Christiern Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 I read a review of it that basically said her knowledge of grammer was below average. The review was amusing; haven't read the book. I don't know much about grammer, but I thought her grammar was excellent. Quote
frank m Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 CHRISTIERN-- Sorry to go off topic like this but I asked you re a post on another topic what Jazz Corner had done to end up on your shit list?????If you replied, I missed it. Quote
paul secor Posted January 9, 2005 Report Posted January 9, 2005 Scott Phillips' The Ice Storm - Every character in this novel (with the exception of a little girl) is a total dirtbag, with no redeeming qualities. Maybe I'm abnormal, but I usually like to feel some connection with some character in a novel. (I guess if I were a total dirtbag, I might have felt some connection here.) I kept reading this because I wanted to find out what was going to happen. I finished reading it, found out what happened, and I'm sure I'll never open this book again. Quote
pryan Posted January 9, 2005 Report Posted January 9, 2005 George Orwell: DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON Quote
Christiern Posted January 9, 2005 Report Posted January 9, 2005 How do they get these books out so fast? Quote
TheMusicalMarine Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 Just finished re-reading Gone With The Wind. As good as the movie is, the book is far superior, and if character development is important to a book, well, Margaret Mitchell does it as well as anybody, probably better. Terrific read. Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 10, 2005 Author Report Posted January 10, 2005 George Orwell: DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON Good one! A real bohemian classic. E.M. Forster, ROOM WITH A VIEW. My wife and I re-watched the movie last night (one of our favorites) & I thought I should finally get around to reading the novel, which supposedly puts more of an emphasis on some of the class issues. Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 14, 2005 Author Report Posted January 14, 2005 Jeff Magee's THE UNCROWNED KING OF SWING: FLETCHER HENDERSON. Quote
Brad Posted January 14, 2005 Report Posted January 14, 2005 Just finished reading John Le Carre's Absolute Friends. A weird sort of espionage tale going from the 60s to the present time. Quote
JohnJ Posted January 14, 2005 Report Posted January 14, 2005 Just finished 'Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn' by David Hajdu. I would really recommend this, not only did the book make me realize just how special Billy Strayhorn was, but it is also a wonderful portrait of the period from the perspective of being part of the Ellington organization. Quote
tjobbe Posted January 14, 2005 Report Posted January 14, 2005 just received the James Patterson 3rd Degree from UK ... Cheers, Tjobbe Quote
BruceH Posted January 16, 2005 Report Posted January 16, 2005 (edited) Started reading The Whole Equation by David Thomson. Got it as a Christmas gift, so it would be nice if I could finish it by February.... Edited January 16, 2005 by BruceH Quote
JohnS Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon Quote
MartyJazz Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 Just finished 'Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn' by David Hajdu. I would really recommend this, not only did the book make me realize just how special Billy Strayhorn was, but it is also a wonderful portrait of the period from the perspective of being part of the Ellington organization. I'll second that. A very good book, which tempted me to read his subsequent biography regarding Dylan, Richard & Mimi Farina until I realized after a couple of pages (having loaned it from the library) that I simply don't care anywhere near as much about the music these subjects have produced as I do about various jazz greats. B-) Quote
Randy Twizzle Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 I'm reading "Ted Williams The Biography of an American Hero" by Leigh Montville No one could swear as well as Ted. Not only were the words showstoppers--words like "cunt" and "cocksucker" dropped freely with f-bombs and modified with his favorite adjective, "syphilitic"-- but there was a way he swore that made his outbursts special. He strung the words together to make elaborate, rococo, profane poetry. There was a cadence a rhythm to his swearing. There was a blasphemous direction too, much of the anger addressed upward toward a syphilitic Supreme Being who had let humanity down just one more time. Quote
Brandon Burke Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 (edited) Gilbert Sorrentino - Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things Edited January 17, 2005 by Brandon Burke Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 17, 2005 Author Report Posted January 17, 2005 Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain, QUARTET IN H, about a strung-out trumpeter. Thanks much to garth for the recommendation. Quote
ghost of miles Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Posted February 7, 2005 Gunther Schuller, THE SWING ERA, and a bio of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Quote
Chrome Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Nixon at the Movies by Mark Feeney ... very interesting semi-biography of Nixon mixed w/film criticism. It's not about fictional portrayals of Nixon, but more about certain movies as metaphors for things that happened in Nixon's life ... and vice versa. Quote
skeith Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Gunther Schuller, THE SWING ERA, and a bio of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. How is The Swing Era, Gom? I keep thinking I want to read it. Give me your review. Quote
ghost of miles Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Posted February 7, 2005 Gunther Schuller, THE SWING ERA, and a bio of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. How is The Swing Era, Gom? I keep thinking I want to read it. Give me your review. Just started it, skeith, although I've dipped into it quite a bit over the past two years. Very worthwhile IMO, though. Schuller makes a good case for some of the lesser-known figures and keeps a good musicological/history ratio... too bad there isn't going to be a Volume III. Quote
paul secor Posted February 21, 2005 Report Posted February 21, 2005 Meredith Brosnan: Mr Dynamite Quote
paul secor Posted February 21, 2005 Report Posted February 21, 2005 Various essays/reviews in Michael Dirda's 'Bound to Please' - highly recommended. Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 10, 2005 Author Report Posted March 10, 2005 Just picked up Alan Furst's THE POLISH OFFICER again and also started John Rechy's CITY OF NIGHT. Quote
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