What are you currently reading?

[Bartellb]

Stephen C. Meyer - Return of the God Hypothesis.

Peter Kreeft - Before I Go

Scott Hahn - The Fourth Cup.

[interbellum]

Bill Bruford - The Autobiography

Great book indeed. After I bought and read it he came with that exclusive deluxe edition including two 10"-records and a piece of a cymbal on the back of the spine. No idea why I bought that too

Here's a fine review on that deluxe edition from our late great John Kelman: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bill-br...by-john-kelman

[rapidfirerob]

Secondhand Souls- Christopher Moore

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away - Richard Brautigan

One of the few books l read every 5 years or so.

[Lou]

Secondhand Souls- Christopher Moore

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Secondhand Souls- Christopher Moore

A new one?

[rapidfirerob]

A new one?

Sorry, it's A Dirty Job, on my Kindle from 2007.

[Rarebird]

Currently reading a Dutch-only book, Vrijdenkers In Muziek: Alternatieve Nederpop van 1980 tot nu by Edwin Hofman. The book contains recent interviews with musicians who made alternative music with bands like Mecano, (De) Div, Spinvis, Gruppo Sportive and Social Security. Some of these bands also had some impact internationally. I bought it especially because of the chapter on Mecano, one of my favourite Dutch bands. I've read Dirk Polak's autobiography Mecano some years ago.

I've just finished that book. Funny part is the interview with Berend Dubbe in which he tells being influenced by Bill Bruford, John Weathers and Christian Vander.

[interbellum]

I've just finished that book. Funny part is the interview with Berend Dubbe in which he tells being influenced by Bill Bruford, John Weathers and Christian Vander.

I met his brother Jan Dubbe a couple of times; he's the drummer in Lady Lake as you might know.

[Rarebird]

I met his brother Jan Dubbe a couple of times; he's the drummer in Lady Lake as you might know.

I didn't know that, but I think Berend Dubbe did with Bauer also a kind of proggish music.

[SteveSly]

The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny, And Murder by David Grann: I was first introduced to Grann when I saw an interview with him on a podcast about his book “Killers Of The Flower Moon” and have become a big fan of his historical books that read like novels. This book concerns the crew of the British war ship Wager who became shipwrecked off the coast of South America while trying to round Cape Horn on a mission for the British Navy in 1740. The book started a little slow, but quickly became difficult to put down. The fact that survivors of the events in the book went on to depict vastly different accounts of what happened makes it even more interesting. Grann tries to get to the truth as much as possible using historical records, but who is to be believed can be interpreted by the reader. I highly recommend this book if you are all a fan of maritime history. Stunning stuff.

5 out of 5 Stars

[Rarebird]

Richard Rasker - Mind, make-believe and medicine Exploring the divide between sciens and wishful thinking

Got it for free from the author and it's an interesting read. I'm very much enjoying it.

[interbellum]

Just started reading Who's The Boy With The Loverly Hair? : The Unlikely Memoir Of Jakko M. Jakszyk (2024). The story of his adoptive-parents in the first two chapters is stuff for a shocking movie. But of course I'm especially curious to read about his solo-career and his work with musicians like Mick Karn, Robert Fripp, Mark King etc. And I wonder if there's something in the book about his admiration for Allan Holdsworth's way of guitar-playing and composing.

[SteveSly]

Just started reading Who's The Boy With The Loverly Hair? : The Unlikely Memoir Of Jakko M. Jakszyk (2024). The story of his adoptive-parents in the first two chapters is stuff for a shocking movie. But of course I'm especially curious to read about his solo-career and his work with musicians like Mick Karn, Robert Fripp, Mark King etc. And I wonder if there's something in the book about his admiration for Allan Holdsworth's way of guitar-playing and composing.

I wish this was available in Kindle as I would be really interested in reading it. I may eventually break down and buy the hardcover.

[Koreabruce]

The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny, And Murder by David Grann: I was first introduced to Grann when I saw an interview with him on a podcast about his book “Killers Of The Flower Moon” and have become a big fan of his historical books that read like novels. This book concerns the crew of the British war ship Wager who became shipwrecked off the coast of South America while trying to round Cape Horn on a mission for the British Navy in 1740. The book started a little slow, but quickly became difficult to put down. The fact that survivors of the events in the book went on to depict vastly different accounts of what happened makes it even more interesting. Grann tries to get to the truth as much as possible using historical records, but who is to be believed can be interpreted by the reader. I highly recommend this book if you are all a fan of maritime history. Stunning stuff.

