Which Biography Are You Currently Reading?
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Topic: Which Biography Are You Currently Reading?
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Subject: Which Biography Are You Currently Reading?
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 17:14
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Your Mother's Not a Virgin!: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout who changed the Face of American TV! (by John Barbour) I'm at page 71, but that's only 10% of it. I like it, but some things are described way too much, and I sorta skim through it. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 21:10
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Henry Cow, bit academic but very good. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 22:51
I wasn't aware this was a thing, now I'm intrigued. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 23:52
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Christine Hamlton - For Better, For Worse John Humphrys - A Day Like Today Gary Numan - Revolution
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 10:52
Nice, I'm reading that one too and I'm very captivated by it. After that I have Herbie Hancock's autobiography waiting for me. ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 10:52
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Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 10:59
Benjamin Piekut - Henry Cow, The World Is A Problem. Duke University Press ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 11:00
| Just finished reading Jay Blades' autobiography (for those who watch The Repair Shop). Very interesting read, I'll just say his background is not what you'd expect. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 11:06
The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 11:41
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I'm not reading one at the moment, but the last biography I read was "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created" by Jane Leavy. I like Leavy's work. She wrote some good bios of Koufax and Mantle. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 11:56
I can second that. My brother had a copy of "Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy". I read it. I liked it. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 11:58
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Again: You'll Know When You Get There: Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band. Like MIlestones I & II, I may never really finish it. I read a chapter, flip back and fourth... and so on. But it's all very intriguing. This is how it looks like:  |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 12:34
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Bruce Dickinson - What Does This Button Do? KK Downing - Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest Rob Halford - Confess ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 14:32
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Jean and I are currently reading a biography of Franz Kafka. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 12 2021 at 17:56
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Hi, The last one I read was the book about ANITA PALLENBERG, which is rather crazy, but brings up very interesting thoughts about the whole "psychedelic" thing in London and its start. It suggests that in London it was the "jet set" that got it going, whereas in SF we know it was just the folks on the street and in various clubs. It would/could/should be considered a bit more of a movement, which it became and huge, than the London's version which was -- I don't think -- as strong (in the end) as the "results" in California. The sheer number of magnificent music is still remember and like Micky says, it's still as good as the dope! I don't think I would say that about the Beatles or Stones! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |