BOOK THREAD

Eric O

Slugging through Caetano Velosos' Tropical Truth... I want to learn about all this stuff but trying to care about the structural changes of the Troplicalista's songwriting vs the Bossa Novans and all that puts me to sleep. Trying not to skip ahead but am bogging down in the middle. Still interesting.
Finishing Crazy Eddie book from Tom Smith. Some business aggression I need to work on. Definitely not boring.
Finished a Jim Thompson book I hadn't read, South Of Heaven. Not the best, but fun to get back into Thompson's writing and good twist at the end, as he can do. And Slayer.

Allez Al

Just bought Sonic Life by Thurston Moore. Insufferable man, but cannot wait to read the early 80s downtown art n music stuff.

Lincoln

Allez Al people said that one was a little dull, and they weren't wrong, but Thurston saw the NYC punk scene explosion from almost day 1. I thought that was worth the read.

Wade T Oberlin

Randall

Wade T Oberlin
There is! Rock N Roll Wild Things! I read it probably 20 years ago so it’s pretty hazy. If I remember correctly it was interesting but lacked in the character department.

Wade T Oberlin

Randall added!

paperhose

Really enjoying Rachel Kushner's "Creation Lake". Curious if/when along the way I wont enjoy anymore--some friends did not like it. A split screen of 1. back to bature philosophical rambling and 2. undercover cop infiltrating radical political group. Several times I laughed out loud.

knives

Recently found a pdf of "I Need More" by Iggy Pop. Good one, and I get why he doesn't want to follow it with a "proper" autobiography.

Allez Al

Lincoln

I'm fine with punishing minutia from that scene. Less so after the first SY EP, despite liking them plenty on places. What didja think of Kim Gordon's autobiography? She's a good writer and I love the art-world stuff in particular but the terminal introspection was tiring, she couldn't drink a coffee without considering the milky abyss ahead.

Future Trash

Allez Al

Just started Elenor Oliphant from your recommendation. I’m digging it so far.

Rapid Adapter

Just started this one, a history of Black popular music starting in 1800's. Should be required reading for all.

Lincoln

Allez Al 🤣 haven't read Kim's yet

Randall

I’m scared to mention him by name because it coyld conure him but speaking of New York and Thurston Moore, I really enjoyed Scene Loser. Quick read and lots of fun. He gets some trash talk in there, but for He Who Shall Not Be Named not as much as I expected

Real Hank

just started the new Mike Sniper biography "Blank Dogs and Irishmen" (he explains the title in the book--his dad is irish)

mw

Real Hank just started the new Mike Sniper biography "Blank Dogs and Irishmen"

Do you know where this can be found? Didn’t see anything when I tried to search for it

Randall

Real Hank Great read. I especially loved the MAc and Me chapter

Dave Martin

Real Hank just started the new Mike Sniper biography "Blank Dogs and Irishmen" (he explains the title in the book--his dad is irish)

Legit funny.

ratcharge

Re-reading The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich – it’s a novel but also some kind of hallucinatory prose poem starring a bunch of teenage junkies/ hobos that may or may not be « real » vampires. Captivating once you accept you won’t be getting any kind of traditional plot. FFO Naked Lunch, Kathy Acker, etc.

Wade T Oberlin

ratcharge score. It’s a fun one.

Lincoln

Just sarted Disaster Nationalism by Richard Seymour. It's interesting. There's a section on the Oregon wildfires in 2020. Conservatives in rural communities refused to evacuate and set up armed roadblocks as rumors spread that Antifa types were setting fires to sneak in and loot. It's a feature of that strange year that I always thought needed more examination.
https://www.versobooks.com/products/3147-disaster-nationalism?srsltid=AfmBOooVp_SpKSBACl8SQRGNhtLuA9r67QdKMaqAYB44xfOQl4ma25_r

ratcharge

Anyone here has read Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delanious? What’s your take?

Lincoln

ratcharge Dhalgren is one of my favorite books. It's something I read years ago that I still think about from time to time.

I always understood it was a metaphor for "white flight", when the bourgeoisie abandoned American cities in late 70s. Those urban spaces turned into waste lands, but they also proved to be fertile ground for new art, music, and self expression.

terminalsunset

ratcharge I've not finished it as it's daunting as hell. A really fascinating read, though. The fact that it's essentially his expression of how he experiences the world, identity, reality, sexuality, sensuality etc. makes it a pretty potent and disorienting experience.

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