read any good books lately... - Progressive Rock Music Forum

TCat wrote:

Snicolette wrote:

I always have to read straight through, one at a time, unless they're vastly different, say a book of poetry vs a novel. I try to intersperse "serious" works as well, TCat. Right now, about a third of the way in "Crime and Punishment," after discussions here, actually.

Wow. I haven't read C&P yet, but I'm sure it will make its way into my library.

I'm lucky that I'm a fast reader. C&P is sort of normal sized, but really loooooooong books don't scare me, either. Probably said something like that before in here.

"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

^ Great quote...love that.

I'll eventually get around to finding a copy of Jerusalem...but like you I have books stacked waiting to be read.

:)

Edited by dr wu23 - February 23 2019 at 15:04

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin

Just started reading Revolt Against the Modern World by Julius Evola. Interesting how he has been painted as a fascist when he seems to be anything but.

Also reading the abridged edition of The Golden Bough by J. G. Frazer. Feels like something I'll be reading in short chunks and maybe finishing in a year or so. The full version with footnotes would probably be easier to get into.

Bunch of stuff I read lately, all non fiction. Never been much of a non fiction reader but after I was asked to read a couple during a management training program, I got interested all of a sudden.

First one was Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance.

Then, couple of months back, finished At Any Cost: Jack Welch, General Electric and the Pursuit of Profit by Thomas F O'Boyle.

Just now got through Touched by Grace - My Time with Jeff Buckley by Gary Lucas.

Liked all three but needless to say, enjoyed the last one most. Wink

Finally finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? after having been preoccupied with too much work. A really compelling read, especially as you get towards the middle.

I'll be starting on Camus's The Fall, in its original French.

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future." - Dan Quayle

Reach out as forward tastes begin to enter you...

The Devil's Music Master: The Controversial Life and Career of Wilhelm Furtwangler
Book by Sam H. Shirakawa

What a complete guide to Furtwangler's musical career!.. And such a stunning recollection of decisive historical facts that changed the music course during the twentieth century, as well as the life of such a unique musician, who was undoubtedly not only one of the greatest interpreters our world has witnessed but also one of the most compelling personalities of our time.

And I feel absolutely compelled to share here some of the accurate fact recollections that evidenced such a dark fate of postwar Germany's music scene. During the horror of the Allied postwar occupation, the evil genius of EMI Records Sir Walter Legge, the British Intelligence agent who ran London's EMI Records, promoted committed Nazi Party member Herbert von Karajan as a star. Legge and his "golem" von Karajan with the recording industry, end up destroying postwar German music. While Furtwangler faded into obscurity, Karajan became one of the world's most powerful musician with an estate worth more than $270 million. And the recording industry became such a mighty money machine ...

Perhaps the greatest book that I read within the last three decades!

P.S.: Thanks a lot my friend Doug (@presdoug) for recommending me this awesome book.