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Posted on Sep 09 2010 03:11 PM
Cool, Ryan! Gaiman's been one of my favorite writers since The Sandman series in the late 80's. And if you haven't gotten around to "American Gods" yet, you'll probably love that one even more. (Good Omens co-written with Terry Pratchett should not be missed either.) My current reads:
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Posted on Oct 02 2010 07:37 AM
Ok, after I read it twice, I can only highly recommend it for anyone who's interested in late 50s/ early 60s rockabilly. It works out like a great breakthrough for anyone recently interest in this type of music and is also great to help old lovers of the gender to consolidate their knowledge about it. the book is very well structured starting with a chapter about the white/ country roots, followed by a second chapter about the black/ bluesy roots, a third chapter about Elvis Presley (either you like it or not he was the big measure for all the other rockabillies at the time). After Elvis, Max Décharné does an entire chapter about Charlie Feathers. There are chapters about Sun Records, small labels like Meteor and Starday, major labels like RCA, Capitol, Columbia, etc. Relevant women singing rockabilly. The presence of rockabilly music in radio television and cinema. At the end, there are also some chapters about original rockabillies after the 1960s and new breed of rockabilly in the 80s/ 90s. The book would be impossible to be 100% complete but I think it's the best breakthrough you could have about the gender so far. Combine it with the Ace Records Cd with the same name, perhaps also with the Rhino's box set Rockin Bones - 1950s Punk & Rockabilly and a couple of more Ace, Rhino, Norton, Bear Family compilations and you're definately on your way to be an expert in rockabilly After, and highly influenced by this book I've read Johnny's Cash autobiography:
and I'm now in the middle of Hellfire: the Jerry Lee Lewis story
Also have Sun King on the waiting list: |
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Posted on Oct 25 2010 09:07 PM
'at home' by bill bryson — |
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Posted on Oct 25 2010 10:53 PM
"A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge" by Will Viharo. Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp |
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Posted on Oct 25 2010 10:54 PM
Me too! —Danny Snyder Latest project - Now That's What I Call SURF I'm back playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta |
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Posted on Oct 25 2010 11:14 PM
Just finished
Now starting
Will "You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater |
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Posted on Nov 11 2010 12:48 PM
Just reread this piece of crap to see if I missed anything last time...
...I did, more pettiness & poor writing. —Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
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Posted on Nov 11 2010 01:28 PM
The Manchurian Candidate |
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Posted on Nov 12 2010 05:48 PM
Just finished 'Stormy Weather: The life of Lena Horne' - great insights by James Gavin on a true pioneer. — |
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Posted on Nov 12 2010 09:04 PM
Wuthering Heights, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, How Manchester United Ruined My Life. They are, in order, my work, weekend, and nighttime books. |
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Posted on Dec 10 2010 04:52 PM
i finally got to read this last week. a lot of familiar names from the music biz woven into this tale. — |
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Posted on Feb 03 2011 03:30 PM
"Recording the Beatles" Unbelievably comprehensive and detailed book about every aspect of recording the Beatles. Complete history of Abbey Road, it's engineers, technical staff, producers. Floor plans of the studios and how they changed over the years, detailed equipment lists, photographs of everything. Sessions gone through track by track. Whoa! Way too much information!!! I loved it. Severe gear porn. I'm not much of a Beatles fan, but the book caused me to go back and listen again. Paul's songs still suck Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp |
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Posted on Feb 04 2011 02:15 AM
I'm currently reading the complete Calvin & Hobbes by Watterson. So much fun ! Monkey Ju |
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Posted on Feb 04 2011 08:36 AM
Ferenc, that is a new edition? or a new book? There is this amazing book I've been reading about for years that details what you mentioned, but it had been really rare and expensive due to having been out of print. |
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Posted on Feb 04 2011 08:42 AM
Just finished "Kook" and have started "Greg Noll The Art Of The Surfboard". —"Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck |
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Posted on Feb 04 2011 09:57 AM
Great collection Morphball! The Wacky Packages book is on my bookshelf! Here's what I'm reading now: |
but I never noticed how sloppy some the of the recordings were. Amazing that they were able to accomplish so much with 4 tracks.
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