What's that yer readin'? [with added flirting]

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:06 pm

ash wrote:Lady Chatterly's Lover - DH Lawrence
Six - Jim Crace
Roman Sex - John R. Clarke

Rude books??!! Am shocked to the very core...

ash · Post by **ash** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:23 pm

Superstar wrote:Rude books??!! Am shocked to the very core...

Pah! Those aren't rude books.

Mandiargues' "Portrait of an Englishman", Battaile's "Story of the Eye", or pretty much anything by Home or de Sade - now they're rude books!

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:31 pm

while looking through the reserved books section the other day i noticed someone had reserved a book called "teach yourself S&M"...

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:12 pm

bunnyben wrote:while looking through the reserved books section the other day i noticed someone had reserved a book called "teach yourself S&M"...

The mind boggles...

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:32 pm

superstar wrote:PS Ads - clear some of your messages. I am trying to send you some important documentation

I've only got 2 messages in my folder so don't whats going on there. Am intrigued about this "important documentation" though.

superstar wrote:perhaps due to your no show at the last Meet and Greet?

There was a meet and greet? When was this? Who went? When's the next one?!

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:11 am

Ads wrote:Am intrigued about this "important documentation"

Don't get too excited, young man - it is simply your Superstar screensaver.
I imagine your next chance to meet me will be in a drinking establishment near to the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Monday 23rd October. Should I pencil you in?

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:15 am

superstar wrote:I imagine your next chance to meet me will be in a drinking establishment near to the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Monday 23rd October. Should I pencil you in?

No can do I'm afraid. Going to the Brighton gig the night before and as I'm going to the Manchester and Edinburgh gigs too, think the London one would prove excessive (to the wallet mainly). Try again!

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:27 am

Ads wrote:think the London one would prove excessive (to the wallet mainly)

Am aghast! Surely an opportunity such as this would warrant begging, borrowing or stealing in order to ensure your attendance?

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:22 pm

Its sold out too. So, unless you've a spare, our destinies will not entwine on this occasion.

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:57 pm

Ads wrote:our destinies will not entwine on this occasion

Over and out, Captain. Library tour it is then...

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:04 am

Superstar wrote:
Ads wrote:our destinies will not entwine on this occasion
Over and out, Captain. Library tour it is then...

Although I am not a big reader, all of a sudden the thought of a library tour doesn't seem like second best! PM with dates,etc.

Who needs Baz, eh?!

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:34 am

The Joke's Over by Ralph Steadman. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's visual sidekick. So far....amazing

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:20 am

Ads wrote:Who needs Baz, eh?!

You heartless rogue. Am scandalised by your attempts to lead me astray...

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:25 am

superstar wrote:You heartless rogue. Am scandalised by your attempts to lead me astray...

In my defence, I was a bit tiddly when I wrote that. If its any consolation, am now suffering with a slight hangover. Actually, why am I apologising.....Baz and Will got away with this stuff for ages!

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:46 am

Ads wrote:why am I apologising.....Baz and Will got away with this stuff for ages!

Apology accepted. Charming men are very difficult to resist...

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:51 am

superstar wrote:Charming men are very difficult to resist...

Am quoting this for no other reason than the fact I like it!

Also, I wanted to make sure that mark reads this as he had a pop at me the other night when I saw him at a gig. (private joke, sorry!)

Chapter Two · Post by **Chapter Two** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:38 pm

I haven't read anything for a while so I just went out and bought Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion and Rik Mayall's Bigger than Hitler Better Than Christ.

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:27 am

Next years camra approved Good Beer Guide.

ash · Post by **ash** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:21 am

The Jig wrote:Next years camra approved Good Beer Guide.

I was talking about the Good Beer Guide at my regular last night with a fellow originally from (I think) the Birmingham area. Apparently the thing's big enough to use as a doorstop, and and it details pubs out in the countryside with 8 (!!) guest taps.

One day, my friends, one day.....

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:27 pm

i went to the library today

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:28 pm

Ads wrote:
superstar wrote:Charming men are very difficult to resist...

this charming man would go out tonight but doean't have a stich to wear, but why should one so handsome care?

