What are you reading right now?

Thrice · 04-07-2009, 05:20 PM

Kurt Vonnegut-Welcome to the Monkey House.

I dont like reading books, but this is a killer compilation of short stories.

anticipation · 04-07-2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Thrice

Kurt Vonnegut-Welcome to the Monkey House.

I dont like reading books, but this is a killer compilation of short stories.

oh heck yes, that was my summer reading assignment two years ago.

The Foster Portfolio, EPICAC, All The King's Horses, and Report on the Barnhouse Effect are all sick.

Thrice · 04-07-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by anticipation

oh heck yes, that was my summer reading assignment two years ago.

The Foster Portfolio, EPICAC, All The King's Horses, and Report on the Barnhouse Effect are all sick.

yeah and the euphio question. i love barnhouse.

crash_override · 04-08-2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ElephantSack

Yeah, if you're interested in the whole story of the beginnings of the Norwegian Black Metal scene in regards to bands like Bathory, Burzum and Mayhem, the first couple parts of the book deal directly with that, but then I kind of had to push myself through the following parts which delve more into the influence that someone like Varg Vikernes exhibits on the hangers-on of the scene, and then all the ****ed-up **** that kids got themselves into just trying to be evil and **** like that. And then it explains the correlations between the Black Metal scene and Satanism and later, National Socialism. Also, it explains a lot of why it started in Norway and not somewhere else, regarding a lot of pre-Christian Germanic and Nordic tribal traditions.

Sorry, not trying to explain the whole book to you. But there is a lot of interesting info in it to anyone with a general intrigue regarding that scene of music.

Yeah, I'd recommend it.

Cool thanks for the preview, I will look around for it.

LoathsomePete · 04-08-2009, 05:27 PM

I would also recommend this one if you're into the extreme metal genres, as well as some of the psychology behind the music.

shoegazer · 04-09-2009, 03:54 PM

I'm reading this book and it is quite interesting.

LoathsomePete · 04-09-2009, 05:25 PM

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I'm reading this book and it is quite interesting.

If you enjoy that then I would recommend "This Is Your Brain On Music" by Daniel J. Levitin if you haven't already read it.

shoegazer · 04-09-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Pobodys_Nerfect

If you enjoy that then I would recommend "This Is Your Brain On Music" by Daniel J. Levitin if you haven't already read it.

I haven't yet. My friend was talking about that book in my Psychology class. I'm going to pick it up after I finish this book.

simplephysics · 04-11-2009, 05:50 PM

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

I've never read any of Murakami's short stories, but I'm expecting good things based from some of the novels I've read by him.

Molecules · 04-11-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

I've never read any of Murakami's short stories, but I'm expecting good things based from some of the novels I've read by him.

i've read his old stuff 'a wild sheep chase' and 'hardboiled wonderland...', long time ago but I remember them being really good, those ones certainly incorporated a lot of fantasy.
I would recommend his non-fiction book about the Tokyo subway gas attacks of 1995, it's far from a cold journalistic account of events, trust me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_(stories)

I just finished the Portrait of Dorian Gray, love Oscar.

I am well into this now. Autobiography of legendary winger Stanley Matthews. Golden age of football, when men were real men who lived in terraced houses and chewed on boot leather and didn't break into giggle fits if you used words like 'community spirit', etc. F*cking brilliant

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Thrice أمهاتك[وهور]Aura Euphoria Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida/Buffalo/CT Posts: 2,077	Kurt Vonnegut-Welcome to the Monkey House. I dont like reading books, but this is a killer compilation of short stories. __________________ Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I would also recommend this one if you're into the extreme metal genres, as well as some of the psychology behind the music. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

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shoegazer What I do I say Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hawaii, US Posts: 96	I'm reading this book and it is quite interesting. __________________ :crazy:Just a little misunderstood:crazy: