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Double Bass DB forum "what books are you reading" thread

#181
Chris Fitzgerald said:
"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
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Have you ever read Tom Wolfe's, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"?

Very entertaining slant on Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Hunter S. Thompson appears in the story line too while he was researching his Hell's Angels book. Much SF Bay Area lore.

As far as Dennis Lehane, I am a fan (been through all of his books). When I get around to fiction again, I'll check out Barry Eisler.

I am reading, Gene Lees' 'Cats of any Color'.

I will be onto my copy of Clifford Brown's Biography, 'The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter", Nick Catalano (autographed by Clifford Brown Jr. - super nice guy, KCSM radio host).
 
#185
Well, I have no job so I read and play music. Thus, my currently reading list is a bit large as follows:

R.A. Salvatore - The Servant of the Shard (fantasy/adventure)
James P. Carse - Finite and Infinite Games (abstract and interesting)
Martin Mayer - The Bankers (we all hate them, know thy enemy)
Alfred North Whitehead - Science and the Modern World (his metaphysics are so solid)

Lastly, bed-time listening: Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.
 
#189
chop_1992 said:
I'm also reading Cats of any Color at the moment. Great perspective from Gene Lees.
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This is was recommended here a few months ago and I read it then. Excellent work.

Hey, Goldsby, I read your wife's novel, Rhythm, and loved it. I live about 20 minutes from where a big chunk of it happens and recognized names of local musicians and sites that she ever so slightly altered. It's so nice to read a well written, compelling work of fiction largely about music where the author actually understands music. I blew through it in a couple of days. My wife is going to read it soon as well.

mark
 
#190
rosanne said:
Great book!
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i haven't done any research to determine the factual content of the book. but is does make for good reading.
 
#192
calivox said:
This is was recommended here a few months ago and I read it then. Excellent work.

Hey, Goldsby, I read your wife's novel, Rhythm, and loved it. I live about 20 minutes from where a big chunk of it happens and recognized names of local musicians and sites that she ever so slightly altered. It's so nice to read a well written, compelling work of fiction largely about music where the author actually understands music. I blew through it in a couple of days. My wife is going to read it soon as well.

mark
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Thanks, Mark! Robin will be happy to hear that. She also has a memoir, Piano Girl, about playing piano in bars and hotels around the world. Piano Girl is also filled with Pittsburgh stuff in the early chapters—starting with the Redwood Motor Inn. One of the later chapters is the "Married to the Bass," which has made the rounds on the internet.
 
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#193
chop_1992 said:
Thanks, Mark! Robin will be happy to hear that. She also has a memoir, Piano Girl, about playing piano in bars and hotels around the world. Piano Girl is also filled with Pittsburgh stuff in the early chapters—starting with the Redwood Motor Inn. One of the later chapters is the "Married to the Bass," which has made the rounds on the internet.
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Piano Girl is in the "to be read soon" pile (as opposed to "I'll get to it eventually pile"). I've skimmed through it a bit already. It looks good. Tell Robin to write another novel. She's really good.

mark
 
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#194
"his metaphysics are so solid"

Funniest line I've read on the board in quite awhile.

"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" was a book that changed my life. I read it at the same time I was reading Alan Watts' "The Book."

For those who are detective/crime novel buffs, I'd like to recommend "The Pryamid" by Henning Mankell. It is a collection of short stories introducing the early history of Inspector Kurt Wallander, who is the star of a series of Mankell's crime novels.
 
#195
currently i'm re-reading:
"The Frontiersmen" by Allan W. Eckert.
it is a non-fiction\historical narrative that reads like a novel...highly recommended.

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson (1st, 2nd & Last)
i've restarted at the beginning and am getting caught up since the Author recently revived the series after the last book in the series was published over 21 years ago....
 
#196
Lot's of good stuff in here. Some Highlights from the past year or so.

The music lesson-Wooten
Catcher in the Rye-Salinger
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-Kesey
Stranger in a Strange Land-Heinlein
A ClockWork Orange-Anthony Burgess
A Brave New World-Huxley

I'm currently reading A Brave New World Revisited by Huxley. Scary stuff.
 
#198
TOM ROBBINS

Currently finishing up the two last books i haven't read by Mr. Robbins. Now on Jitterbug Perfume, next is Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas. I can't get enough of his writing. He is by far the most entertaining read I have ever had. Another Roadside Attraction is definitely in my all-time top 5.

What I enjoy about Tom Robbins is that when I read his ideas, i feel as though he has taken semisubconious ideas of mine and voiced them better than I ever could have.

Cuckoo's nest is in the top 5 also. Juicy Fruit?
 
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#199
Xmas gift from my sister, just cracked it, looks promising;"The Jazz Loft Project", by Sam Stephenson. Subtitle; "Photographs And Tapes Of W. Eugene Smith From 821 Sixth Avenue... 1957-1965. He set up cameras in the loft and shot 1447 rolls over that period. He also set it up as a recording studio of sorts, and taped pretty much everyone and everything. Excerpts (spoken) from these tapes were transcribed and included in the book. Lots of the guys that we love passed through there.
 

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