I've seen a couple of movies about this guy. I can't understand how he ever made any money. He put way more money than he should have in developing all his movies and airplanes, and many of them were flops.
I guess I will have to read a book to learn the truth.
i love actual air (silver jews is okay)...does berman have any new books out?
anyone read anything worthwhile lately?
suggestions please
i posted this same shit 2 months ago and only one person replied. anyway...
david berman/silver jews are one of my all time favs. that actual air gets slept on, on account of it's being "poetry" but each segment is nothing short of brilliant. thanks for posting that one. "no one should be called 'what's-his-name.'"
Did you know that after Carrie and The Fury Brian DePalma was gonna complete his "psychic slaughter" trilogy with an adaptation of this book, but they couldn't get the money together. Still would love to see that happen.
i thought "i, tina" was fantastic. i wasn't aware all that shit went down, and to think she came out night after night and performed.
damn, what a woman...
Tina Turner's bio? I liked that, thought it was called What's Love Got To Do with It. I skip most Autobiographys now because they are so self serving. Another real good one is Ronnie Spector's something like Mascare Miniskirts and Madness.
i recently finally read "Soulsville" by Rob Bowman, basically the story of Stax. Really good read, i recommend this highly.
Soulville is a super read, I love the insidery minutia kinda stuff. Plus, dude is way cool and teaches in Toronto. Email him he will drop crazy science on you.
Currently reading the Kite Runner which might be a very Oprah Book Club type selection but I am too lame to know better. I never read fiction, maybe two novels in the last decade but this is very enjoyable.
As far a music books go I would highly recommend Catch A Fire Timothy White's brilliant bio of Sir Dread Robert Nesta Marley. Just fascinating.
I always recommend Thomas Hauser's Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times.
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I've seen a couple of movies about this guy. I can't understand how he ever made any money. He put way more money than he should have in developing all his movies and airplanes, and many of them were flops.
I guess I will have to read a book to learn the truth.
Dan
This would make a good film.
Tina Turner's bio? I liked that, thought it was called What's Love Got To Do with It. I skip most Autobiographys now because they are so self serving. Another real good one is Ronnie Spector's something like Mascare Miniskirts and Madness.
I've never read a bad Strugatski book.
I read Soul On Ice many times back in the 70s. I'm sure it's as important today.
Dan
Speaking of throwback books, I thought "The Jungle" was a good read.
(really hit or miss...some dudes just have nothing to say...)
(bernard crick's "a very short introduction to democracy"...very short but incredibly dense)
Is that Klosterman book any good? I must say that when he used to write for the Akron Beacon Journal he was zzzzzzzz
This one was sensational.
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Soulville is a super read, I love the insidery minutia kinda stuff. Plus, dude is way cool and teaches in Toronto. Email him he will drop crazy science on you.
Currently reading the Kite Runner which might be a very Oprah Book Club type selection but I am too lame to know better. I never read fiction, maybe two novels in the last decade but this is very enjoyable.
As far a music books go I would highly recommend Catch A Fire Timothy White's brilliant bio of Sir Dread Robert Nesta Marley. Just fascinating.
I always recommend Thomas Hauser's Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312315643/002-0843334-6376067?v=glance
on a lighter note reading the second of the Phillip Pullman Trilogy. More than just a kids book, dealing with power & role of religion
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0439994136/qid=1124444707/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_11_4/202-5412532-3287028
a good summer read, Norman mailer the fight
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141184140/qid=1124444868/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_11_5/202-5412532-3287028
Big cosign on the Pullman books.