dimafleck: the living legend. Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 fantastic book, ready for a another,please recommend somthing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Have you read "On A Cold Road" by (Rheostatic) Dave Bidini? It's a collection of stories of Canadian rock'n'roll life on the road, told amidst the threaded tale of the Rheostatics.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boochawan Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 (edited) Have you read "On A Cold Road" by (Rheostatic) Dave Bidini? It's a collection of stories of Canadian rock'n'roll life on the road, told amidst the threaded tale of the Rheostatics. I'll second that recommendation. I read it while we were on the road (actually Dima - I'd HIGHLY recommend 'On The Road' by Jack Kerouac...I think you'd dig it) - although we were touring in the summer so the road wasn't so cold at the time . Inspiring, somewhat, to say the least. Otherwise go for "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy O'Toole. Brilliant. Couldn't put it down. Edit to add: I also recently finished A Fine Balance. Very powerful. Edited September 19, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu dog Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Best book ever : "Dr. Dealer" : by Mark Bowden the rise and fall of an all-american boy and his million dollar cocaine empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 on the road is great....a confederacy of dunces...meh, but i think it won a pulitzer, you be the judge....i'd recommend killing yourself to live by chuck klosterman....chuck's a music journalist and he goes on the road to research and write this article turned novel about music and death and how the two are intertwined. along stu dog's theme, i'd recommend mr. nice by howard marks. it's an autobigraphy by the biggest guy in hashish in the 70's/80's...the rise and fall of his hashish empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Sanchez Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Check out the Spot series. Aslan loves these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 I just finished reading 'After The Quake' by Haruki Murakami, a book of - short stories. It was awesome, you should read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Rivethead by Ben Hamper is the story of an auto assembly line worker; if you want to find out what blue-collar life is like, this is the book to read.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Check out "Acts of Faith" by Philip Caputo. It takes place in Sudan during the midst of civil war and examines the effectiveness of humanitarian aid both on a public and private scale, and questions the motives of missionaries, etc. and just how much good their work is doing. He's got a lot of different characters coming from all different sides so if nothing else, it gives you a chance to think about how someone else might see something that you could consider so good and pure, as so predominantly evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimafleck: the living legend. Posted September 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 just picked up "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy O'Toole"we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 well, that may soften my 'hate' then (only if you like it). As Boochawan says, brilliant.....as in sparkling humour and wicked character development. Note the sad-but-true story of the author's early demise by his own hand....book was published post-humously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 I just finished reading 'After The Quake' by Haruki Murakami, a book of - short stories. It was awesome, you should read it.just placed a hold through the library system. Thanks.in the vein of short stories are the personal family recollections of NPR & Times (?) journalist David Sedaris. A truly hilarious re-telling of one uber-fucked up family/chilhood. I'm talking side-splittingly funny. I'd recommend any of Barrel FeverMe Talk Pretty One DayDress Your Family in Corduroy and...Naked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 I just finished reading 'After The Quake' by Haruki Murakami' date=' a book of - short stories. It was awesome, you should read it.[/quote']just placed a hold through the library system. Thanks.in the vein of short stories are the personal family recollections of NPR & Times (?) journalist David Sedaris. A truly hilarious re-telling of one uber-fucked up family/chilhood. I'm talking side-splittingly funny. I'd recommend any of Barrel FeverMe Talk Pretty One DayDress Your Family in Corduroy and...Naked Nice! Have you read any of Murakami's other books? After reading those short stories I'm looking forward to checking out some more soon. I'll look for some of those Sedaris books too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Have you read any of Murakami's other books? yeah...I read "A Wild Sheep Chase" when I was in Japan (it's set in Japan and was his 'break-out' novel, I believe.) It's the only one I have read, though. Very weird and funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 d_rawk's "wtf" comment about the Bible brought to mind a good one to read: Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed The Bible and Why by Bart Ehrman. It could have been a lot drier than it is, and it could have been a lot more damning of the Bible than it is, but it ends up striking the right chord (with me, anyway), giving concrete examples of how/where the Bible has been changed, and the problems that textual scholars face when trying to find out what's original and what isn't. It's also a pretty easy read, and not that thick.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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