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

Finished Miles Davis biography now halfway through Don Quixote (for the second time).
Miles biography is worth the read - especially if one Is able to look through one's fingers when the man turns ūber-contradictory....which he does quite a lot.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

emigre80 wrote:

Raff wrote:

I haven't read the book yet, but - as a lifelong reader - I can tell that a lot of painstaking research went into it, as well as genuine interest for the subject. Kudos, Terri Beer

! I am in awe of people who are able to produce something as accomplished as a full-fledged book. Though I have written a lot of essays (some of which have been published), I have never thought of writing a book.

thanks. I didn't find it a chore, surprisingly - I enjoy writing and the subject never got dull.

Why not put all your essays together and publish the compilation? That way you have already written a book

They are on different topics, and also in different languages. Additionally, I don't think anyone would be particularly interested in reading them.

Thank you, I really appreciate it. We'll see... I am no George Orwell, unfortunately. At the moment, I don't even remember how many essays I have written. The past few years haven't been exactly kind to my self-esteem.

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oh she's got talent Terri...

I'll definitely let you know what I think on the book. Just finished up locating and marking all the Luftwaffe airfields in Moldavia in 1941 so now I can relax. That was my goal for the day haha

About to head back to the couch and back to your book, armed with a huge slice of Raspberry Tart drowned in milk and with Billie Holiday in the CD player.

Umm umm.. life is good.

The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip

I always have at least 8 books in play, but the one getting my most attention at this point in time:

Micah White. THE END OF PROTEST * A New Playbook for Revolution.

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin

I finished "Salem's Lot" a few days ago... it didn't take long Big smile

It was quite scary even translated, the only bad things I noticed about it were a few literal translations of English expressions to Portuguese that didn't make sense. I did return to the store where I bought it and they now had it in English and from what I read it seemed very different, especially the dialogs that give more personality to the characters. I might read it again "properly" someday.

I also found and bought Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and George Orwell's "1984" in English and I started reading the former. I really enjoyed the movie a few years ago but the book answers a lot of questions I had. On the other hand, the movie gives visual aid to the book. I think it's interesting his prediction of reading news instantly with a tablet and this quotation is truer than ever nowadays: "The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry or depressing its contents seemed to be"

Finnforest wrote:

King Only wrote:

I've just started reading One Train Later, Andy Summers autobiography.

Cool! Thanks for posting, I have to look into this one

Hope you enjoy it! Apart from The Police, Summers also talks about meeting Gong, Soft Machine, Jimmy Hendrix etc.

I've been listening to many of Andy Summers solo albums recently (Charming Snakes, Golden Wire, World Gone Strange etc). Really good instrumental music, a mix of rock and jazz. I love the textures and atmospheres he can create with his guitars and effects.

Sting also wrote an interesting memoir called Broken Music.

Indeed.
This was a fascinating book about the Jones era of the Stones. Certainly a more sympathetic portrait that the Richards book which pretty much erases Brian from their legacy altogether. I can see that Brian was a pain in the rump in many ways but he did bring something interesting to the 60s Stones and was treated quite poorly.

Starting HERZOG by Saul Bellow.

also enjoying the MAD MAGAZINE collection on artist Will Elder.

may start a reread of SLAN by A. E. Van Vogt.