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1st listen to Shadow Circus' Whispers and Screams.  It begins with a 7-song 30+ minute interpretation of Stephen King's The Stand.  This is one of my absolute favorite books; one of the very few that I enjoyed enough to read twice.  The 6-hour mini-series wasn't too bad either, although as with any Hollywood interpretation of a novel, you have to take it with a grain of salt.  So far musically, I am enjoying this.  I will have to sit down with the lyrics book soon to see how well they tell the story.  Pretty difficuly breaking down a 1200 page book into 30 minutes.  LOL
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Every final should take 15 minutes or less like my music theory final just took.  It was epic.
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

1st listen to Shadow Circus' Whispers and Screams.  It begins with a 7-song 30+ minute interpretation of Stephen King's The Stand.  This is one of my absolute favorite books; one of the very few that I enjoyed enough to read twice.  The 6-hour mini-series wasn't too bad either, although as with any Hollywood interpretation of a novel, you have to take it with a grain of salt.  So far musically, I am enjoying this.  I will have to sit down with the lyrics book soon to see how well they tell the story.  Pretty difficuly breaking down a 1200 page book into 30 minutes.  LOL


If you want to read while listening to the track, you better learn to speed read like a champ. LOL
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

1st listen to Shadow Circus' Whispers and Screams.  It begins with a 7-song 30+ minute interpretation of Stephen King's The Stand.  This is one of my absolute favorite books; one of the very few that I enjoyed enough to read twice.  The 6-hour mini-series wasn't too bad either, although as with any Hollywood interpretation of a novel, you have to take it with a grain of salt.  So far musically, I am enjoying this.  I will have to sit down with the lyrics book soon to see how well they tell the story.  Pretty difficuly breaking down a 1200 page book into 30 minutes.  LOL


I've enjoyed the album quite a bit (although I'm not as keen on the singing).  It makes me want to read the book again.  Smile
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I still haven't read the Stand yet, though it's been recommended to me several times.  I think my next reading venture will be one to read the Dune series the whole way through.  Last time I made it about 2/3 of the way through God Emperor and sort of just stopped out of nowhere. 
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I still need to finish the Dark Tower series, I'm on the second to last book
also my body feels like it hates my body right now


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I read much of The Stand on a very long scenic train ride through the Appalachian Mountains.  Smile
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Book talk? Boo.
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I read the first 3 books from the Dark Tower series a number of years ago, but I have not read the rest.  I was in a used book store in Ohio a couple of months ago, and they had the other 4 books, so I bought them all, but I haven't gotten around to reading them yet.  I just don't read for pleasure like I used to in my days before college and work.  I am afraid that I might have to re-read the first 3 books before I start on the other 4, since it was so long ago when I read the first three. 
 
His books with Peter Straub, "The Talisman" and "The Black House", are also really good.  "The Talisman" is a fantasy adventure similar to the Dark Tower series, instead of the various horror books that Stephen King usually writes.
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I too have only read the first 2 or 3 of the Dark Tower series.  
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Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Book talk? Boo.
Just because you're illiterate doesn't mean you have to boo us. Wink
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Quick poll.

What should I listen to next?

All the World's a Stage or Octavarium?

I can't decide.
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If the first one's not Dream Theater, I recommend it.  If I'm right it's a Rush album, correct?  
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Book talk? Boo.
Just because you're illiterate doesn't mean you have to boo us. Wink


I like reading books, but I'm picky.

I was mainly just commenting on the fact that we hardly ever discuss books in here, and that music is better. Wink
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

If the first one's not Dream Theater, I recommend it.  If I'm right it's a Rush album, correct?  


Live Rush or Dream Theater.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Quick poll.

What should I listen to next?

All the World's a Stage or Octavarium?

I can't decide.


You know my pick.

I do enjoy both, however.
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All the World's A Stage, of course. 
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Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Book talk? Boo.
Just because you're illiterate doesn't mean you have to boo us. Wink


I like reading books, but I'm picky.

I was mainly just commenting on the fact that we hardly ever discuss books in here, and that music is better. Wink
I mentioned the word bassoon yesterday, and you didn't even blink.
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Points: 28772 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2009 at 14:38
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

If the first one's not Dream Theater, I recommend it.  If I'm right it's a Rush album, correct?  


Live Rush or Dream Theater.


Since I can't seem to get into Dream Theater at all I'm going to stick with my original Rush vote.
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Points: 32181 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2009 at 14:38
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Book talk? Boo.
Just because you're illiterate doesn't mean you have to boo us. Wink


I like reading books, but I'm picky.

I was mainly just commenting on the fact that we hardly ever discuss books in here, and that music is better. Wink
I mentioned the word bassoon yesterday, and you didn't even blink.


I haven't been around much the past week, I mustn't have seen it.
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