innerspaceboy

I tend to read a few titles at a time (literary ADD) Recently I've finished:

• American Minimal Music by Wim Mertens
• Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond by Michael Nyman
• Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry
• The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
• Democracy of Sound: Music Piracy and the Remaking of American Copyright in the Twentieth Century
• Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future
• and How Music Works by David Byrne

The next two titles currently in the post -

• For the Birds: John Cage in Conversation with Daniel Charles (recommended by Frownland!)
• and Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds

Also a huge Douglas Adams fan. I have the Ultimate Guide, the HH & Dirk Gently radio dramas, and the awesome Illustrated oversize.

Zyrada

I've been trying my hand at reading Dune recently, but I'm having a hard time keeping my attention focused. I have a few nonfiction books around that I've been meaning to read more of as well, and I'm thinking tonight might be a good night to read some of Gioia's History of Jazz since you mentioned it on one of your lists.

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Chula Vista

Leviathan Wakes by James Corey

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innerspaceboy

Definitely one of the best jazz texts I've come across! Take it in a bit at a time. I'd love to hear your thoughts once you've finished it.

The Batlord

I'm rereading Darkly Dreaming Dexter, and will then go on to read the other six books. I still haven't recovered from my Dexter obsession, but I can't rewatch the show-



But now I can go "back to the beginning" without worrying about... that. Hopefully.

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Chula Vista

Awesome Space Opera so far. Equal parts Star Wars, Star Trek, Die Hard, etc. Doesn't require much brain matter. Just wicked fun stuff.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

innerspaceboy

Curious if anyone in the group has read anything by music journalist, Simon Reynolds? Seems a fitting writer to mention in a music community.

I absolutely loved his book, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past and I'm re-reading it again. If anyone thinks they might dig it, here's a link to my review.

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Moss

Started this one on January 1st and finished it yesterday. Loved every second of it, even the footnotes to the footnotes. Highly recommend it, like no book you have ever read.

Chula Vista

^^^^
On my list.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Aux-In

Are these any good? I would be interested, but sometimes I find with reference material such as this, the references, while helpful as background material, aren't that useful when applied to the topic at hand. Ex: Spending too much time describing cases like Napster, or going into more detail about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act than is necessary when it comes to applying these topics toward current trends.

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