Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121love how these threads always rapidly descend into an intellectual penis measuring contest - no offense intended to anyone in particular. last book i bought was the wu tang manual on a whim, i'm reading charlie chaplin's auto atm tho. b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121Are you assuming that people are not, in fact, posting the last book they bought? b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121i guess i'm thinking more of the bookstrut threads that pop up from time to time rather than the particular wording of this thread. I love me some head up my arse reading matter as much as the next man, but i also read myself some derivative shit from time to time. I'm assuming that people do the same, although it seems poorly represented in these threads on some outdo the next man type steez. Too lazy to hyphenate my little turns of phrase there.b,121b, 21edit: i should also add i have actually gone n bought retail more than a few books based on recommendations in these threads, your classic material jernt many years ago being one of them. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/841.gif" alt="" /1b,121b, 21This guy has problems.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121love how these threads always rapidly descend into an intellectual penis measuring contest - no offense intended to anyone in particular. last book i bought was the wu tang manual on a whim, i'm reading charlie chaplin's auto atm tho. b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121Are you assuming that people are not, in fact, posting the last book they bought? b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121i guess i'm thinking more of the bookstrut threads that pop up from time to time rather than the particular wording of this thread. I love me some head up my arse reading matter as much as the next man, but i also read myself some derivative shit from time to time. I'm assuming that people do the same, although it seems poorly represented in these threads on some outdo the next man type steez. Too lazy to hyphenate my little turns of phrase there.b,121b, 21edit: i should also add i have actually gone n bought retail more than a few books based on recommendations in these threads, your classic material jernt many years ago being one of them. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/841.gif" alt="" /1b,121b, 21This guy has problems. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121There you go. Using a single graemlin to respond to a thread about high brow literature, now that's the derivative i'm talmbout. What was the last book you bought? I'm betting it wasn't Thomas Pynchon. I'm just sayin'b,121b, 21b, 21 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/freeway.gif" alt="" /1
font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121I would highly recommend ordering the readers guide. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Seriously, I couldn't keep track of all the characters. This book is a beastb,121b,121u1The Crying Lot of 49[/u] is good too and less daunting of course.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121love how these threads always rapidly descend into an intellectual penis measuring contest - no offense intended to anyone in particular. last book i bought was the wu tang manual on a whim, i'm reading charlie chaplin's auto atm tho. b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121Are you assuming that people are not, in fact, posting the last book they bought? b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121i guess i'm thinking more of the bookstrut threads that pop up from time to time rather than the particular wording of this thread. I love me some head up my arse reading matter as much as the next man, but i also read myself some derivative shit from time to time. I'm assuming that people do the same, although it seems poorly represented in these threads on some outdo the next man type steez. Too lazy to hyphenate my little turns of phrase there.b,121b,121edit: i should also add i have actually gone n bought retail more than a few books based on recommendations in these threads, your classic material jernt many years ago being one of them. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/841.gif" alt="" /1b,121b, 21This guy has problems. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121There you go. Using a single graemlin to respond to a thread about high brow literature, now that's the derivative/b1 i'm talmbout. What was the last book you bought? I'm betting it wasn't Thomas Pynchon. I'm just sayin'b,121b, 21b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/freeway.gif" alt="" /1 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121i do not think this word means what you think it means.b,121b,121b,121 img src="http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimages/pbr_027HelloThere.jpg"1
I've been buying books like crazy recently.. I just bought a bunch of books from ebay including a few books on chemistry and a complete volume of sherlock holmes stories
font class="post"1b,121b,121i set up a screening of that doc "beautiful losers" that made me want to know more about her and her work, I should pick that up.
font class="post"1b,121b,121You ever read Brutality Garden? a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=npVAHOFbdwYC&dq=brutality+garden&pg=PP1&ots=FyBcWTZ9HM&source=bn&sig=5FzFEQrVk0KUFU-Ieo-eWXFJ2tg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result" target="_blank"1http://books.google.com/books?id=npVAHOF...num=4&ct=resultb,121b, 21Wondering how this book stacks up in comparison. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121I read both, both have strengths and weaknesses. b,121b,121Brutality Garden reads like (probably was) an academic work putting Tropicalia in the context of Brazilian poetry and visual art. I would've wanted to read a detailed, straight-ahead history of the movement first, but as far as I know this is the closest thing to it that's available in English language at present -- and the portions that hit those buttons were helpful, just not as detailed/developed as I'd like.b,121b,121Caetano's book had a lotta self-aggrandizement. I was highly moved by the portions discussing his and Gilberto Gil's period as political prisoners, I would almost recommend those excerpts to general audiences who could care less about their music. b,121b,121Both books still left me hungry for more info about the bands, records, and personalitis behind the music and particularly more info about Rogerio Duprat, who seems like a common thread running through much of the most interesting Brazilian pop, rock, psych, and prog from about '68-'78.b,121b,121...as well as all the film scores Duprat did, which makes me wish more 60s and 70s brazilian cinema was available on US DVD... the movies are every bit as exciting as the records from what I understand (and from the lil bit I've been able to see).
The last book I bought was Moby Dick. A friend of mine had a journal article about it published a year or so ago and I wanted to read the book before reading his analysis. I was a little intimidated by the books stature, but I have to say it is a great read so far.
font class="post"1b,121b,121How is this?b,121b,121Also, you read this month's Atlantic Monthly piece on the new education czar in D.C.? Pretty fascinating stuff.b,121b,121a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee" target="_blank"1http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121yeah i'd like to check that as well. very curious as to what the author defines as [i]"decline."/i1b,121b,121b,121also, O that was a good read. rhee's been on blast lately especially with her $100 mil stash. i'm eager to see what she does. i stay abreast to everything that goes down in the local gov back home.
font class="post"1b,121b,121How is this?b,121b,121Also, you read this month's Atlantic Monthly piece on the new education czar in D.C.? Pretty fascinating stuff.b,121b,121a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee" target="_blank"1http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121yeah i'd like to check that as well. very curious as to what the author defines as [i]"decline."/i1b,121b,121b,121also, O that was a good read. rhee's been on blast lately especially with her $100 mil stash. i'm eager to see what she does. i stay abreast to everything that goes down in the local gov back home. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121I just started reading this article Oliver posted, and I hope it gets better. The author almost lost me by describing Mayor Fenty as "Charismatic". If you consider your houseplants 'charismatic', maybe she's onto something. Dude is only charismatic in comparison to the last mayor, the ANTI-charisma Tony Williams, the worst politician ever, as in it's a wonder he ever got elected he's so un-politically minded.
font class="post"1b,121b,121i set up a screening of that doc "beautiful losers" that made me want to know more about her and her work, I should pick that up. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Hers was a TRAGIC loss... seeing her work exhibited on a large scale is so NEXT LEVEL.b,121b,121So much of what is bouncing around these days seems like a sorry imitation...
Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121I just started reading this article Oliver posted, and I hope it gets better. The author almost lost me by describing Mayor Fenty as "Charismatic". b,121b,121h,121
Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121love how these threads always rapidly descend into an intellectual penis measuring contest - no offense intended to anyone in particular. last book i bought was the wu tang manual on a whim, i'm reading charlie chaplin's auto atm tho. b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121Are you assuming that people are not, in fact, posting the last book they bought? b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121i guess i'm thinking more of the bookstrut threads that pop up from time to time rather than the particular wording of this thread. I love me some head up my arse reading matter as much as the next man, but i also read myself some derivative shit from time to time. I'm assuming that people do the same, although it seems poorly represented in these threads on some outdo the next man type steez. Too lazy to hyphenate my little turns of phrase there.b,121b,121edit: i should also add i have actually gone n bought retail more than a few books based on recommendations in these threads, your classic material jernt many years ago being one of them. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/841.gif" alt="" /1b,121b,121This guy has problems. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121There you go. Using a single graemlin to respond to a thread about high brow literature, now that's the derivative i'm talmbout. What was the last book you bought? I'm betting it wasn't Thomas Pynchon. I'm just sayin'b,121b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/freeway.gif" alt="" /1 b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121Uh yea......., so you know, I am presently finishing this masterpiece. b,121b, 21 img src="http://www.rushlimbaughisabigfatidiot.com/images/0671751506.jpg"1 b,121b,121b,121Riveting and mind blowing and probably way better then some over sized, faggy book on rainbows! I mean aren't you worried that people may see you reading that book and think that you are a "Gay"?
Quote:/font1h,121b,121[b,121Riveting and mind blowing and probably way better then some over sized, faggy book on rainbows! I mean aren't you worried that people may see you reading that book and think that you are a "Gay"? b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ehh.gif" alt="" /1
font class="post"1b,121b,121How is this?b,121b,121Also, you read this month's Atlantic Monthly piece on the new education czar in D.C.? Pretty fascinating stuff.b,121b,121a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee" target="_blank"1http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Hard to say--I'm not very far into it (it's the last book I bought, not the last one that I read).b,121b,121I picked it up at Ta-Nehisi Coates' recommendation, if that means anything to you as an endorsement.b,121b,121And to answer the_gaffler's question: it was published over 15 years ago, if that gives you any insight into the titular "decline".
font class="post"1b,121b,121How is this?b,121b,121Also, you read this month's Atlantic Monthly piece on the new education czar in D.C.? Pretty fascinating stuff.b,121b,121a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee" target="_blank"1http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Hard to say--I'm not very far into it (it's the last book I bought, not the last one that I read).b,121b,121I picked it up at Ta-Nehisi Coates' recommendation, if that means anything to you as an endorsement.b,121b,121And to answer the_gaffler's question: it was published over 15 years ago, if that gives you any insight into the titular "decline". b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121ohhh schitt! i didn't even see Tom's name on there... no recommendation needed, it's a must.
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