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:15 pm

bunnyben wrote:i went to the library today

Did you now? I do hope that you weren't browsing the reservations shelves for unsavoury publications again

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:19 pm

bunnyben wrote:this charming man would go out tonight but doesn't have a stich to wear, but why should one so handsome care?

Charming and handsome? A winning combination if I ever heard one...

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:25 pm

bunnyben wrote:this charming man would go out tonight but doean't have a stich to wear, but why should one so handsome care?

Is he talking about me or is he getting in on the act now?! Anyway, I have lots to wear so there!

mark · Post by **mark** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:17 pm

Ads wrote:
superstar wrote:Charming men are very difficult to resist...
Am quoting this for no other reason than the fact I like it!

Also, I wanted to make sure that mark reads this as he had a pop at me the other night when I saw him at a gig. (private joke, sorry!)

Is that why, you never met us at the pub.
Its all about the gloucester tonight Ads
Superstar, you're more than welcome too, theres some tickets that need stamping in brighton if you get my drift ,you teasebox

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:09 pm

Whats going on down there tonight then? Was in there last night after going to see The Hat. Went down the Zap first but it was almost as bad as the Event back in the 80's!! Still it was free to get in so had 2 in there then headed down to the Gloucester for an hour of MFI. Very pissed and felt very old. Don't know if my body can take another night of drinking...been on the piss the last 3 nights. Thought the Horn were good on Tuesday, Peter, Bjorn and John were excellent on Weds and The Hat were great last night.

Oh, and another thing......don't call my bird a teasebox!!!

will this do? · Post by **will this do?** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:17 pm

A little respect, please.

A gentleman would never bandy names in such a fashion. I'll leave it there for now, but mark my words...

mark · Post by **mark** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:37 pm

The mutts are on at the gloucester

Ads, its not like you to be bawdy. Its like 'carry on spaceman' on here at the minute

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:54 pm

ash wrote:
I was talking about the Good Beer Guide at my regular last night with a fellow originally from (I think) the Birmingham area. Apparently the thing's big enough to use as a doorstop, and and it details pubs out in the countryside with 8 (!!) guest taps.

One day, my friends, one day.....

Yes you really could use it as a doorstop.

Well if that day does happen go here http://www.wasdale.com/ and more pics here http://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/wasdalehead.htm . It doesn't get much better than that and also has a brewery on site too.

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:08 pm

mark wrote:The mutts are on at the gloucester

Ads, its not like you to be bawdy. Its like 'carry on spaceman' on here at the minute

Yeah, sorry mate...don't know whats got in to me. A week off and 3 nights gigging and drinking have had their effect on me. Plus I think I'm trying to make up for Baz's enforced absence!

Think I'm going to give tonight a swerve, feeling knackered. I hear that Brighton Live is continuing into Sat though with some all day thing going on down the Concorde2. You going to that?

mark · Post by **mark** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:14 pm

I guess, maybe see you tmmrw, depending on tonights antics

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:17 pm

What are the Mutts like anyway?

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:28 pm

Ads wrote:
bunnyben wrote:this charming man would go out tonight but doean't have a stich to wear, but why should one so handsome care?
Is he talking about me or is he getting in on the act now?! Anyway, I have lots to wear so there!

how could you even question that?? to you i'm a pale moon to your glorious sunrise...

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:30 pm

Superstar wrote:
bunnyben wrote:i went to the library today
Did you now? I do hope that you weren't browsing the reservations shelves for unsavoury publications again

no, i had supervision this time. it took them so long to stop me being hesterical last time that now i have my own superviser and a blindfold

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:46 pm

bunnyben wrote:to you i'm a pale moon to your glorious sunrise...

Oi! Now don't you be getting any funny ideas pal...I'm not that way inclined! (reverts to stereotypical builders role)

veiko · Post by **veiko** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:31 am

i'm sorry but i have not read all the responses in this thread. i will jump right to my question - has someone read Kay Redfield Jameson's "Touched with fire"?
any comments? thanks.
i'm asking this cuz it was mentioned in the Daniel Johnston's almighty documentary.

