · 03.13.2007, 02:34 AM

the marilyn shirt?
the snakeskin boots are killer.

gtr made by dan armstrong/ampeg. they're very heavy.

gmku · 03.13.2007, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

the marilyn shirt?
the snakeskin boots are killer.

gtr made by dan armstrong/ampeg. they're very heavy.

Love the boots. Totally Keith. The Marilyn shirt's good, but I was thinking more the pastel flowery one he wears before that in the scene wear he pulls the Cousin Minnie coupon out of the pocket.

Cantankerous · 03.13.2007, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Love the boots. Totally Keith. The Marilyn shirt's good, but I was thinking more the pastel flowery one he wears before that in the scene wear he pulls the Cousin Minnie coupon out of the pocket.

i have an entire collection of those sort of shirts. you can usually find them at thrift stores for about $3 apiece or at vintage stores for a little more.

gmku · 03.13.2007, 02:45 AM

Nice look on Keef, but I don't think I could pull it off...

something · 03.13.2007, 03:44 PM

right now im reading celine's journey to the end of the night kinda been on a french kick that started with nausea

nomadicfollower · 03.13.2007, 04:05 PM

Can someone recommend a book on the origin and/or the evolution of language?

!@#$%! · 03.13.2007, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

Can someone recommend a book on the origin and/or the evolution of language?

anything by steven pinker should do

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edit: i just saw his stuff:

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/books/tli/index.html

i'd stick to "the language instinct", though that is not a book on evolution per se.

however, th book's got a schweet bibliography that should feed you for years to come

nomadicfollower · 03.13.2007, 06:53 PM

Looks interesting. Thanks.

His book The Blank Slate seems good, as well. Have you read it?
However, I shouldn't be too quick to buy two books by the same author without having read anything else by him.

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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Holy crap, what edition is that! I've never seen that cover, and it's called "The Naked Lunch" not "Naked Lunch." One of my favorites, it gets funnier each read. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i don't know, i googled it looking for the cover. the one i have is a really obnoxious bright yellow. it is pretty hilarious. dig the signature by the way. love that album. one of the best parts of Fear and Loathing in las vegas is when they're playing the album in the vegas airport and hunter thompson is describing it...the part where mick goes "i think i busted a button on my trousers, hope they don't fall down. you don't want my trousers to fall down, now, do ya?"...you'd have to read it, unless i can dig up the paragraph. __________________ RETIRED
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Ah, yeah, I've got the yellow edition, too. It's so people three blocks away can see you're reading the dirty book with all the male homosexual graphic passages and shit about drugs. I don't remember that in Fear and Loathing but it's been a long time since I picked that up. I'll have to check it out. I'm currently obsessed with the Gimme Shelter movie, too, but I can't stand the Altamont footage anymore. But the stuff from the American tour before that and the Mussell Shoals scenes are priceless. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Yeah, that is a pretty bizarre top. I love the shirt he wears in the studio, too. And I lust after that see-through guitar, whatever the hell it is. A gibson of some kind. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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03.13.2007, 02:34 AM	#613
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	the marilyn shirt? the snakeskin boots are killer. gtr made by dan armstrong/ampeg. they're very heavy. __________________ RETIRED
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Nice look on Keef, but I don't think I could pull it off... __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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something bad moon rising Join Date: May 2006 Location: i live in the desert where nobody goes Posts: 234	right now im reading celine's journey to the end of the night kinda been on a french kick that started with nausea __________________ i'll ride off into the sunset of yr colour T.V. http://www.myspace.com/usedtoaster
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03.13.2007, 06:53 PM	#620
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	Looks interesting. Thanks. His book The Blank Slate seems good, as well. Have you read it? However, I shouldn't be too quick to buy two books by the same author without having read anything else by him.
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