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

    More on the docket… who knows when

    Under The Big Black Sun - X
    Black Postcards - Dean Wareham
    new Zombies book from HoZac!

    Is there a Troggs book?

      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.

          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.

          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 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.

              Allez Al

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

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

                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.

                    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

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

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                        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

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

                            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.

                              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

                              Read about 70 pages of A Meaningful Life by L.J. Davis. I bought it this weekend at a book stall, had never heard of the guy, but the write-up on the back peaked my interest. The writing has made me laugh a couple of times already so it was 4 euros well spent.

                              I'm also trying to read this book about IBM facilitating the Nazi regime by Edwin Black, which sounds pretty conspiratory but has proven to be an interesting read thusfar. Apparently a punch card system developed by the company made it possible to organize the deportation and destruction of the jews very effectively for the Nazi's. The argument is grist on the mill for the Luddite in me - is that proper English? Technological progress + a corporate desire for profit + unethical leaders = death.