5 out of 5 Stars

Thanks! I am indeed a fan of maritime history. I'll definitely check that out!

[Sunlight Caller]

Just started reading Who's The Boy With The Loverly Hair? : The Unlikely Memoir Of Jakko M. Jakszyk (2024). The story of his adoptive-parents in the first two chapters is stuff for a shocking movie. But of course I'm especially curious to read about his solo-career and his work with musicians like Mick Karn, Robert Fripp, Mark King etc. And I wonder if there's something in the book about his admiration for Allan Holdsworth's way of guitar-playing and composing.

I really want to read this one too, but I've so many already in my "to get through" pile. This is published by Gregory Spawton of Big Big Train on his Kingmaker imprint, and so I think maximising physical sales is the way to ensure a break-even or hopefully a profit. I too would quite like a Kindle option, just because my shelves are overflowing as it is.

[Gizmotron]

Just started reading Who's The Boy With The Loverly Hair? : The Unlikely Memoir Of Jakko M. Jakszyk (2024). The story of his adoptive-parents in the first two chapters is stuff for a shocking movie. But of course I'm especially curious to read about his solo-career and his work with musicians like Mick Karn, Robert Fripp, Mark King etc. And I wonder if there's something in the book about his admiration for Allan Holdsworth's way of guitar-playing and composing.

WOW, I did not know about this. Thank you!

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

I finished The Last Dangerous Visions (or I thought I had; it turns out my copy is missing a final signature, but the last page I have ends on a full stop, so I thought it was just a rather abrupt ending...), so I've begun reading, or rather re-reading one of my favorite Le Guin books, The Lathe of Heaven. Her tribute to Philip K. Dick, this is also one of her most explicitly "Tao-ish" books; being about George Orr, a man whose dreams literally come true, changing the world as they go, and a psychiatrist who wants to use George to save the world. (And, yes, there's a pun hiding in there: the psychiatrist is supposedly trying to make George Orr well.)

[SteveSly]

Thanks! I am indeed a fan of maritime history. I'll definitely check that out!

[interbellum]

WOW, I did not know about this. Thank you!

I can advise to subscribe to the Burning Shed newsletter about releases like this one from Jakko M. Jakszyk: https://burningshed.com/

But for US-fans https://www.dgmlive.com/news/whos-th...he-lovely-hair might be better.

[SteveSly]

Lightfoot by Nicholas Jennings: When Gordon Lightfoot died last year I decided to get this biography of him which was written in 2017 a few years before his passing. The book is a warts and all account of Gord’s life and his music. He rose from a troubadour writing hits for other people to an artist in his own right who could sell out 20,000 seat hockey arenas. His struggles with alcohol and many dalliances with women are chronicled here along with his bouts of depression, writers block and other issues. In his later life Gord lived to perform and continued to tour on a regular basis even after health problems began to impact his life. I really enjoyed this book and think any fans of Lightfoot’s music would enjoy it.

4.5 out of 5 Stars

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein. I believe I've actually read every story in this book, but it's fun.

[Rarebird]

Yesterday I recieved the MiniMoog book and though I haven't read it yet, I skimmed through it. Looks like an interesting read with interview with several users and patches of some signature sounds.

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny, And Murder by David Grann: I was first introduced to Grann when I saw an interview with him on a podcast about his book “Killers Of The Flower Moon” and have become a big fan of his historical books that read like novels. This book concerns the crew of the British war ship Wager who became shipwrecked off the coast of South America while trying to round Cape Horn on a mission for the British Navy in 1740. The book started a little slow, but quickly became difficult to put down. The fact that survivors of the events in the book went on to depict vastly different accounts of what happened makes it even more interesting. Grann tries to get to the truth as much as possible using historical records, but who is to be believed can be interpreted by the reader. I highly recommend this book if you are all a fan of maritime history. Stunning stuff.

5 out of 5 Stars

The Wager is a fantastic book. Steve, have you read any of the books by Nathaniel Philbrick? His books also deal with maritime history (and are similar survival tales) and are all great, they are right down your alley.

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Martians Go Home! by Fredric Brown. A 1954 novel (made into a mediocre 1990 movie) about Martians who come to Earth and are just ... annoying. Very funny.