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:48 pm

veiko wrote:i'm sorry but i have not read all the responses in this thread. i will jump right to my question - has someone read Kay Redfield Jameson's "Touched with fire"?
any comments? thanks.
i'm asking this cuz it was mentioned in the Daniel Johnston's almighty documentary.

you haven't missed much

ash · Post by **ash** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:25 pm

Just finished "Takin' Back My Name", Ike Turner's autobiography. Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. I particularly liked this paragraph:

I had this guitar player called Jimmy. He was a real good player, but his problem was that he liked gimmicks. In those days there was no balance line to balance the volume between a wah-wah pedal, a fuzz tone, and a neutron. So every time he switched from one pedal to another, the volume would go up or down, mostly into feedback. I told him four or five times that he was gonna have to mark where the knobs should be on each pedal, but he never did. He would fuck up the whole solo to the song trying to stop the feedback or bring up the volume. So I cut him loose and rehired Willie Kizart.

Later I heard about a new superstar called Jimi Hendrix. You guessed it: it was the same Jimmy I'd fired.

radioshack · Post by **radioshack** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:54 pm

Chapter Two wrote:I haven't read anything for a while so I just went out and bought Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion and Rik Mayall's Bigger than Hitler Better Than Christ.

What did you make of Bigger than Hitler........? It was fun to read whilst drunk I thought.

ash · Post by **ash** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:07 am

radioshack wrote:
Chapter Two wrote:I haven't read anything for a while so I just went out and bought Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion and Rik Mayall's Bigger than Hitler Better Than Christ.
What did you make of Bigger than Hitler........? It was fun to read whilst drunk I thought.

...and I'd like to know what you thought of The God Delusion - just about to make a start on that one, and it looks pretty darn good.

norrin radd · Post by **norrin radd** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:40 pm

let it come down - paul bowles (i think j named the album after this book)

the glass bead game - hermann hesse, infact, ive been getting through all his books, steppenwolf the highlight so far

seven experiments that could change the world - rupert sheldrake, this is by a professor who is into esp and morphogenic fields, intresting stuff

Adovadotchka · Post by **Adovadotchka** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:27 pm

sex drugs and cocoa puffs - by chuck klosterman (i think) it's basically social commentary for generation x'ers. a friend insisted i read it. it's rather blah so far. i wouldn't really recommend it.

(above is a quote of a beautiful noise--didn't show as a quote)

The same thing happened to me. I have so much less respect for this person, and her generation, and popular culture. It made me want to experience more real culture, and brush my teeth.

I'm reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (a novel), Love and Louis XIV; the Women in the Life of the Sun King by Antonia Fraser (a narrative history), and also just finished Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, which was lots of fun.

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:00 pm

pyer Gynt- isben

it is a play based on the semi-mytholgical character from norwegian folklore

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:41 pm

is wrote:
bunnyben wrote:pyer Gynt- isben

it is a play based on the semi-mytholgical character from norwegian folklore
Ibsen, butter fingers!

I don't know much about it, but there's an opera by Benjamen Britten based on the story, and Roger McGuinn of the Byrds planned a musical retelling (Gene Trypp) around 1970, which was to have included the songs Chestnut Mare, Lover of the Bayou, and many many more (as they used to say).

i found out about it due to 'morning' by grieg being part of the score that he wrote for the book which was then turned into an opera

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:54 pm

Adovadotchka wrote: and also just finished Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, which was lots of fun.

Oh yeah, that looks really good! I've had that one lying around for a bit but have yet to start it - quite a daunting looking book!

To continue wher I left here before I'm getting through a couple more by
Paul Auster - 'The Brooklyn Follies' and 'Moon Palace'.

The first is one of the best books I've read in ages - and may be the best one I've read by him. Equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking, touches of humour and the least stylised of his novels that I've read. It's brilliant!

'Moon Palace', like 'Brooklyn...', shares the same obsessions with coincidence and chance and is also a more straight-up novel than some of the more out there stuff he's done. I've nearly finished this and I think I know where its going to end but it's recommended all the same.

I started Philip K. Dick's 'The Man In The High Castle' although its pretty crazy...

I've also attempted 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' again but i'm finding it hard to get into it. I hear its worth it however.

