Now reading...

[Chuck Nessa]

Purchased this a couple of years ago and never really "dug in". Time to correct that.

[jlhoots]

Lena Valencia: Mystery Lights

[soulpope]

Vol. 5 still very entertaining ....

[GA Russell]

[jlhoots]

Walter Mosley: Farewell, Amethystine

[soulpope]

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/what-gillian-welch-and-david-rawlings-took-from-the-tornado

Interesting ....

[Matthew]

On 8/3/2024 at 7:54 PM, ghost of miles said:

Late to the game here, but how was this book? It looks interesting.

[GA Russell]

Anybody remember Boysie Oakes?  I enjoyed The Liquidator and the next two, but then the series went downhill pretty quickly.

[Brad]

[Chuck Nessa]

To go with tomorrow's listening

[jlhoots]

Barbara Kingsolver: Demon Copperhead

[ghost of miles]

On 8/27/2024 at 8:01 AM, Matthew said:

Late to the game here, but how was this book? It looks interesting.

Still reading it—paused since that last post, but intending to resume soon. So far it’s very good! 

[OliverM]

Je me souviens [I remember], Georges Perec, 1978

 

[soulpope]

12 minutes ago, OliverM said:

Je me souviens [I remember], Georges Perec, 1978

Not translated into german language til now 🧐🤔 ....

[JSngry]

They started with jazz?

[Referentzhunter]

[Jim Duckworth]

[jlhoots]

Rachel Kushner: Creation Lake

[Brad]

 

An unusual book, to say the least. 
 

 

[GA Russell]

[ejp626]

I gave up on The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers as I was nearing the halfway mark.

I'm really enjoying The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams, and incidentally am also near the halfway mark.

[T.D.]

Every year in Woodstock NY there's an anniversary performance of 4'33' at a museum/art gallery. Kay Larson, a Cage scholar, usually (in my experience) opens with a lecture. Then the celebrated piece, which the musician(s) follow with a "normal" performance.

Edited October 7, 2024 by T.D.

[jlhoots]

Sally Rooney: Intermezzo

[mjazzg]

21 hours ago, T.D. said:

Every year in Woodstock NY there's an anniversary performance of 4'33' at a museum/art gallery. Kay Larson, a Cage scholar, usually (in my experience) opens with a lecture. Then the celebrated piece, which the musician(s) follow with a "normal" performance.

I really enjoyed that book

20 hours ago, rostasi said:

I enjoyed that book. My upcoming show on the 16th is my 433rd show.
Since I probably cannot have a silent work playing on the radio because
the "dead air" may trigger something technically unwanted (I haven't ever
asked if the station has these controls, but not taking a chance), I've put
together a show that features 433 excerpts from field recordings along 
with the occasional voice of Cage and snippets of music. It's actually a part
of an occasional segment that I have on the show called "electrophonomural."

Sounds a fascinating listen

[HutchFan]

I'm now reading Jan Swafford's biography of Brahms for the second time, after an interval of many years.