My nephew gave me "Zen and the art of running for Christmas. Can't wait to get into it. Have to finish "The Music Lesson" first though.
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Double Bass DB forum "what books are you reading" thread
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scotty, if you're a runner too, I recommend checking out "Born To Run" sometime. Great, quick read, especially for runners.
Believe you me we are planning a trip to KC!
I saw a quote from Satchel Paige today that I had never seen before:
"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?"
For some reason, it resonated with me...
Thanks Phil,
I'll check it out. I think they have it at my local running store. I watched "Spirit of the Marathon" not too long ago. A good inspirational movie. Also, for a good read, I got "Running for Mortals" by John Bingham and Jenny Hadfield. I love his column in Runners World.
Scott
Michael,
It's been so long, I don't remember specifics. Perhaps it was just the tone and style of the writing. However, at the time I was very much involved with Ouspensky, Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way, so every impression I encountered was filtered through that set of lenses.
+1 to KC. I have a blast everytime i go. love it. great food, people, music, and bbq.
Nice, thanks for the heads up! I just subscribed to RW and look forward to getting the mag in the mail.
I just started reading "Kind of Blue: The making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece". Ah, how nice xmas book gifts are.
I love the message. The writing style isn't my favorite part of the book by any means, but the message is so dead on that I didn't really mind. The way he focuses on the holistic aspect of the parts of music as they relate to the whole of music and of life itself is a message that needs more airtime. I also like the way he suggests looking inward for answers rather than outward. I've always believed that other people's words can easily hide the message they are trying to impart.
Other recent books on audio: Joseph Campbell, The Hero With A Thousand Faces and The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell, both of which were great in their own ways. I discovered recently that Alan Watts was influenced by Campbell way back in the day, which explains a lot about why I like what Watts has to say so much. Watts' The Wisdom of Insecurity is one of the most mind blowing books I've read in a long time. The current nighttime novel is Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Angel's Game, which so far is really good.
I also just discovered that emusic has audiobooks, which could turn out to be a great thing for me.... gotta research it a bit more.
I'm finishing the last of the Raymond Chandler novels. I usually read one entire series each year and this year was Chandler's "Philip Marlowe" books. Good LA Noir, private dick series. Fun, interesting for their dated social context, made me want to drink whiskey (see other thread). Chandler has an uncanny gift for metaphor and a great lyrical style.
Sounds good.
When I read Steinbeck's "Tortilla Flats", I ran out and bought a gallon of cheap Monterey Wine, like everybody in the book was swilling.... It wasn't so bad in those days!
At least I'm living to tell!
I just started reading "King Solomon's Ring" by Konrad Lorenz. Excellent.
When I read Steinbeck's "Tortilla Flats", I ran out and bought a gallon of cheap Monterey Wine, like everybody in the book was swilling.... It wasn't so bad in those days! At least I'm living to tell!I just started reading "King Solomon's Ring" by Konrad Lorenz. Excellent.
I don't do drugs anymore, but I wanted to feel like I was tripping so I've been reading all of Chuck Palahniuk's books. Currently on 'Survivor'.
I just read an old translation of 'One Thousand and One Nights' so my brain was to fried to read anything heavier.
I just read an old translation of 'One Thousand and One Nights' so my brain was to fried to read anything heavier.
Recently finished Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day, which was amazing, and also Never Let Me Go, which was weird but OK. Hesse's Narciss and Goldmund sandwiched in between those two. Just finished Malcolm Gladwell's Blink which was very interesting and very applicable to improvisors. I plan to try to grab Gladwell's The Tipping Point from the library as soon as whoever has it brings it back. In the meantime, Hesse's Steppenwolf is every bit as odd and compelling as I remember it.
Anybody using any of those fancy new electronic readers yet? If so, how do you like 'em?
Anybody using any of those fancy new electronic readers yet? If so, how do you like 'em?
Just finished Murakumi's "Sputnik Sweetheart", very interesting. I'm going to have to look into some of his other novels.
Nice, just recommended Murakami's books to a bass player who's going on a beach-holiday with his kids. I guess bass players like Murakami
He's always telling stories which contain elements I love:
- (japanese) food
- Japan
- jazz
Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel. It won the Mann Booker prize last year. Very impressive piece of work. Don't go there if you don't like historical fiction. Run there if you do.
Nice, just recommended Murakami's books to a bass player who's going on a beach-holiday with his kids. I guess bass players like Murakami
He's always telling stories which contain elements I love:
- (japanese) food
- Japan
- jazz
If you can handle some assassin espionage and haven't read it, you might check out "Rain Fall" by Barry Eisler. All of those elements, plus intrigue and some indepth descriptions of single malt scotches.