Also a good book called 'Unknown Legends of Rock N' Roll'.

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ro · Post by ro » Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:54 pm

BzaInSpace wrote:Paul Auster

I've also attempted 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' again but i'm finding it hard to get into it. I hear its worth it however
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is he the guy who wrote that one about the silent films?

keep on with the french lieutenant! it's like a story within a story without a story within an ending.

i'm reading the hobbit.

scratch · Post by **scratch** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:45 pm

Dylan:s Chronicles: Volume One

A little too much focus on the 80:s imo
but sort of fun to know heÂ´s a NWA and Public enemy fan.

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:49 pm

ro wrote:

is he the guy who wrote that one about the silent films?

Yeah! I think that was the 'Book of Illusions'. After a while some of the stories merge together in the mind

ro wrote:keep on with the french lieutenant! it's like a story within a story without a story within an ending.

i'm reading the hobbit.

I just have to get past the first few chapters, so cheers, I will!

The Hobbit was the first book I ever read... I liked the map at the beginning

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:18 pm

scratch wrote:Dylan:s Chronicles: Volume One

A little too much focus on the 80:s imo
but sort of fun to know heÂ´s a NWA and Public enemy fan.

i really enjoyed his writing style and use of imagery and...wait a second, it's Dylan!!!

eeee22 · Post by **eeee22** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:43 pm

Recently Read:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Little Children by Tom Perrota (apparently is a movie just out now. Recommend the book. Loved the ending)

Currently Reading:
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (only a couple chapters in)

On Deck:
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (loved Fountainhead so I suppose I have to give this one a try. I've been a little intimidated so far)

ohh · Post by **ohh** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:39 am

I'm past the half way point in Richard Hell's account of a junkie rockstars American road trip in the early 80's, Go Now. Not enjoying it that much, too much rambling introspection for my tastes. Much prefered his book Godlike.
Not to worry though, because next up I have Alain Robbe-Grillet's book In The Labyrinth. I'm a big Robbe-Grillet fan so I doubt it'll disappoint.

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:16 am

i'm currently reading 'house of dolls' by ka-tzetnik 135633 which is a novel based on the diary of a young jewish girl who was sent to the camps and to the joy division where she was raped by the nazis.

this is the book from which ian curtis took the second verse of no love lost.

so far so good, quite painful to read in places and i can only imagine it will just get worse, she's not even in the camp yet!

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:46 pm

ok, update, just finished house of dolls. a really powerful book, well worth reading, just be warned your soul will be cut and your heart broken....it all seems too real...to be honest no words can i utter here to do justice to it...if you're interested read it...that's all i can say

ohh · Post by **ohh** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:15 pm

I never feel like reading/watching/whatever anything about the Nazi's. Every week it seems there's a new TV programme on the subject and it's become totally meaningless to me.

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:52 pm

do you remember the channel 5 serries about hitler's shoes and his carrot or something? top quality programming no one said

Flathaddock · Post by **Flathaddock** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:06 pm

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

A book about errm God being extremely unlikely to exist no probably even less than that. Being an atheist this is my kind of book but the author would like agnostics and all believers to read the book to make them look at the probability of it all.

Must admit that having a dictionary on hand would be a good idea as he writes using words which I do not use so I have been a little confused at times hey perhaps I am a little confused all the time and the book is simple, who knows?

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:18 pm

Flathaddock wrote:The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

A book about errm God being extremely unlikely to exist no probably even less than that. Being an atheist this is my kind of book but the author would like agnostics and all believers to read the book to make them look at the probability of it all.

Must admit that having a dictionary on hand would be a good idea as he writes using words which I do not use so I have been a little confused at times hey perhaps I am a little confused all the time and the book is simple, who knows?

what anoys me is when people say 'there's no proof that God exists so he doesn't'

i always think 'there's no proof that he does not exist so he must...'

sorry but it always irritates me how people use the above quote as the beggining, middle and end of any 'great deabate on philisophical and theological' discussion

anorthernsoul · Post by **anorthernsoul** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:57 pm

Every week it seems there's a new TV programme on the subject and it's become totally meaningless to me.

