Music Banter - Search Results Music Banter

Go Back   Music Banter > Search Forums
Reload this Page Search Results
Register Blogging Today's Posts
Welcome to Music Banter Forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with over 70,000 other registered members. After you create your free account, you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 1,100,000 posts.

Page 1 of 2 1 2
Showing results 1 to 25 of 34
Search took 0.00 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: Lisnaholic
Forum: Media 03-25-2023, 07:24 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Really nice books, ISB. If I had been in that...

Really nice books, ISB. If I had been in that Rust Belt Bookshop before you, I might have bought those same four books myself.
I have a special affection for War Of The Worlds, because I am...
Forum: Media 12-21-2022, 07:03 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Good call on Steely Dan. Yeah, such a disparity...

Good call on Steely Dan. Yeah, such a disparity between the source and meaning of the name, and the style and attitude of the band. I often wondered why they didn't come up with a better name for...
Forum: Media 12-16-2022, 08:32 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
I didn't know that, elph! So how many Book Titles...

I didn't know that, elph! So how many Book Titles to Band Names are we looking at, I wonder:

The Fall (post-punk)
Eyeless In Gaza (post-punk)
Titus Groan (prog folk)
Soft Machine (jazz fusion)
Forum: Media 12-13-2022, 05:34 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
This sentence is quite ambiguous: Are you...

This sentence is quite ambiguous: Are you chopping down a sentence that would otherwise begin, "I have never read a novel...."
or are you giving us a tip: "Don't read a novel..." ?


Either...
Forum: Media 12-11-2022, 03:00 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Yeah, that's a weird one, elph! Before or...

Yeah, that's a weird one, elph!
Before or since, the only books I've read that were remotely like that were...er... other books by William Burroughs.
Forum: Media 06-03-2022, 07:11 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
:thumb: to elphenor and Mucha na Dziko for books...

:thumb: to elphenor and Mucha na Dziko for books that look really interesting to me.

Sorry that I can't award you an online thumbs up, adidass. Despite several attempts, I don't think I've ever...
Forum: Media 11-18-2021, 06:23 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Yes, I've had that same experience: click on the...

Yes, I've had that same experience: click on the last page number shown in that little row of boxes, and it throws you back to the previous page.
At first I thought it meant that someone was at...
Forum: Media 11-17-2021, 06:12 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
That's interesting! I had the opposite reaction:...

That's interesting! I had the opposite reaction: I wanted to know more about the Dresden firestorm and got irritated with Vonnegut's intrusive style getting in the way.
One conclusion we both agree...
Forum: Media 11-09-2021, 05:10 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
That looks interesting, Akai! I like the quote on...

That looks interesting, Akai! I like the quote on the cover. For anyone who wants to know more about the book:

P75oZu57o_0



That's impressive, Innerspace! Congratulations on completing such...
Forum: Media 09-16-2021, 05:40 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
I also just love Tom Wolfe's writing style. I...

I also just love Tom Wolfe's writing style. I found the characters and events in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test just fascinating - but over time came more to your conclusion, adidasss; that the...
Forum: Media 07-07-2021, 07:17 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Is that right, Marie? Good for Vonnegut!...

Is that right, Marie? Good for Vonnegut! Slaughterhouse 5 is another book that I have largely forgotten - unless that is the one in which numerous paragraphs are concluded with the irritating...
Forum: Media 07-04-2021, 03:00 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Aha! Please consider my post edited like this,...

Aha! Please consider my post edited like this, jadis:-





I think Kurt Vonnegut did this in Breakfast of Champions, didn't he? At first characters are introduced with quite conventional...
Forum: Media 07-04-2021, 07:13 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
:laughing: That sounds like an analogy that you...

:laughing: That sounds like an analogy that you have really lived through!
I read that book way back when "magic realism" was a new term, and I also didn't really get the reason for the book's...
Forum: Media 05-16-2021, 10:59 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Yep, so much nicer than an audio book or similar;...

Yep, so much nicer than an audio book or similar; I approve 100% Trollheart! I'm glad that the two of you have something like that to share when, as it always does, conversation wanes. I haven't read...
Forum: Media 05-15-2021, 07:04 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
That was my experience with BK too. I got fed up...

That was my experience with BK too. I got fed up with how Dostoyevski, when he introduced a character, would takes us back to the guy's grandfather's parents. Not only was it dull, but it gave the...
Forum: Media 12-27-2020, 06:42 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Never really thought about it before, but I...

Never really thought about it before, but I usually read for pleasure at a set pace, and wasn't comfortable slowing down for Italo Calvino. Perhaps to do him justice I should've read it the way you...
Forum: Media 12-24-2020, 11:07 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Impressive quotes, but I find it difficult to...

Impressive quotes, but I find it difficult to read a book of that kind of intensity/ density. I used to have a book by him, unread, but I *checks shelves* I think I gave it away. :(...
Forum: Media 08-01-2020, 08:13 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
I read that book years ago, Marie, attracted by...

I read that book years ago, Marie, attracted by the great title and its mysterious-looking cover art. I enjoyed it, as I recall, but I never felt any need to reread it tbh. That's partly because I...
Forum: Media 06-19-2020, 09:29 PM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
That sounds like an intriguing book and has a...

That sounds like an intriguing book and has a great title.

I'm not reading it right now, but anyone who has enjoyed "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer should be interested in this news item:-

...
Forum: Media 04-07-2020, 08:07 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
^ I love that old cover! I read his book Being...

^ I love that old cover! I read his book Being There when I was a student, but Painted Bird looks a lot more interesting to me.
__________________________________________________________________
...
Forum: Media 03-13-2020, 09:51 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
^ There are plenty of good historical novels I'm...

^ There are plenty of good historical novels I'm sure, but I suppose I was focusing on some modern novels that reach back furthur than they are convincingly able to convey. The Sarum book has a pic...
Forum: Media 03-13-2020, 06:51 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
^ LOL. Yeah, that often seems to be an author's...

^ LOL. Yeah, that often seems to be an author's main motivation.



Sorry, Neapolitan, I've never heard of this book, but based solely on the comment on the cover, I would probably leave it on...
Forum: Media 03-11-2020, 09:26 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
Not a recommendation, but an achievement: just...

Not a recommendation, but an achievement: just finished reading Foucault's Pendulum for the second time.

https://live.staticflickr.com/214/479754744_7aeb6cf21a_z.jpg

^ Bought this edition in...
Forum: Media 01-27-2020, 06:10 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
^ Is that a thing that people do in the US? I...

^ Is that a thing that people do in the US? I always thought it was a unique name invented by Sheldon Cooper.

I called my mom "Mum" until my adult sisters made the switch to "Mother" at which...
Forum: Media 12-08-2019, 07:24 AM
Replies: 7,670
Views: 681,531
Posted By Lisnaholic
^ Yep, that's a nice purchase, innerspace: an...

^ Yep, that's a nice purchase, innerspace: an old, good condition hardcover copy is so much more satisfying to have imo, and you've got good value in terms of words per cent too - but of course it's...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 34
Page 1 of 2 1 2

 
Forum Jump
Terms & Privacy - Contact Us - Music Banter - Archive - Top

© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.