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What are you reading Chapter 4

#382
crucislancer said:
I'm reading Duff McKagan's new book, How to Be a Man (And Other Illusions). I'm enjoying it :thumbsup:
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So glad Duff got his life back and his health back together. He definitley went through the wringer of drugs and pop stardom.

Here is the thing that's interesting to me. He decided to go back to school after "the ride" and chose Seattle U, which is a tough, tough school. He did really well and massive kudos to him. On the other end of Broadway on Capitol Hill in Seattle sits another school of higher learning - the Corhish School of the Arts - which once even had Gary Peacock in residence for a few years. Why didn't Duff go study there?
Duff had (has) access to the major, major West Coast studios on this planet available to him. Why didn't he study there?? Go up to a studio cat and "Hey - could you show me" or "what do you recommend so I can back other...." or " help with my technique".
I would ask the same thing of Nikki Sixx. You two had such an incredible opportunity. To each their own. I'm glad Duff is taking responsible care of his money and the future of his kids.

Didn't care for the first book - not enough behind the scenes studio info to interest me. Won't be reading this one. But am very glad he's clean and happy, and in a good space with his life and fam. That is what is truly important.
 
#383
ryco said:
So glad Duff got his life back and his health back together. He definitley went through the wringer of drugs and pop stardom.

Here is the thing that's interesting to me. He decided to go back to school after "the ride" and chose Seattle U, which is a tough, tough school. He did really well and massive kudos to him. On the other end of Broadway on Capitol Hill in Seattle sits another school of higher learning - the Corhish School of the Arts - which once even had Gary Peacock in residence for a few years. Why didn't Duff go study there?
Duff had (has) access to the major, major West Coast studios on this planet available to him. Why didn't he study there?? Go up to a studio cat and "Hey - could you show me" or "what do you recommend so I can back other...." or " help with my technique".
I would ask the same thing of Nikki Sixx. You two had such an incredible opportunity. To each their own. I'm glad Duff is taking responsible care of his money and the future of his kids.

Didn't care for the first book - not enough behind the scenes studio info to interest me. Won't be reading this one. But am very glad he's clean and happy, and in a good space with his life and fam. That is what is truly important.
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Definitely glad he's clean and healthy as well.

The reason he went to Seattle U was because of a family connection. He uncle went there. And, since he wanted to get his degree in finance, someplace like Cornish isn't going to be the place to go. I guess you didn't get that far in his first book, or don't recall, but the main reason behind his getting a degree in finance was looking at the financial statements from G&R and not having a clue what they were about, he took some classes at Santa Monica Community College, realized that he was good at finance, and decided to continue at Seattle U.

Here's an article about his wealth management firm, Meridian Rock:

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I get where you are coming from, it seems like it would be a slam dunk for a musician going to college to get a degree in music (and that would most likely be my path if the opportunity came up), but just because he has a music career doesn't mean he should pursue higher education in that field. He made the call that worked for him.
 
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#384
Been a long time since I've sat down and read a book. Taking a break - was getting burned out. Plus my reading lamp broke ---- fixed!

"Devil's Trill" - Gerald Elias

Whodunnit mystery novel. One of a kind Stradivari violin is stolen from Carnegie Hall just beforea concert is to be put on. Also an official in the Society putting on the concert program is murdered. Blind elder violin instructor goes in search to find out who stole the instrument and also to clear his name as one of the prime suspects in the murder case.
Pretty good read. Interesting information about instrument dealers, collectors, impressarios, music critics, music organizations. Part of the story takes place in Japan, so some insight into the cultural manners and customs in Japan.
 
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This is one hefty read!
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"An Asian At My Table" by Raybon Kan... a thrift store purchase... He's a wonderful columnist with the New Zealand Herald...itself a Great paper! He writes profound pieces about being the son of immigrants (hence the title) to hilarious pieces about Fashion Week in Aukland and being a contestant on Wheel Of Fortune! The colum about being permitted to watch an open heart surgery...from over the surgeon's shoulder...is a minor masterpiece. He's easy to find on the intrawebs. Highly recommended!
 
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#389
Just finished an odd thing called House of Another Kind, written by one William Fritts (about whom there's nothing to be found on the web). It's a pulpy cutout paperback that reads like a political thriller with a thin sci-fi conceit. An empty house out in the Florida swamplands is discovered to have amazing properties. Top scientists conclude that it must have an alien origin, which sparks countrywide panic and rioting just before the presidential elections. The aliens are absent throughout, however, and the story is mostly concerned with beltway shenanigans. A sub-theme is the protagonist's happy romance with a hooker of high morals. Not what you'd consider great literature, it's written in ungainly potboiler style, with lots of adjectival padding. But in this electional year it's sort of interesting anyway, as the author seems to have some familiarity with D.C. opportunism and intrigue. It reminded me a little of John Kessel's Good News From Outer Space, which is in another class altogether.

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steamthief said:
After finishing the book I posted above, I didn't have a new one on hand to read. I decided to read The Living Bible cover to cover; don't think I could do King James Version with Ye Olde English.
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I read "The New World Translation" a nice Jehovah's Witness lady left on my doorstep. Very interesting read. Took about 7 weeks cover to cover. Even reading through all of the "begats" gleened some great ancestory info tieing some of the events and families together. Especially enjoyed Kings and Judges. Surprising reading stuff that is commomly pulled out of context in the story it belongs. Also liked the Gospels and Michael in the New Testament. Pretty "free"ing stuff.

I'm not an organized Chrisitian guy. My wife attends the Episcapol Church and plays keys in their services, so I'm kind of familiar with their services. She was surprised I finished it. My best friend who is Christian was laughing saying "I've never known anyone who actually read it like a book!!" If I was to do it again, I'd read The Catholic Bible - it has a lot more chapters. I'd be interested to know what all that is about.
 
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Get ready for one of America’s great untold stories: the true saga of the Louvin Brothers, a mid-century Southern gothic Cain and Abel and one of the greatest country duos of all time. The Los Angeles Times called them “the most influential harmony team in the history of country music,” but Emmylou Harris may have hit closer to the heart of the matter, saying “there was something scary and washed in the blood about the sound of the Louvin Brothers.” For readers of Johnny Cash’s irresistible autobiography and Merle Haggard’s My House of Memories, no country music library will be complete without this raw and powerful story of the duo that everyone from Dolly Parton to Gram Parsons described as their favorites: the Louvin Brothers.


It's a 6th-grade-education, 1920s, oral history of how these boys struggled and stumbled upon immortality! For the last 40 years, I've known them to be one of the half-dozen rocks upon which Americana music is built. This book tells stories I'd never heard before... in the first person! It's a great read. :thumbsup:
 
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"Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers" - Simon Winchester

Tiltle pretty much says it all - a book about the Pacific Ocean from 1950 on to today: everthing over = the largest ocean determines Earth's weather and patterns; everything under = the voyages and dicoveries of submersibles like ALVIN. Nuclear testing, territorial issues and modern Asian wars, settlement and discoveries between island natives. Everything you'd want to know about the Pacific.
 
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I served as a 5th grade sub last week, so I got to read a couple of short chapters aloud...:thumbsup:
It was so dam good that I brought a copy home and read it in a long morning.
Helluva writer...helluva story...a story every kid ought to know.
 

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