Did you guys read the Gang of Four one? I thought the angle of focusing on mondegreens was a really interesting and unexpected one.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 4:51pmI'm starting to have borrower's remorse.Flex wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 4:24pmJust remember folks, don't dismiss the Fugazi entry just because Kory likes it. I also enjoyed and recommended it.Kory wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 1:56pmI would also recommend the Fugazi one, I highly enjoyed it and kept it in the collection.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Jan 2019, 9:53pmBack from campus and the library. Among the research-oriented crap, I also grabbed the Fugazi one (based on Flex's recommendation), the Banshees (based on Kory's recommendation), and the Raincoats (based on Jen's pick). The rest of you lost out on influencing me. Not that there's one on KISS' Animalize.
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I have read it, but I honestly don't remember anything about it. So much so that I wonder whether I have, in fact, read it.
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Brains are funDr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 6:39pmI have read it, but I honestly don't remember anything about it. So much so that I wonder whether I have, in fact, read it.
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I have a very love-hate relationship with mine. I identify with the line in Pixies' "Letter to Memphis" where Black Francis says his head was haunted.Kory wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 7:39pmBrains are funDr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 6:39pmI have read it, but I honestly don't remember anything about it. So much so that I wonder whether I have, in fact, read it.
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Bedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
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One of those books that I've seen in bargain bins and used bookstores with numbing ubiquity, but never bit. But I came across the audio version and thought what the fuck. I have enjoyed most of Phillip Kerr's Bernie Guenther novels and I figure this is a close cousin.
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One of those books that I've seen in bargain bins and used bookstores with numbing ubiquity, but never bit. But I came across the audio version and thought what the fuck. I have enjoyed most of Phillip Kerr's Bernie Guenther novels and I figure this is a close cousin.
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Listening to Tim Shipman's All Out War, a Palace intrigue version of the Brexit campaign. The writer, who's got very good contacts with key ministers, is certain that the defining thing that allowed Leave to win was the involvement of Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. A very shallow disregarding of 30 years of economic policy.
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Harris is pretty good for alternate-history fiction, though his friendship with Roman Polanski is troubling. His trilogy about Cicero was good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 8:14pmBedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
Exercise audiobook:
One of those books that I've seen in bargain bins and used bookstores with numbing ubiquity, but never bit. But I came across the audio version and thought what the fuck. I have enjoyed most of Phillip Kerr's Bernie Guenther novels and I figure this is a close cousin.
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I'm about two-and-a-half hours in and my attention is still being held.WestwayKid wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 9:14amHarris is pretty good for alternate-history fiction, though his friendship with Roman Polanski is troubling. His trilogy about Cicero was good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 8:14pmBedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
Exercise audiobook:
One of those books that I've seen in bargain bins and used bookstores with numbing ubiquity, but never bit. But I came across the audio version and thought what the fuck. I have enjoyed most of Phillip Kerr's Bernie Guenther novels and I figure this is a close cousin.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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How long is it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 11:42amI'm about two-and-a-half hours in and my attention is still being held.WestwayKid wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 9:14amHarris is pretty good for alternate-history fiction, though his friendship with Roman Polanski is troubling. His trilogy about Cicero was good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 8:14pmBedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
Exercise audiobook:
One of those books that I've seen in bargain bins and used bookstores with numbing ubiquity, but never bit. But I came across the audio version and thought what the fuck. I have enjoyed most of Phillip Kerr's Bernie Guenther novels and I figure this is a close cousin.
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11 and a half hours or thereabouts.Silent Majority wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 12:38pmHow long is it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 11:42amI'm about two-and-a-half hours in and my attention is still being held.WestwayKid wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 9:14amHarris is pretty good for alternate-history fiction, though his friendship with Roman Polanski is troubling. His trilogy about Cicero was good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 8:14pmBedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
Exercise audiobook:
One of those books that I've seen in bargain bins and used bookstores with numbing ubiquity, but never bit. But I came across the audio version and thought what the fuck. I have enjoyed most of Phillip Kerr's Bernie Guenther novels and I figure this is a close cousin.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Let me know if you recommend the listen at the end, mate.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 12:50pm11 and a half hours or thereabouts.Silent Majority wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 12:38pmHow long is it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 11:42amI'm about two-and-a-half hours in and my attention is still being held.WestwayKid wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 9:14amHarris is pretty good for alternate-history fiction, though his friendship with Roman Polanski is troubling. His trilogy about Cicero was good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 8:14pmBedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
Exercise audiobook:
One of those books that I've seen in bargain bins and used bookstores with numbing ubiquity, but never bit. But I came across the audio version and thought what the fuck. I have enjoyed most of Phillip Kerr's Bernie Guenther novels and I figure this is a close cousin.
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Will do.Silent Majority wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 12:59pmLet me know if you recommend the listen at the end, mate.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 12:50pm11 and a half hours or thereabouts.Silent Majority wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 12:38pmHow long is it?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 11:42amI'm about two-and-a-half hours in and my attention is still being held.WestwayKid wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 9:14am
Harris is pretty good for alternate-history fiction, though his friendship with Roman Polanski is troubling. His trilogy about Cicero was good.
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Perhaps you'll think better of us when the book turns out to be good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 8:14pmBedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
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I'll be finishing it up tonight. I haven't found it all that compelling, to be honest. It does its descriptive job, but not much else. One question I always have students answer about their term papers is: Why is this important? Why is this a story worth telling? I'm not really sure what Gross would say. But for Fugazi fans, getting that extra detail is quite valuable. I get that. I'm fine with those kinds of books for bands I love. But as someone who's never gotten why Fugazi is such a big deal from an aesthetic standpoint, the book doesn't exactly compel me to rethink things. But I doubt Gross sought to convert the unbelievers, so that's not exactly harsh criticism.Kory wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 1:57pmPerhaps you'll think better of us when the book turns out to be good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 8:14pmBedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
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Oh, I didn't realize you weren't a fan already. Why did you pick it up?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 3:54pmI'll be finishing it up tonight. I haven't found it all that compelling, to be honest. It does its descriptive job, but not much else. One question I always have students answer about their term papers is: Why is this important? Why is this a story worth telling? I'm not really sure what Gross would say. But for Fugazi fans, getting that extra detail is quite valuable. I get that. I'm fine with those kinds of books for bands I love. But as someone who's never gotten why Fugazi is such a big deal from an aesthetic standpoint, the book doesn't exactly compel me to rethink things. But I doubt Gross sought to convert the unbelievers, so that's not exactly harsh criticism.Kory wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 1:57pmPerhaps you'll think better of us when the book turns out to be good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 8:14pmBedtime reading: That Fugazi book that Flex (ugh) and Kory (ugh) recommended.
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