HOLOCAUST DENIER!
ARREST THE HOLOCAUST DENIER!
you sicko.

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:17 am

anorthernsoul wrote:
Every week it seems there's a new TV programme on the subject and it's become totally meaningless to me.
HOLOCAUST DENIER!
ARREST THE HOLOCAUST DENIER!
you sicko.

maybe he's the Iranian president??

Flathaddock · Post by **Flathaddock** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:55 pm

[quote="bunnyben
what anoys me is when people say 'there's no proof that God exists so he doesn't'

i always think 'there's no proof that he does not exist so he must...'

[/quote]

I think that the argument Richard Dawkins puts forward is slightly more complex than that which you mention. I am only about 60 pages in now but if you do not like that the 'no proof' line then give it a read.

If you want an excellent lesson on evolution and the theory of creation then look at this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qeDWr--ZZ0

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:50 pm

Flathaddock wrote:[quote="bunnyben
what anoys me is when people say 'there's no proof that God exists so he doesn't'

i always think 'there's no proof that he does not exist so he must...'

I think that the argument Richard Dawkins puts forward is slightly more complex than that which you mention. I am only about 60 pages in now but if you do not like that the 'no proof' line then give it a read.

If you want an excellent lesson on evolution and the theory of creation then look at this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qeDWr--ZZ0[/quote]

cheers. i'll stick it on my reading list. i'd be interested to hear what you've made of it once you've reached the end. so where are you coming from. do you believe in God or a god? fell free not to answer if you wish it to remain private

Flathaddock · Post by **Flathaddock** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:04 pm

[quote="bunnyben

so where are you coming from. do you believe in God or a god? fell free not to answer if you wish it to remain private

[/quote]

I am happy to answer. I do not believe that there is a god or any supernatural being. I do not believe in intelligent design. I am pretty happy with the scientific or Darwinian view on how we came to be here and have no need to think there is anything else. Born, live, die that's what I think. That makes me an atheist but if anyone chooses to believe in god, gods or the invisible pink unicorn then that is up to them.

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:37 pm

Flathaddock wrote:[quote="bunnyben

so where are you coming from. do you believe in God or a god? fell free not to answer if you wish it to remain private

I am happy to answer. I do not believe that there is a god or any supernatural being. I do not believe in intelligent design. I am pretty happy with the scientific or Darwinian view on how we came to be here and have no need to think there is anything else. Born, live, die that's what I think. That makes me an atheist but if anyone chooses to believe in god, gods or the invisible pink unicorn then that is up to them.[/quote]

it's not a unicorn, it's a horse with a sword on its head to protect my hopes and dreams!

Flathaddock · Post by **Flathaddock** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:43 pm

[quote="bunnyben"

it's not a unicorn, it's a horse with a sword on its head to protect my hopes and dreams![/quote]

Damn, I am converted praise the unicorn. I am off to The church of the invisible pink unicorn right now, I have hopes and dreams to be saved by his holy pinkness.

bunnyben · Post by **bunnyben** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:32 pm

i'm just over half way through the idiot by dostoyevsky. while the book maintains the high standards of his others that i have read inever before realised how witty he is! this book has had me laughing out loud more times than most comedy do!

borders has a halfprice sale on, i just picked up j g ballards new novel in hardback for 8.99 so hurry down and get some bargins for the long months between sales and new libarary deliveries!

drones · Post by **drones** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:39 pm

purespace wrote:Mmm . . . good thread

God Makes the Rivers to Flow: Selections from the Sacred Literature of the World - chosen by Eknarth Easwaran

The Cannabible - Jason King (incredible pics of the best bud he found traveling the world)

Pleiadian Perspectives on Human Evolution - Amorah Quan Yin

Cows by Matthew Stokoe - wish I had NEVER opened it in the first place - the most wretched, stomach turning filth. EVER! I will never be the same. The worst part is I kept turing the page. I am horrid. I had to bathe after each chapter. filthfilthfilth. each word felt like I was hit me in the stomach by a freight train. I called my mother to tell her I loved her after it was over. I felt like burning it so no one would know what I had read.

but you will always know what you have done