What are you reading right now?

Mr. Charlie · 01-30-2017, 11:52 AM

GuD · 02-04-2017, 09:51 PM

That book looks like its from the 70s.

anthropolomon · 02-06-2017, 12:44 AM

currently reading a collection of Franz Kafka's short stories.
previously read Ian McEwan's The Cement Garden.

**Frownland** · 02-11-2017, 03:24 PM

"The Bees" by Dan Chaon

Beautifully haunting, feverish, and creepy. There needs to be more prose like this (or I guess I need to find more). 150% recommended, and it's only 25 pages long.

innerspaceboy · 02-11-2017, 07:45 PM

By a sheer stroke of good fortune, I was reminded today of an article on the history of ambient house. Revisiting the feature I had the mind to cross-reference the bolded statements it presented which led me to David Toop's book, Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds. I realized that I'd purchased the book but had left it only half-read. Retrieving it from my shelf I found my Stockhausen / Cluster & Eno bookmark 116 pages in, awaiting my return.

Sunday Times called it, 'A rare instance of a music book which is about music, but works.'

I'm bumping this back to the top of my reading list straight away!

UPDATE: The aforementioned bolded statements evidently were sourced from an info sheet distributed to the music press by The KLF in 1989 via fax. Here's a scan of the original info sheet, courtesy of MrJolly23 on Twitter:

Spoiler for [Large image hidden as a courtesy]:

Quite a piece of history!

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 02-12-2017, 01:51 PM

i have to read the communist manifesto for class tomorrow. i've read quite a few excerpts from it in the past but this will be the first time i read it in it's entirety. if i come back tomorrow acting all marxist and agreeing with el please snap me out of it.

Chiomara · 02-13-2017, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

"The Bees" by Dan Chaon

Beautifully haunting, feverish, and creepy. There needs to be more prose like this (or I guess I need to find more). 150% recommended, and it's only 25 pages long.

Thank you for this; it's fantastic so far!

Pet_Sounds · 02-13-2017, 04:08 PM

On mechanics alone, Capote is probably my second-favourite writer, but I've yet to read his seminal work (mainly because it's always checked out of the library when I go). That's about to change.

Mondo Bungle · 02-14-2017, 06:59 PM

Trollheart · 02-15-2017, 10:06 AM

Reading to Karen:

A great read so far.

Reading for myself:

With the rest waiting, thanks to a link from Batty. Really enjoying it, and it helps that I can see the characters as they're portrayed by the actors in the series. Also a great aide to help me in my upcoming review of the series in The Couch Potato...

02-11-2017, 03:24 PM	#5754 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	"The Bees" by Dan Chaon Beautifully haunting, feverish, and creepy. There needs to be more prose like this (or I guess I need to find more). 150% recommended, and it's only 25 pages long. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,489	On mechanics alone, Capote is probably my second-favourite writer, but I've yet to read his seminal work (mainly because it's always checked out of the library when I go). That's about to change. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Reading to Karen: A great read so far. Reading for myself: With the rest waiting, thanks to a link from Batty. Really enjoying it, and it helps that I can see the characters as they're portrayed by the actors in the series. Also a great aide to help me in my upcoming review of the series in The Couch Potato... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	That book looks like its from the 70s.

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anthropolomon Groupie Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: In my mind palace Posts: 1	currently reading a collection of Franz Kafka's short stories. previously read Ian McEwan's The Cement Garden.